SOW-BKI300
Bachelor thesis
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleSOW-BKI300
Credits (ECTS)12
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Social Sciences; Artificial Intelligence;
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator
dr. S.J. Hazenberg
Other course modules lecturer
Examiner
dr. S.J. Hazenberg
Other course modules lecturer
Contactperson for the course
L.E.C. Jacques
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Academic year2017
Period
JAAR  (04/09/2017 to 31/08/2018)
Starting block
JAAR
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Content
The Bachelor thesis is your final grand end product of your Bachelor. Here, you will work on your own personal project and thesis, embedded in a team of students working on the same, or similar, topics, under the supervision of one or multiple AI (or external) staff members. 
You apply for a project and/or supervisor, perfoms a clearly planned and delimited research, write your own thesis and answer at least one individual research question.

The research topic should be relevant to the broad area of Artificial Intelligence, which ranges from, e.g. theoretical explorations on social and ethical implications of AI, via computational modeling of aspects of human cognition and brain functioning, to more engineering type of projects where smart systems, robots, or interfaces are designed and evaluated. More information about the procedures, rules and guidelines, possible supervisors, evaluation criteria, etcetera are available Blackboard via the BKI300 course site the “BSc/MSc Theses” tab.

A strict trajectory for your bachelor thesis project is planned. You can choose between the Spring/Autumn semesters. “Spring” starts in November and "Autumn" in June. If you want to start with your bachelor thesis:
  1. Enroll for BKI300
  2. Follow the announcements on the BB course and orient yourself on the posted supervisors and proposals.
  3. Visit the BAKO in June or November
  4. Apply for your preferred project and/or supervisor
  5. Plan and perform the research (until Jan/June)
  6. Present your research and defend your thesis (Jan/Jun)
Above all, make something you can rightly be proud of as grand end product of your bachelor period.
Additional comments
Preferably use the forum for the course for questions whenever possible.

Enroll for BKI300 (https://portal.ru.nl/home). Visit the BAKO and apply for supervisors and projects. Deadlines for applications are in :
• June for “Autumn” period
• November for “Spring” period
Specific dates will be communicated on the Blackboard course.

Levels
AI.B3

Test information
For details on procedures and examination, please consider the Rules and Regulations for Bachelor Theses (available on Blackboard).

- Assessment forms
- Project proposal
- Project participation and judgment (by peers and supervisors) of the research process
- Thesis
- Presentation of your research
- Defense (a meeting with supervisors and 2nd reader, where you defend your research)

Students are strongly advised to start their preparations well in advance of the BAKO. Although project proposals will be pre-defined, they will merely contain a coarse draft of the eventual project. Students should have a clear view of the type of research they would like to become part in. To this end, students can become inspired by teachers they have met during the lectures of the bachelor programme, study the research websites from teachers and PhDs, or read finished theses made by their predecessors (available in the theses repository).

Contact information
Dr. Simon Jan Hazenberg; E: s.j.hazenberg@donders.ru.nl; T: 024-361 5606

Instructional modes
Assignments
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Exam
Test weight1
OpportunitiesBlock JAAR, Block JAAR