Examination arrangement

Course content

The student must pick a specific problem of relevance to the master's program. The topic must represent a challenge within the specific area, must relate to open questions in state of the art and must require that the student adheres to practices that are common within the track. The topic must be pre-approved by the supervisor.

Learning outcome

After successfully completing the Master's Thesis:

Knowledge -Possess specialised insight into a research and development area and relevant research and development work -Possess knowledge of theories and methods being used in the area of specialisation

Skills -Are capable of defining a significant and complex research and development (R&D) problem relevant to the master program, clearly and independently, but with guidance from a supervisor -Are capable of analyzing existing literature, theories, methods, and interpretations -Are capable of critical thinking -Are capable of planning and conducting necessary studies or experiments, organizing and analyzing data acquired, drawing defensible conclusions, and making recommendations based on these -Are capable of documenting the results achieved in a research and development project, mastering the terminology of the field

General Competence -Are capable of acquiring new knowledge

Learning methods and activities

• Project work
• Seminar(s)
• Supervision

Compulsory requirements:

-Master thesis agreement, signed by the student and the supervisor and approved by the department. -The student must continuously be able to present project status to the supervisor and demonstrate that the project can be completed according to the current project plan or, alternatively, adjust the plan accordingly to ensure a successful outcome.

Other:

• 2 seminars, attendance are strongly recommended, announced in Schedule per semester. Seminar no 1 during January (mandatory attendance on campus), seminar no 2 March/April and Autumn.
• The Master thesis agreement to be handed in as soon as possible after passed grade 90 ECTS / IMT4205 has been achieved, January/Febr or August/Sept.
• Blackboard (NTNUs Learning Man System) course room for further details.

Compulsory assignments

• Presentation
• Seminar attendance

Further on evaluation

Re-sit: After failure, a student may submit a new or a revised thesis once. If the student chooses to submit a revised version of the thesis, this must be submitted in the following semester.

Forms of assessment from Spring 2024:

• The project report (100%) is graded.
• Hand-in June (Spring semester) or December (Autumn semester).

Mandatory activities from Spring 2024 (Oblig):

• Attendance in physical start-up seminar/workshop (schedule MIS4900 per semester )
• Attendance on campus Gjøvik in presentation of theses before hand in (usually during May or November).

Other: Sustainability has three pillars: environmental, economic and social. Environmental sustainability is about maintaining ecological integrity by not over-consuming. Economic sustainability is about being able to maintain access to the resources that people need. Social sustainability is about being able to maintain people’s health, safety and security. The world is moving towards digitalization and developing systems that can help achieve ecological integrity, uninterrupted access to resources, maintaining health, safety and security of people. Our programme is at the core of developing digital systems for achieving these three pillars since the systems developed can only be sustainable if they are reliable, resilient, and secure. Otherwise, the systems will not function as intended and will diverge from achieving sustainability pillars. In our programme, students learn how to make digital and cyber systems reliable, resilient and secure. Hence the master theses written are expected to contribute to sustainability in this respect.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Admission to the Master in Information Security (MIS / MISD) is required. All other courses in the study program (90 credits MIS/MISD) must be passed before the work on the master thesis can be started.

A passed grade in IMT4205 Research Project Planning is required before signing up for the master thesis and the master thesis agreement. Additionally, the 3 intro-courses IMT4113, IMT4114, IMT4115 must be passed.