SPMM800: Master\'s thesis in Mathematics (30 ECTS)
STADS: 13013901A supervisor contract and project statement must be handed in.
Submission is conducted electronically via https://blanket.sam.sdu.dk/form/97/submit. Submission must take place no later than 1 week after the semester has started, but is recommended, that it is handed in as soon as possible. The contract must be approved by supervisor, teaching committee and the head of studies.
Level
Bachelor course
Teaching period
The course is held twice a year, once in the autumn semester and once in the spring semester.
Teacher responsible
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Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None
Academic preconditions:
None
Course introduction
The thesis constitutes the conclusion of the masters program in mathematics. In the thesis, the student should demonstrate deep knowledge of one or more concrete areas within mathematics, mathematical education or philosophy of mathematics.
Qualifications
At the conclusion of the thesis, the student should be able to:
- Make a scientific overview of the knowledge from an area of mathematical sciences.
- Put into perspective problems arising in a selected topic, with help of mathematical methodology, reasoning and technical terms.
- Independently acquire and further develop mathematical knowledge within a selected area.
- Create new variations of the learnt methods, as needed for specific problems.
- Appropriately structure and manage execution of the project and generate outcomes commensurate with the available time.
At the conclusion of the thesis, the student should be able to:
- Formulate problems at the current research level in mathematics, mathematical education or philosophy of mathematics.
- Plan, analyze and apply methods from mathematical sciences to solving the stated problems.
- Present the obtained knowledge and insight in a precise and intelligible language – in both oral and written form.
The project takes its point of departure from a scientific paper or a few such papers published within the aforementioned area.
Literature
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).
Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None
Assessment and marking:
Report and oral defense. External censorship, Danish 7-mark scale.
Deadline for master's theses carried out in the spring semester is 1 June. Deadline for master's theses carried out in the autumn semester is 1 January.
The examination starts with a presentation. After the presentation the student may be examined in both the report and the presentation. The student's presentation is part of the total assessment.
The deadline for the thesis report is final. This means that one exam attempt has been used if the thesis report has not been handed in on time. In the event of a missed submission deadline, the university sets a modified research problem within the same subject area as the thesis. The modified research problem must correspond a work load of three months, and it must be received by the Head of Studies no later than 14 days after the submission deadline.
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Educational activities
Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.
Remarks
The master thesis must contain an abstract of the contents of the report, cf. "Eksamensbekendtgørelsen" (statutory order of examinations) section 24, subsection 2. If the report is written in Danish, the abstract must be in English. If the report is written in English, the abstract must be in Danish.
Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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