TEK-IN5960 – Cybernetics and Autonomous Systems. Master's thesis
Course content
A long master's thesis corresponds to one year of full-time study and constitutes half of the master's degree.?
Regulations concerning the master’s thesis are specified in?rules on courses, course groups and degrees in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Learning outcome
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to
- contribute considerable knowledge to your field of specialisation and its applications
- make critical and reflected choices between key methods and tools from research and practice
- conduct a supervised research or development project that conforms with research ethics standards
- contribute to the development of the field and analyse its professional, ethical and societal possibilities and limitations
- communicate extensive academic work to specialists, orally and in writing
- apply your knowledge and skills to new areas to conduct advanced work tasks and projects
Admission to the course
The master’s thesis is a compulsory?part of the master’s programme Informatics: Robotics and Intelligent Systems (master)?and is based on admission to that programme and the study option Cybernetics and Autonomous Systems (programme option).?
Teaching
Your work on the master’s thesis will involve an independent, time-limited research or development project under supervision.
Mandatory activities must be approved before you can sit the examination.?
Examination
Mandatory activities must be approved before you can sit the examination.?
The examination consists of a master's thesis worth 60 credits to be handed in by a deadline. This will be followed by an oral presentation of the master’s thesis and an examination.
See the Faculty's rules on examination, point 4.3.7.
Language of examination
You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.