Course syllabus spring 2024
Course syllabus spring 2024
Title
VIP: Research Integrated Development Project, Continuing Course
Swedish title
VIP: Forskningsintegrerat utvecklingsprojekt, fortsättningskurs
Course code
ME187A
Credits
7.5 credits
Grading scale
UA / Excellent (A), Very Good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Pass (E) or Fail (U)
Language of instruction
English
Decision-making body
Faculty of Technology and Society
Syllabus approval date
2019-02-15
Syllabus valid from
2019-09-02
Entry requirements
At least 45 credits and passed course: VIP: Research Integrated Development Project, Basic Course
Level
Basic level
No main field.
Progression level
G1F
Progression level in relation to degree requirements
The course is an individual course.
Course objectives
The aim of this continuing course is to give students the possibility to work within research projects in special VIP (Vertically Integrated Projects) teams led by researchers. The students learn to work together in teams, train their mentorship skills, leadership, and planning, as well as further develop their technical, design and theoretical skills within the research field of the VIP team.
Course contents
Each student is part of a VIP-team together with other students. Students who wish to participate in the VIP program should apply for the appropriate VIP course and apply to a specific VIP team that they wish to work with (see web site). Students work together with research problems within the frame of a research project, defined by each VIP team leader. Students plan and carry out various parts of the VIP team’s ongoing work, such as pilot projects and realizations of solutions. The course requires individual work, work with team members and active participation in VIP-meetings. The students document ongoing work in an individual VIP workbook and through team documentation.
The course comprises:
- Planning,
- Accountability
- Reflection and reporting on ongoing and finished work,
- Specific tasks within the team’s research profile such as design and technical work.
During the course, students also participate in project presentations and discussions with researchers and external collaboration partners. In this way, students work toward an increased theoretical and practical understanding of the team’s research direction and challenges. The course deepens the students' knowledge and understanding of mentorship and project work.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course the student shall:
- Demonstrate knowledge and an understanding about the importance of leadership and mentorship within projects
- Demonstrate knowledge about the importance of the group process within projects
- Demonstrate a deeper knowledge about the chosen subject field and research area of the VIP-team
Skills and abilities
On completion of the course the student shall:
- Demonstrate the ability to collaborate in groups with members from different disciplinary backgrounds.
- Plan, implement and evaluate processes and tasks carried out within the VIP team’s research direction.
- Demonstrate the ability to mentor junior members of their team
- Orally and in writing, present, discuss and reflect on work processes, problems, and solutions in dialogue with different stakeholders within and outside the university.
Judgement and approach
On completion of the course the student shall:
- Evaluate and reflect on their own and others’ achievements in the joint teamwork.
- Reflect on their own learning
- Reflect on their own mentorship
- Demonstrate an ethical approach in teamwork and in oral and written presentations.
Learning activities
The course comprises project work in teams, weekly team meetings, and individual work. Lectures and seminars may be given.
Each student must keep a project workbook during the course. The project workbook is an aid for the student in ongoing planning and presentation of individual work within the VIP team’s shared tasks. The workbook serves as a basis for the assessment of students’ ongoing project participation which includes an assessment of the students' leadership.
The course presupposes that students take responsibility for their part of the shared work and actively contribute to the team tasks.
Assessment
The course is examined with:
Project workbook (2 credits), reflection on own work (0.5 credits), reflection on team members’ work (0.5 credits), participation in team-specific project work (2 credits), active participation in project work, seminars, oral presentations and project tutoring sessions at VIP meetings: project process (2.5 credits).
For a passing grade (A-E), all assignments must be completed with a minimum grade of E.
The final course grade is based on a weighted result of all individual assignments.
Course literature and other study material
The course literature is chosen in conjunction with the responsible teacher.
Course evaluation
The University provides students who are taking or have completed a course, the opportunity to share their experiences of and opinions about the course, in the form of a course evaluation that is arranged by the University. The University compiles the course evaluations and notifies the results and any decisions regarding actions brought about by the course evaluations. The results shall be kept available for the students. (HF 1:14)
Interim rules
When a course is no longer given, or the contents have been radically changed, the student has the right to re-take the examination, which will be given twice during a one year period, according to the syllabus which was valid at the time of registration.
Additional information
The course is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects-program which contains several courses connected to research projects through specific VIP teams. More information and presentations of each VIP team can be found on the university web.