The goal of the semestral work is to learn how to combine data, information and knowledge to answer the question.
The semestral work is graded in three checkpoints:
To successfully complete the semestral project, you need to obtain at least 50% grading from each checkpoint. For completing a checkpoint you need to
Deadline to deliver checkpoint is the last Sunday before the tutorial on which it is defended. If you submit your checkpoint after the deadline, you will be penalized by losing 5 points for each commenced week of delay. This penalization will be used for final grading only (i.e. it will not be taken into account for passing/failing determination).
The basic goal of the semestral project is to Combine data, information and knowledge to answer non-trivial questions. Students may choose from the following questions, or create own question.
Topic Protected sites offers following questions:
The topic Animal shelters is based on the natural taxonomy of animal kingdom. We offer following (and other) questions:
Expected output is not only the answer, but a functional framework to get answers automatically (e.g. easily change the given municipality in the first question etc). Note that questions are not specified in a temporal or spatial extent. In the first checkpoint, based on the data sources, define the question specifically with spatial and temporal definition. It may vary a lot – e.g. comparison of protected areas overlap among two neighboring countries, or changes in legislation for protected areas during past century.
In case of not finding data you would need, contact lecturer.
Archive semestral-work-example-2018.zip.
Archive semestral-work-example-2019.zip.