KAU Doctoral Courses is a database with doctoral courses at Karlstad University.
The course is in the form of seminars offered in the academic year, most of which centre on the students’ presentations of their own research, work-in-progress or completed projects. Some seminars are on current research-related issues at the university. At least 20 seminars are arranged every year.
The aim of the course is to give students the opportunity to learn about other research projects and present and discuss their own. On completion, they should be able to give a general account of departmental research.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to
− give the kind of presentation that is standard practice at science conferences,
− identify the strengths and weaknesses of a completed research project and contribute to the discussion of them,
− discuss the potentials, limitations and relevance to industry and society of their own research,
− discuss the methods used in the research field in general and their doctoral project in particular.
The course is offered to doctoral students in chemistry, chemical engineering and environmental and energy systems. Students are recommended to take the course early in their course of study as students admitted to doctoral studies in one of the disciplines specified above. Other students may be admitted after consultation with the course convener or head of department.
Assessment is based on active participation in at least 75% of the seminars in the academic year and on their performance conducting a seminar based on their own research.
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.