Master's Degree Dissertation
Code: 45027 ECTS Credits: 10| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3500042 Erasmus Mundus Master in Human Disease Models Morphological Phenotyping | OB | 0 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Jesus Ruberte Paris
- Email:
- jesus.ruberte@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- Ana Maria Carretero Romay
- Marc Navarro Beltran
- Jesus Ruberte Paris
- Victor Nacher Garcia
- Judit Pampalona Sala
External teachers
- Anastasia Tsingotjidou
- Anastasios Delopoulos
- Antonio Duarte
- Livia d'Angelo
- Luísa Mendes-Jorge
- Paolo de Girolamo
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The main objective is for the student to work in an integrated way on the transversal skills specific to the master's degree. The student must present a work framed within the field of mouse morphological phenotyping of human diseases, carrying out a research project in anatomy, pathology, imaging or deep learning.
The learning outcomes match the sections of a research paper: posing a research question and writing an appropriate theoretical framework, identifying the most appropriate design to answer the question, selecting and applying appropriate methods, analyzing data and obtaining the results, and discuss the results in the context of scientific production.
The preparation of the work will be supervised by a director and, in the event that the director does not have teaching assigned to the master's, a tutor with teaching in MorphoPHEN will also be assigned. The director will advise and help to resolve any possible doubts that may arise, at the same time that he will carry out an evaluation of the process followed by the student. Once the work has been completed, it must be defended before the evaluation committee of the Final Master's Thesis.
Learning Outcomes
- CM06 (Competence) Design a research plan based on the different methodologies used for the phenotyped morphology of mice, in which the problem is defined, hypothesis, research objectives, and research questions, in accordance with the relevant literature.
- KM15 (Knowledge) Have specific knowledge related to the objectives and content of final master's degree projects.
- SM09 (Skill) Write a research article, extract key information from the existing bibliography, and plan and organise a manuscript.
Content
The Final Master's Dissectation is a research project on anatomy, pathology, or deep learning applied to the morphological phenotyping of human diseases mouse models. The Final Master's Dissertation can be of different nature: experimental, bibliographic or based in an analyse of previously obtained data and it will have three stages:
- Planification Stage: the student, after a brief phase of preliminary documentation and, advised by its director, must formalize the objective of its work and will design a plan of activities that will be presented during the preliminary evaluation session, held just before that the student begin its activities.
- Development stage: the student will face the realization of his/her Final Master's Dissertation according its stablished work plan.
- Defense stage: The student will elaborate a written dissertation that will be presented and defended orally in a public session in front of the evaluation committee.
Methodology
Teaching methodology used will vary depending on the nature of each Final Master's Dissertation. Basically, it will consist of the following activities:
- Directed activities: Informative session and preliminary evaluation session
- Supervised activities: Tutorials
- Autonomous activities: bibliographic research, reeading papers, cooperative learning, Carrying out works and practical activities, writing the master dissertation, defense of the Final Master's Dissertation, and personal study
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Informative session | 1 | 0.04 | CM06, CM06 |
| Preeliminary evaluation session | 2.5 | 0.1 | CM06, CM06 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorial | 10 | 0.4 | CM06, KM15, SM09, CM06 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Bibliographic research and paper reading | 30 | 1.2 | CM06, KM15, SM09, CM06 |
| Carrying out works and practical activities | 116 | 4.64 | KM15, KM15 |
| Cooperative learning | 15 | 0.6 | CM06, KM15, SM09, CM06 |
| Personal study | 40 | 1.6 | KM15, KM15 |
| Writing of the Final Master's Dissertation | 35 | 1.4 | CM06, KM15, SM09, CM06 |
Assessment
The student must present a written report on the Final Master's Dissertation, which he will later defend in a public session. The director/tutor will issue an evaluation report on the work done, which will account for 20% of the final score. The evaluation of the written memory will account for 40% and its presentation and defense 40% of the final score. If the report is not delivered on time or the student does not appear for the defense, the Final Master's Dissertation will be considered "not evaluable".
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director/tutor report | 20 | 0 | 0 | CM06, KM15, SM09 |
| Exposition and defense of the Final Master's Disseration | 40 | 0.5 | 0.02 | CM06, KM15, SM09 |
| Writen Final Master Disseration | 40 | 0 | 0 | CM06, KM15, SM09 |
Bibliography
Bibliography consulted will vary depending on the nature of each Final Master's Dissertation.
Software
Software used will vary depending on the nature of each Final Master Dissertation. We highly recommend the use of a Bibliographic Management Software, such as Mendeley - Reference Management Software.