DATA3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

The students shall develop skills in carrying out, in an independent and systematic manner, an extensive, practically oriented project based on a client’s requirements. The students shall demonstrate that they can translate their knowledge into practical solutions. They shall be capable of applying basic rules for user quality to analysis, design, implementation, interfaces and documentation. They shall be capable of producing satisfactory documentation for computer programs and systems concerning products, operation and use, adapted to the different recipients of this documentation, and of providing an expedient description of their own work process based on given standards.

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 has

• advanced knowledge about the differences between the characteristics of a corporation and other forms of organizing a business and how these characteristics affect investment, financing, and risk-taking policies of a business.
• advanced knowledge about how companies raise private and public capital, decide on capital structure, and implement valuations.
• advanced knowledge about how companies can engage in value enhancing strategies and complete mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
• advanced knowledge about how companies determine payout policies and executive compensation.
• advanced knowledge about empirical techniques used in contemporary academic research to test corporate finance theories and when to use them.

Skills

The student can

• review and discuss key concepts in corporate finance
• apply knowledge acquired and relevant theories to his/her work with his/her master's thesis
• use relevant empirical methods to carry out limited empirical research projects.

General competence

The student

• is able to analyze and propose solutions to contemporary corporate finance problems managers of companies face in their day-to-day business.
• can apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out advanced assignments and projects.
• can communicate extensive independent work and master language and terminology of the academic field.
• can communicate about academic issues, analyses, and conclusions in the field, both with specialists and the general public.

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 is capable of:

• explaining how projects are managed and how progress is ensured
• explaining the different stages of a development or research project and their importance
• explaining the structure of final documentation
• explaining the chosen technical architecture and discussing its advantages and disadvantages

Skills The student is capable of:

• developing project and work plans
• setting up development and test environments
• developing and testing large-scale IT-solutions in groups
• evaluate, analyse or develop user interface

General competence The student is capable of:

• cooperating in groups in big IT-projects
• apply knowledge and results from research
• professional communication both orally and in writing
• find and critically evaluate relevant literature
• evaluate ethical - or privacy concerns in projects

Det undervises i plenumsforelesninger. Excel-timer og oppgaveløsing blir avholdt i grupper med veiledning av studentassistenter.

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha følgende godkjente arbeidskrav:

• Arbeidskrav: Studenten må gjennomføre digitale prøver og få godkjent minst 4 av 6 prøver. Prøvene er fordelt utover semesteret. Fra prøven aktiveres gis studentene inntil én uke på å fullføre prøven. Hver prøve vil ha et omfang på inntil 2 timer. Studenten har 3 forsøk på å bestå hver prøve, og resultatet gis automatisk ved prøvens slutt. Faglærer vil opplyse om utlevering og innleveringsfrister.

Formålet med arbeidskravet er å forberede studentene til eksamen og arbeidslivet ved å gi dem relevant trening i regnskapsføring i Excel.

Arbeidskrav må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg til eksamen.

The following aids are permitted:

• One dictionary (Native language-English/English-native language or English-English).
• Calculator (see regulations for the use of calculators in the programme description)

Grade scale A-F

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

Applied Statistical Methods (Statistiske metoder), Econometrics, and Corporate finance (Finansstyring)