Learning outcomes

At the end of this project, the student will be able to:
 
- formulate research objectives and hypotheses
- develop a research methodology appropriate to the question posed, enabling the hypotheses formulated to be tested 
- analyze and interpret the results obtained
- write a detailed research report in the form of an article
- discuss the results obtained and place them in the context of any previous research carried out on the subject 
- present his/her work before a jury
- demonstrate knowledge of the research topic concerned (context, "state of the art", objectives, relevance of results obtained, prospects, etc.)

Goals

The aim of this work is to start the master thesis research project. Students will perform an in-depth and critical analysis of the current literature in the field of interest, will learn techniques that will be used during their master thesis research project, will acquire the first experimental results and will learn to interpret and present them.

Assessment method

Students will write a mini-article in English. The manuscript, the oral presentation and the defense will be assessed by a jury composed of three researchers.

 

The promoter and the jury will grade the student following these guidelines:

  • Manuscript (/20)
  • Oral presentation and defense (/20)
  • Promoter's grade (/20)

Final grade:  50% for the manuscript and the oral presentation/defense (grades from the jury) and 50% for the promoter's grade, respectively.

The exact modalities of the evaluation are likely to be modified during the preparation of the examination schedules, depending on the practical constraints with which the faculty administration may be confronted, or in the event of illness / force majeure / encroachment with an internship, or because of the health situation related to the coronavirus.

Sources, references and any support material

Medline and other bibliographical repositories.

Language of instruction

Anglais