Description

Theory/Practice
2

Tutorials
2

Instructors

Elza Fonseca

Contents

PC1: Planning of scientific development works.
PC2: Advanced processing of texts and scientific reports.
PC3: Structuring a scientific document.
PC4: Scientific Research Methodologies (Quantitative, Qualitative, Experimental).
PC5: Scientific literature search - Search, Organization, Information gathering.
PC6: Research ethics: scientific conduct; the error in the investigation; conflict of interests; plagiarism.
PC7: Preparation of a Literature Review.
PC8: Structuring of scientific experimental work.
PC9: Preparation of scientific articles.
PC10: Collection, organization and processing of data.
PC11: Methodologies and computer tools for structuring experience maps(Taguchi, ANOVA, etc.).

Learning Outcomes

The main goals of this course are as follows:
G1: Provide students with the necessary skills to structure their Master Thesis.
G2: Provide students with dexterity and assertiveness in seeking information and structuring that information.
G3: Provide students with the necessary skills to produce a report with the desired quality.
G4: Provide students with the tools necessary to structure data, knowing how to extract it, organize it, combine different types of data and draw assertive conclusions from this data, knowing how to expose the results in the most convenient way.
G5: Provide students with the statistical tools necessary for structuring experience maps, statistical treatment of results and validation of these results.
G6: Students should be able to elaborate a Literature Review with high quality.