Scientific Method in Programming

Aim

After completing the course students will:

• Have knowledge of the basic concepts of scientific method
• Be able to write scientific and technical oriented text with good academic standards
• Be able to define and criticize a plan for a scientific study
• Independently assess scientific works
• Able to independently seek and critically examine sources
• Be able to collate scientific and technical information
• Independently assess and deal with ethical issues and societal aspects of scientific and technical work Course content Scientific method Scientific writing Literature search and compilation Criticism of sources Reference Management Research ethics Societal aspects of research and technological development Teaching and working methods The course is organized in lectures, seminars and assignments. In the course a preliminary study for a bachelor thesis will be carried out, including the formulation of research questions, literature search and compilation of a theoretical framework, and methodology description. In the course, various scientific aspects of the thesis will be analyzed during the seminars. Examination UPG1Hand-in assignments4 creditsU, GMOM1Seminars2 creditsU, GThe course is graded Fail / Pass. Grades for examination modules are decided in accordance with the assessment criteria presented at the start of the course. Grades Two grade scale, older version, U, G Other information About teaching and examination languageThe teaching language is presented in the Overview tab for each course. The examination language relates to the teaching language as follows: If teaching language is “Swedish”, the course as a whole could be given in Swedish, or partly in English. Examination language is Swedish, but parts of the examination can be in English.If teaching language is “English”, the course as a whole is taught in English. Examination language is English.If teaching language is “Swedish/English”, the course as a whole will be taught in English if students without prior knowledge of the Swedish language participate. Examination language is Swedish or English depending on teaching language.OtherThe course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.The planning and implementation of a course should correspond to the course syllabus. The course evaluation should therefore be conducted with the course syllabus as a starting point. The course is campus-based at the location specified for the course, unless otherwise stated under “Teaching and working methods”. Please note, in a campus-based course occasional remote sessions could be included. Department Institutionen för datavetenskap Course literature Anslås på kurswebbplatsen.

Content

• Scientific method
• Scientific writing
• Literature search and compilation
• Criticism of sources
• Reference Management
• Research ethics
• Societal aspects of research and technological development Teaching and working methods The course is organized in lectures, seminars and assignments. In the course a preliminary study for a bachelor thesis will be carried out, including the formulation of research questions, literature search and compilation of a theoretical framework, and methodology description. In the course, various scientific aspects of the thesis will be analyzed during the seminars. Examination UPG1Hand-in assignments4 creditsU, GMOM1Seminars2 creditsU, GThe course is graded Fail / Pass. Grades for examination modules are decided in accordance with the assessment criteria presented at the start of the course. Grades Two grade scale, older version, U, G Other information About teaching and examination languageThe teaching language is presented in the Overview tab for each course. The examination language relates to the teaching language as follows: If teaching language is “Swedish”, the course as a whole could be given in Swedish, or partly in English. Examination language is Swedish, but parts of the examination can be in English.If teaching language is “English”, the course as a whole is taught in English. Examination language is English.If teaching language is “Swedish/English”, the course as a whole will be taught in English if students without prior knowledge of the Swedish language participate. Examination language is Swedish or English depending on teaching language.OtherThe course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.The planning and implementation of a course should correspond to the course syllabus. The course evaluation should therefore be conducted with the course syllabus as a starting point. The course is campus-based at the location specified for the course, unless otherwise stated under “Teaching and working methods”. Please note, in a campus-based course occasional remote sessions could be included. Department Institutionen för datavetenskap Course literature Anslås på kurswebbplatsen.