BV3900 The Bachelor's thesis Course description

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Rehabilitation and Habilitation.

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 assess how user participation is facilitated at the service and system level
• can analyse knowledge translation and evidence-based practice in (re)habilitation
• can assess the significance of organisational and institutional frameworks for (re)habilitation work
• can analyse (re)habilitation as a concept, field of knowledge and area of political and professional governance

Skills

The student

• can perform evidence-based work in interprofessional practice in (re)habilitation
• can communicate actively and effectively when cooperating with professionals, service users and their next of kin
• can integrate and use different forms of knowledge in the work of developing and improving the quality of (re)habilitation services
• can reflect on how professionals can develop (re)habilitation services that ensure that different groups in society enjoy equitable services
• can actively use knowledge of the relationship between individuals, the organisation of services and the political governance level in the development of (re)habilitation services

General competence

The student

• can facilitate and discuss challenges related to the organisation of (re)habilitation services
• can analyse how technological development can contribute to innovation in (re)habilitation services
• can critically reflect on new knowledge and apply it in work on improving (re)habilitation practice
• can analyse structural factors in (re)habilitation and how they can be changed through the division of responsibility and tasks in (re)habilitation practice

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

Knowledge

The student

• must have in-depth multidisciplinary knowledge of a self-chosen topic with relevance to the field of child welfare work
• must have knowledge of the importance of the philosophy of science in scientific activities
• must have knowledge of research ethics, basic social science research methods and their possibilities and limitations
• must have knowledge of different theoretical perspectives relevant to the topic and problem in the bachelor's thesis
• must have broad knowledge of the design of academic assignments

Skills

The student

• can reflect on power structures, professionalism and their own role as a professional in the child welfare system
• can develop research questions of relevance to the field of practice and apply new professional knowledge in a methodical and scientific manner
• can find, assess and refer to research and practice-based knowledge in the field of child welfare in a relevant manner that sheds light on the research question
• can conduct advanced literature searches in various databases and apply knowledge of child welfare and social pedagogy in major written works
• can reflect critically on theory of science perspectives and different sources of knowledge in their own work
• can exercise source criticism when assessing and selecting literature and obtaining information online and in databases

General competence

The student

• can analyse and critically reflect on research ethics issues in the performance of child care and welfare work
• has knowledge of the formal and methodological requirements that apply to academic writing
• has broad knowledge of research and development work of relevance to a child welfare officer’s areas of work
• can document and communicate professional assessments in writing
• can update their knowledge of the field of child care and welfare

Teaching of relevance to work on the bachelor’s thesis. All students will be offered three individual 45-minute supervision sessions. No supervision will be given in the final week before submission.

The following required coursework/compulsory activities must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: INTERACT - INTER1300

Students must submit an individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10%). The log requires participation at the two-day seminar. An individual assignment may compensate for absence.

Read more about INTERACT and INTER1300 here: https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/research-projects/interact

• Coursework 2: Submission of an outline with the chosen topic and tentative research question for the Bachelor's thesis. The scope must be up to 1 page.

Compulsory activities and coursework requirements must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam.

The exam in the course is an individual bachelor's thesis.

The assignment must must have a scope of 20 pages (+/- 10 %). The cover page, table of contents and reference list come in addition to this. All the pages, apart from the cover page, must be numbered and state the candidate number. The cover page must also state necessary information about which exam the paper concerns, and carry the exam code.

Font and font size: Calibri 12-point. Line spacing 1.5. The approved citation style APA for assignments must be complied with.

Students who fail the exam or who were absent from the ordinary exam for a valid reason can take a resit/rescheduled exam. Students can submit a reworked version of the thesis once, and can receive one hour of additional individual supervision in connection with improving the thesis. Students must contact the person responsible for the course to organise a supervision session. No supervision will be given in July.

Students who fail the bachelor`s thesis twice must submit a new thesis based on a new research question at the next exam. The student must also have the outline, including the topic and research question, approved again. It is the students’ responsibility to contact the person responsible for the course to schedule three supervision sessions well before the start of the course.

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.

10 ECTS credits overlapp with MAREH4000 Rehabilitation as Knowledge and Practice, 20 ECTS credits.