Vocational

Degree Project, 30 YH credits.

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Part of the YH programme KMA Coordinator, Quality, Environment and Work Environment at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: SAMD24LIN.

The degree project is the final course in your YH programme at TUC, where you apply the knowledge, skills and competences from the programme in a defined project in the industry. You define a problem, search for and structure information, and analyse the results to produce a concrete proposal for a solution or change. The work is often linked to leadership and in several programmes is carried out in parallel with LIA. You present the results both in writing in a report and orally to an audience.

Duration: 2 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Advanced
CSN-eligible

Time commitment: 10 YH credits, about 2 weeks of full-time study

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About the course.

In the course, the student learns to plan and carry out projects in the role of KMA coordinator (quality, environment and work environment). Based on acquired knowledge, skills and competences, the student shall produce a degree project in the form of a defined project in the industry, which shall also be linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The course covers methods and ways of working for developing and presenting a degree project, and for solving problems independently, that is, defining problems, searching for and structuring information and presenting results in order to develop a proposal for a solution or change. The course requires the student to be able to reason about the chosen subject and method and to critically review and act as opponent on another project. The course includes an oral presentation.

In the course, the student learns to plan and carry out projects in the role of KMA coordinator (quality, environment and work environment). Based on acquired knowledge, skills and competences, the student shall produce a degree project in the form of a defined project in the industry, which shall also be linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The course covers methods and ways of working for developing and presenting a degree project, and for solving problems independently, that is, defining problems, searching for and structuring information and presenting results in order to develop a proposal for a solution or change. The course requires the student to be able to reason about the chosen subject and method and to critically review and act as opponent on another project. The course includes an oral presentation.

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • Can define and delimit a relevant problem in the industry
  • Can search for, structure and analyse information to produce a proposed solution
  • Can plan and carry out an independent project linked to previous courses
  • Can compile results and analysis in a written report
  • Can present and defend their degree project orally to an audience
  • Can give constructive feedback and act as opponent on other students' degree projects
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Problem formulation and delimitation

    Identifying, defining and delimiting a relevant problem or project in the industry.

  2. Method and information search

    Choice of method, collecting and structuring information, and source criticism.

  3. Carrying out the project

    Practical work on the project, often in parallel with LIA and linked to knowledge from previous courses.

  4. Report writing

    Compiling results, analysis and proposed solutions in a written report.

  5. Oral presentation and opposition

    Presenting your own work and giving feedback and acting as opponent on other students' degree projects.

Target audience

Who is this for?

The course is aimed at students at the end of their YH programme at TUC who are to carry out their final degree project, in several programmes linked to an ongoing LIA period.

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