BIBV3891 International Project Collaboration: BOBCATSSS Course description

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can develop a research question for their master’s thesis
• can independently describe relevant academic frame of reference and/or context as a foundation for a project plan for the master’s thesis

Skills

The student

• can plan a research project and write a project description in a precise scientific format and language
• can carry out extensive and systematic literature searches relating to their own project description, summarise and discuss the findings of others, and cite sources correctly
• can reflect upon ethical issues related to the project

General competence

The student

• can analyse and deal critically with various sources of data and use them in scholarly arguments
• can critically assess relevant ethical norms and values related to the chosen method in the project plan
• can assess whether a research project requires various forms of registration or approval in accordance with the applicable legislation

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching will mainly be digital, in addition to blended learning with seminars on campus during the course. Work and teaching methods include digital lectures, individual literature studies and written work, oral presentations, group discussions and supervision. Up to two hours of guidance is given on the project description.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days for your own specialisation
• presentation of own student’s project description for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
• held the role of opponent, providing feedback on one or more fellow students' project plan (peer assessment/opponent)

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take theexam:

1. Individual work. Students must evaluate at least 3 articles submitted to the conference. Theassessment must be documented in a report of 1-2 pages.
2. Group work, 2-4 students. The students will work in groups to plan the BOBCATSSS program. Thework must be documented with a program proposal in an appropriate format of 2-3 pages.
3. Group work, 2-4 students. Students will plan a social event that can be held in connection withthe conference. The work must be documented in the form of an oral group presentation ofapprox. 10 minutes.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the studentto take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will begiven the opportunity to submit an improved version once by the given deadline. The work requirementscan be written in English, Norwegian or another Scandinavian language, except for the program proposalwhich must be written in English.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

MAVIT4050 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits or equivalent. MAVIT4060 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology, 10 ECTS credits.

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