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

Name of the student, main supervisor, any co-supervisor(s), course code, number of semesters and thesis title. The project description must be signed by the main supervisor and the student, and approved by the study administration and the programme council. Signing may also be done by both the student and the main supervisor confirming the agreement by email to the study administration at studieinfo@kjemi.uio.no.

Describe the academic background and the for undertaking this project.

Explain the purpose and objectives of the project. You may also describe the results that are expected from the project.

Describe which instruments and methods will be used in the project, if relevant.

Describe how supervisory responsibilities are to be divided between supervisors and the planned follow-up of the student, including meeting frequency. For a 10-credit project there should be 40 hours of supervision. For 20- and 30-credit projects, there should be 60 and 80 hours of supervision respectively. If someone other than the main supervisor will provide general guidance, training, or supervision in particular methods or instruments, this should be described in the project description. If the student is expected to carry out project work at specific times/days, this should be stated in the description.

More information about supervision is given below.

• The type and frequency of supervision will vary depending on the project and the phase of the work. As a starting point, it may be appropriate to arrange intensive supervision during the training phase and then weekly supervision meetings.
• The main tasks should be described in the project description, but adjustments during the project are to be expected. In addition to adjusting the project, providing training and helping the student interpret results, the supervisor should also give feedback on the work on the project report.
• The student must receive sufficient training in instruments and methods to be able to carry out the project in a competent and safe manner, and is then expected to work with a high degree of independence.
• If the student¡¯s project is experimental, they become part of the laboratory community and participate in necessary cleaning, washing and maintenance tasks on the same terms as other users of the laboratory. However, the student must not be assigned routine cleaning work that would normally be performed by technical staff.
• A student with an external project must still have a main supervisor who is a permanent academic staff member at the department.

The project must correspond to the credits given in the course code. The expected workload for a 10-credit project corresponds to 13 ¨C15 hours per week over 18 weeks, including literature studies and writing the project report. For 20- and 30-credit projects it is possible to distribute the work over two consecutive semesters. Please feel free to outline the time allocation for different parts of the project such as literature study, training, experimental work and report writing.

The plan must include a tentative examination date with a flexibility of up to one month and must be held within the regular examination period at UiO.

Assessment must be completed before the end of June for the course to be registered as passed in the spring semester, and before the beginning of January for registration as passed in the autumn semester.

Use the template for risk assessment(.docx). If you will be working in a laboratory at the Department of Physics, you should check whether you can use this risk assessment template.

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