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Syllabus

EX0946 Independent Project in Energy Systems, 15.0 Credits

Självständigt arbete i energisystem

Subjects

Technology Technique Technology

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Modules

Title	Credits	Code
Project methodology	1.5	0202
Project work	13.5	0203

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Bachelor’s level (G2E)

Grading scale

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

120 credits within the Master Programme in Energy Systems Engineering, including 5 hp statistics

Objectives

The overall aim of the course is that the students should acquire knowledge and skills to carry out an energy systems related project in a structured manner under conditions that apply to working life.

After approved course the student should be able to:

• apply project methodology and work in group projects in a planned and systematic way, taking equal treatment issues into account

• critically review and systematically integrate knowledge for independently identifying, formulating, delimiting and solving problems and implementing tasks within given limits

• assess ethical aspects and relevant societal factors such as sustainable development, for implemented projects

• identify their need for additional knowledge for the project’s implementation and independently seek, synthesize and condense this new knowledge in written form, as well as refer to it in a scientific way

• demonstrate broader skills in the field of technology

• model and simulate relevant energy systems

• report the project as a whole including the project’s workflow in writing in English and Swedish, as well as orally in English

• provide constructive critique to other students’ texts and presentations.

Content

The course is conducted as a project where at least six students form a group. A tutor supports the team. The project topics will be related to energy systems and be designed in cooperation with a client, preferably a company or an authority. It will include basics of modelling and simulation, and be planned in such a way so that students can deepen and develop their knowledge from previous courses, and realize the value of future courses. The course includes learning activities to support the students’ learning with regard to

• principles, concepts and applications of project methodology

• reflection over ethical aspects and equal treatment issues of the implementation and content of the project

• study technique and group dynamics

• continuous documentation of the project and the group’s work.

The project is carried out according to a project plan, prepared by the students and approved by the supervisor, and is initiated with a preliminary study of approximately one week. Structured student feedback is included in the course. The course ends with evaluations within each project group.

Teaching is given in the form of group supervision, student feedback, lectures, exercises, guest lectures and seminars. The course is for the main part carried out as a project work where at least six, no more than eight students form a project group.

The course contains subject-integrated communication training.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

Active participation in compulsory parts of the course related to project methodology, equal treatment issues, group dynamics, ethics and completion of exercises related to these parts. (1.5 credits)

Active participation in the implementation of the project, including participation in project meetings. The project is presented in writing in the form of a project report. The report is written in Swedish with a summary in English or in English with a summary in Swedish. Project components are presented orally in English. Support documentation for the project in the form of eg logbooks, reflections, meeting notes, collected data and project evaluation, are reported in writing in Swedish. Written and oral opposition to at least one other group’s project. (13.5 credits).

Approved written and oral presentation of project work.

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.

• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.

• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.

• For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Additional information

The entry requirement "120 credits within the Master Programme in Energy Systems Engineering" refers to courses included in the program syllabus for this master program.

The approved written work will be published within the framework of SLU’s electronic publishing system (Epsilon) and examined for plagiarism in Urkund.

Responsible department

Department of Energy and Technology