Scientific Methodology in Logistics

Aim

After the course should the student be able to:

describe and understand main concepts and methods for scientific work

understand qualitative and quantitative methods and when they are suitable

to critize scientific work

to find and critically evaluate different information sources Course content The lectures will among other things cover:

Scientific approach, source criticism, reporting structure.

Literature studies and frame of reference

Case study methods

Simulation methods

Optimization methods Teaching and working methods The course will be through lectures. The course should be taken in conjunction with the bachelor thesis - preferably as an introduction to the project. The examination assignment should preferably cover the methodology chapter of the bachelor thesis and thus the bachelor thesis should be identified as early as possible into the course. Examination UPG2Assignments2 creditsU, GGrades are given as ’Fail’ or ’Pass’. Grades for examination modules are decided in accordance with the assessment criteria presented at the start of the course. Grades Two-grade scale, U, G Other information About teaching and examination languageThe teaching language is presented in the Overview tab for each course. The examination language relates to the teaching language as follows: If teaching language is “Swedish”, the course as a whole could be given in Swedish, or partly in English. Examination language is Swedish, but parts of the examination can be in English.If teaching language is “English”, the course as a whole is taught in English. Examination language is English.If teaching language is “Swedish/English”, the course as a whole will be taught in English if students without prior knowledge of the Swedish language participate. Examination language is Swedish or English depending on teaching language.OtherThe course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.The planning and implementation of a course should correspond to the course syllabus. The course evaluation should therefore be conducted with the course syllabus as a starting point. The course is campus-based at the location specified for the course, unless otherwise stated under “Teaching and working methods”. Please note, in a campus-based course occasional remote sessions could be included. Department Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap

Content

The lectures will among other things cover: