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SYKK3900B Bachelor's Thesis Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Bacheloroppgave
- Study programme
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Bachelor's Programme in Nursing
- Weight
- 15.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
The bachelor’s thesis is the final academic in-depth paper in the nursing programme. Through the work on the bachelor’s thesis, the student will delve into a delimited area of research, and have the opportunity to develop his/her own academic independence. The topic must be linked to the nursing profession, patients and/or next-of-kin. The bachelor’s thesis must include systematic literature searches to apply results from recent research related to the chosen research question. The bachelor’s thesis must be presented in a systematic and clear manner. The title of the bachelor’s thesis will also be included on the diploma.
Required preliminary courses
Passed first and second year of the programme.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
- can discuss the nurse’s role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
- can summarise relevant research and professional development in the chosen specialisation
Skills
The student
- can create a project description, including a time schedule and how he/she intends to complete the bachelor’s thesis with the resources available
- can formulate a clear research question relating to nursing, which is possible to answer within the framework of the thesis
- can carry out an independent systematic literature review in accordance with the applicable research standards
- can clarify concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
- can present specialist literature in an independent, logical, critical and systematic manner
General competence
The student i
- can disseminate and arguing for strengths and weaknesses of his/her own study in a substantial and methodical manner
- can reflect on relevant research ethics issues
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, seminars, supervision, and self-study. All students will be allocated a supervisor.
Course requirements
The following coursework requirement must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:
- Project description for the bachelor’s thesis, scope 1,000 words (+/- 10%).
- Completed supervision, three compulsory supervision sessions out of the four sessions offered.
Assessment
Bachelor’s thesis.
- Literature review.
- Normally written in group with 2-3 students.
- Scope of 8,000 words (+/- 10%).
Resits/rescheduled exam: If the bachelor’s thesis is awarded a fail grade, the student has the right to submit a reworked version once.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F.
Examiners
One internal and one external examiner.
Overlapping courses
SYKK3900, SYKP3900 and SKOMP3910 are fully overlapping.