ERGOB3900 Professional Development and Methods - Bachelor Thesis Course description

In their third year, students will work on a bachelor thesis. The work on the bachelor thesis provides the students with experience of systematic project work over time, where professional development and the development of new knowledge in common is key. Philosophy of science and research methodology knowledge and skills are recurrent topics in the work on the bachelor’s thesis.

In part one, which starts at the beginning of the autumn semester, focus will be on how to plan project work. The student will start by working in-depth with a topic that forms the basis for their bachelor thesis. Students will be assigned a supervisor who follows the development of the project outline.

In part two, which concludes the programme, focus will be on completing the project and writing the bachelor’s thesis.

The bachelor’s thesis must be related to a research and development work in occupational therapy and occupational science.

Passed first and second year of the programme or equivalent.

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

• has broad knowledge of updated national and international research on the topic of the bachelor’s thesis
• has knowledge of professional development and project work and can use the knowledge in his/her own project
• has knowledge of philosophy of science, research ethics and research methods, and is capable of discussing how this impacts the development of knowledge in occupational therapy

Skills

The student is capable of

• applying problem-solving and creative strategies in the development of a project outline
• developing a research question and a project plan
• using philosophy of science, research ethics and methods to his/her own bachelor’s degree project
• applying a relevant scientific method and conducting data collection and analysis
• preparing an abstract and bachelor’s thesis based on traditions in research dissemination
• obtaining, applying and discussing relevant research articles and other specialist literature from national and international R&D work on the topic of the bachelor thesis
• discussing the bachelor thesis’ topic and results in relation to occupational therapy theory and occupational science
• discussing, assessing and reflecting on results and factors that have influenced the results’ reliability and validity

General competence

The student is capable of

• planning and carrying out an occupational therapy development project in cooperation with others under supervision
• critically reflecting on research ethics issues and guidelines
• communicating in written form, discussing and presenting the results of his/her own project

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

In order to be permitted to sit the exam, the following must have been approved:

• application for approval of the topic and an overview of those who will write the assignment
• a written assignment in the form of a project outline for the bachelor thesis, up to 1,500 words. The project description must be written and submitted in groups normally comprising two students.

Arbeidsformene veksler mellom forelesninger, selvstudium, diskusjoner og øvingsoppgaver. All undervisning foregår ved fysisk oppmøte på campus.

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

• én individuell skriftlig oppgave til vurdering, med omfang mellom 1800 og 2200 ord, inkludert referanseliste.

Formålet med arbeidskravet er å trene opp generelle ferdigheter i bruk av juridisk metode og oppgaveteknikk, og bidra til dybdekunnskap om sentrale deler av pensum.

Arbeidskravet må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for å kunne fremstille seg til eksamen. Dersom arbeidskravet ikke blir godkjent, gis det anledning til å kunne levere en forbedret versjon én gang innen angitt frist.

Eksamen i emnet er en skriftlig, individuell 4-timers skoleeksamen.

Lovdata Pro (eksamensmodus) vil være tilgjengelig under skoleeksamen.

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