Tutored projects

Presentation

The work is composed of two parts :

• a bibliographical study dealing with a research theme in relationship with the project. This study is concluded by the witting of a document whose content and form have to follow the recommendations given by the tutors,
• a technical realization which is performed during a full semester.

Organisation:

4 hours of documentary research teaching then 10 hours of project management teaching, then 30h of project.

Objectives

The module is aimed at motivating students with research activities by means “tutored projects” involving groups of several students and directed by an academic or an industrial tutor. Those projects are completed by a formation to documentary research. A course of project management allows guiding the realisation part of the project.

At the end of this module, the student will have understood and be able to explain (main concepts):

• the concepts, norms and techniques related to the building of a state of the art in relationship with the subject of the project subject,
• the concepts and techniques in relationship with the management of the project involving several persons.

The student will be able to:

• elaborate a state of the art dealing with a domain in relationship with the project,
• manage a project involving several persons,
• integrate techniques of different scientific domains to reach the realization goals of the project.

Needed prerequisite

Depends of the subject of the project.

Form of assessment

The evaluation of outcome prior learning is made as a continuous training during the semester. According ot the teaching, the assessment will be different: as a written exam, an oral exam, a record, a written report, peers review...