Study Start - Master of Science (MSc) in Marine Coastal Development - 2-years - Trondheim
MSc in Marine Coastal Development
MSc in Marine Coastal Development
HOW TO DO SCIENCE
How to do science
An introductory course for master students - Department of Biology, NTNU (Natural Science Building)
The course is mandatory for ALL master students at the Department of Biology.
Monday 22 August
08:45 - 11:00 - Information Faculty of Natural Science & Technology - room R7
11:00-12:30 - LUNCH
12.30- 13:15 - Welcome, introduction and info Department of Biology - room R10
13.15 - 15.00 - How to do science - in theory and practice - room R10
15.15 - 16.00 - How to be a master student - room R10
16.30- 17.30 - Social forum - room R10
Tuesday 23 August
08:00 - 15:30 - Course in Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) room R2
Wednesday 24 August
08.30-12.00 - Students from outside EU - visiting the policeoffice
11.30-12.30 - LUNCH
13.15-14.00 - Plagiarism - room R10
14.15-15.00 - Theories, hypothesis and predictions –what is it all about? - room R10
15.15 -16.00 - More about how to do science - room R10
16.15 -17.00 - Ethical concerns in research – the experience of scientists in doing science - room R10
Thursday 25 August
09.00-10.15 - Writing a master thesis - room R2
10.30-11.15 - Animal experimentation in research - room R10
11.30-12.15 - What we expect from a good master thesis, quality and grades - room R10
12.15-13.15 - LUNCH
13.15-14.00 - Sources, peer review journals and academic databases - room R10
14.15-17.00 - Group work: Project design
Friday 26 August
09.15-09.30 - Plenum -Group work: Project design - room R10
09.30- 15.00 - Group work. (Master students facilitates)
15.00- 17.00 - Presentation and discussion -evaluation - room R10
17.00 - Social gathering with pizza and soft drinks
Later in August
- Roundtrip in the library
- Databases: Searching for literature
- How to collect references when searching for literature in databases
- Learning EndNote: EndNote as a reference database and how to use them in word
Common Introductory Course "How to do Science" for Master's students
Common Introductory Course "How to do Science" for Master's students
The introduction course "How to do Science" is mandatory for ALL master students at the Department of Biology.
The course gives an insight and preparation for the master's work, and is a part of the initialisation of the Master's degree. The course is given in August, week 34 and lasts for a week. NOTE! Register for the course once you know that you are accepted as a Master's student! This is done by sending an e-mail to studier@bio.ntnu.no.