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AK2028 Scientific Quality, Project Course 7.5 credits

Vetenskaplig kvalitet, projektkurs

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

  • Subject area

    Built Environment

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 13 for programme students CANCELLED

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P4 (7.5 credits)

  • Application code

    60234

  • Start date

    18/03/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 21

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    KTH Campus

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    Normal

  • Number of places

    No limitation

  • Schedule

    Schedule (new window)

  • Course responsible

    Jesper Jerkert

  • Teacher

    Jesper Jerkert <jerkert@kth.se>
    Sven Ove Hansson <soh@kth.se>

  • Target group

    Eligible for students from all KTH programs.

Learning outcomes

After completed course, the student will be able to

- select independently a proper method of investigation for a scientific study, especially in areas where the student possesses prior knowledge,

- demonstrate a deepened ability to critically scrutinize scientific studies, especially in areas where the student possesses prior knowledge,

- account for and critically discuss quality criteria in science,

- analyze scientific studies in relation to common scientific demarcation criteria.

Course main content

The course consists of seminars and lectures on general issues in science, as well as an individual project work under supervision. The project work may be an actual scientific investigation, but it may alternatively be a literature study pertaining to the scientific quality in a particular area, or it may be a philosophical investigation of issues related to methodology or quality in a particulat scientific area.

Topics to be covered in the seminars and lectures:

- Hypothesis testing

- Sources of error and how to avoid them in experimental and observational method

- Quality criteria in science

- Demarcation criteria for science

- Methods for providing systematic overviews of the scientific evidence in a particular area.

Disposition

Lectures, seminars, and individual project work under supervision.

Eligibility

AK2002 Good and Bad Science, 7.5 credits (former code 1H1602), or AK2036/AK2038/AK2040 Theory and Methodology of Science, 7.5 credits, or equivalent knowledge.

Literature

Course literature will be selected according to each student's project topic.

Required equipment

None.

Examination

  • PRO1 - Written Report, 6.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • SEM1 - Seminar Participation, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F

Requirements for final grade

Seminar participation (SEM1; 1.5 credits) and written report (PRO1; 6 credits).

Offered by

ABE/Philosophy

Contact

Jesper Jerkert, jerkert@kth.se, 08-7909551

Examiner

Sven Ove Hansson <soh@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 12.
Examination information valid from: Spring 12.