MAATH5900 Master’s Thesis Course description

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Individual home examination (multiple choice), 45 minutes.

The exam is in English, with the exception of health management which is in Norwegian for Norwegian students.  

All aids are permitted.  

Pass/fail  

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

• two oral presentations (up to 30 minutes) at the master’s seminars
• project outline with a progress schedule in accordance with specified criteria

If the seminars are taught in English, presentations must be given in English.

Written master’s thesis in a group of two students, followed by an individual oral exam including a presentation of the thesis, with a duration of up to 1.5 hours.

The master’s thesis can be written as a monograph of up to 80 pages or an article manuscript with a supplementary introductory chapter of up to 45 pages.

The written thesis must be awarded a grade of A-E (preliminary grade) in order for a student to take the oral exam. The final grade is set after the oral exam. The grade can be adjusted up or down by one grade based on the oral exam.

The thesis can be written in English or a Scandinavian language. The oral exam can be taken in English or a Scandinavian language, regardless of which language the thesis was written in.

Resit exam: If the master’s thesis is awarded an F (Fail), the students will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

Students can appeal against the grade set for the written part of the exam. If the grade is changed after an appeal against the grade, and the oral exam has already been held, the oral exam must be retaken.

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

Grade scale A-F

All theses will be assessed by two examiners, one of whom must be external.

The students supervisor cannot be one of the examiners.