KAU Doctoral Courses is a database with doctoral courses at Karlstad University.
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to:
• Scientifically judge and comment independent an article with respect to the quality of presentation, credibility, novelty, scientific evidence, ethics, and scientific methodology;
• Identify strengths and novel contributions in scientific articles;
• Identify and criticise weaknesses in scientific articles while providing constructive feedback to the authors;
In addition, the student will be aware of and consider in future review work:
• The risk of own bias when providing peer review;
• Subjectivity in judging research;
• Conflicts of interest in reviewing other scientist’s work;
• Ethical end professional etiquette of peer review
The student must be enrolled in a PhD program in computer science, computer engineering or related subjects. The student shall be able to read scientific articles in English.
The course is examined through written peer review reports. The student will complete
5 peer review reports, including advisor feedback and improvement rounds.
Each syllabus states target group and eligibility, which should be based on the prerequisites necessary to understand and process the content of the course. Syllabi and scheduled course meetings are posted on the course portal web page for the doctoral level, which is also open to the public.
Doctoral students who wish to take a course should sign up according to instructions on the course portal.
Admitted students must meet the requirements stated in the syllabus. If there are more prospective students than the teaching capacity allows, priority is given to students as follows:
The appointed course convener decides on admission of students to a doctor level course in accordance with the order of priority stated above.
Upon completion of the course, the course convener issues a course certificate with a proposed grade to the students.
I kursplan anges målgrupp och behörighet. Behörighet ska utgå från de förkunskaper som behövs för att tillgodogöra sig kursens innehåll.
Kursplaner och planerade kurstillfällen görs tillgängliga på en webbsida: kurstorg för forskarnivå, som även görs tillgänglig externt.
Forskarstuderande som önskar följa en kurs ska anmäla detta enligt anvisning på kurstorget.
Studerande som ges tillträde ska uppfylla de behörighetskrav som anges i kursplanen. Om fler önskar följa kursen än vad undervisningskapaciteten tillåter görs prioritering enligt nedan.
Den som institutionen utsett som kursansvarig beslutar om vilka som får delta i en kurs på forskarnivå, i enlighet med prioritetsordningen ovan.
Efter genomförd kurs och prov lämnar kursansvarig ett intyg med förslag på betyg till kursdeltagarna.