Project description for project courses at the bachelor's level at the Department of Chemistry

The names of the student, main supervisor, co-supervisor, the course code, number of semesters the project will span, and the title of the final report. The project description must be signed by the main supervisor and the student, and it must be approved by the studies administration and the program councils. Signing can also be done by sending an email for confirmation of the project description, both from supervisor and student.

Describe the scientific background and motivation for doing the project.

Explain the aim of the project. Feel free to also describe the project¡¯s isolated activities and their purpose, if applicable.

The schedule must include a tentative date for the exam within a time range of up to 1 month. The exam should be held within the ordinary exam period at UiO. Feel free to elaborate on the amount of time spent on the different parts of the project, like literature studies, training, experimental work, and report writing.

The project assignment must correspond with the amount of study points in the course code. Expected workload for a 10-study points assignment equates to 13 ¨C 15 hours over 18 weeks, including literature studies and writing the report. For assignments of 20 and 30 study points, it is possible to divide the work over two adjacent semesters. Assessing the grade of the assignment must occur before the end of June for the grade to be registered as completed in the spring semester, and before the beginning of January to be registered as completed in the autumn semester.

Describe the plan for when, how, and in what way supervision is to occur. For a 10-study points assignment, there shall be 40 hours of supervision. For assignments of 20 and 30 study points, respectively 60 and 80 hours of supervision.

More information about supervision

The type and frequency of supervision will vary depending on the project and what phase the project is in. As a starting point it may be natural to schedule intensive supervision in the training phase and supervision once a week thereafter.

If the student is expected to schedule work with the project to specific hours/days, then this should be agreed upon.

A student who has an external assignment, must have a main supervisor who is a permanent employee at the Department of Chemistry.

If anyone other than the main supervisor is in charge of general supervision, training or supervision in specific methods or instruments, this must be described in the project description.

The assignment shall in broad strokes be described in the project description, mun adjustments during the project is natural. In addition to adjusting the project, give training and help the student interpret results, the supervisor shall also give feedback on the student¡¯s work with the report.

The student must get sufficient training in instruments and methods to follow through with the project in a good and safe manner, but is expected to work mostly independently.

If the student has an experimental project assignment, they are part of the laboratory community and will take part in necessary cleaning and maintenance tasks in equal part to others who use the laboratory. Meanwhile, the student shall not be assigned routine-based chores in the laboratory which would normally be assigned to technical personelle.

Use the form for risk evaluation(.docx). If you have laboratory work at the Department of Physics, you must ask if this risk evaluation is accepted.

Present the literature references which make up the background for the project.?