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MAKLI5900 Master Thesis Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Masteroppgave
Weight
50.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
  • Introduction

    Language of instruction: Norwegian/English

    Under supervision, the students will conduct an independent research or development project, or a literaturestudy. Students can choose to write the master’s thesis individually or in pairs. On application, large, interdisciplinary innovation projects can be written in groups of up to four students. Students can also apply to write the master’s thesis with students from other specialisations if they so wish, provided that the scope of the master’s thesis is the same. If more than one student work on the master’s thesis together, each student’s contributions must be documented. The thesis can be written as a monograph or as a scientific article on a specialised topic.

    Development of the project description in preparation for the master’s thesis is part of the course MAVIT4070 Research Design and Project Description, 10 ECTS credits.

  • Required preliminary courses

    Eksamenen består av to deleksamener. Den første eksamensdelen er praktisk i form av en konsert, mens den andre delen er en skriftlig eksamen. Eksamensdelene vurderes hver for seg med separate karakterer.

    • Deleksamen 1: Praktisk eksamen i gruppe på ca. 20 minutter der vokale og instrumentale ferdigheter på ulike klasseroms- og bandinstrumenter vurderes. Individuell vurdering.
    • Deleksamen 2: Individuell skriftlig eksamen under tilsyn i musikkorientering 1 (populærmusikk og vestens musikkhistorie) med et omfang på 2 timer.

    Ved gyldig fravær eller ikke bestått resultat, må kun den aktuelle eksamensdelen tas opp igjen. Ny/utsatt eksamen arrangeres som ved ordinær eksamen. Av praktiske grunner kan deleksamen 1 gjennomføres individuelt ved ny/utsatt eksamen.

  • Learning outcomes

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

    Knowledge

    The student

    • has advanced knowledge of their area of specialisation and can analyse academic problems to identify the need for research and professional development
    • has in-depth knowledge of the research process

    Skills

    The student

    • can analyse relevant theories and issues to initiate and carry out a limited research, quality improvement or development work
    • can use relevant methods for research, quality improvement or development work in their own work
    • can analyse and deal critically with various sources of information and use them in scholarly arguments in their own research, quality improvement or development work
    • can carry out an independent, limited research, quality improvement or development work in accordance with the approved project description and the applicable norms for research ethics

    General competence

    The student

    • can communicate relevant issues, analyses and conclusions from their own research, quality improvement or development work to both the general public and academia
    • can contribute to new thinking, innovation processes and evidence-based practice in the health services and in health-promoting work
  • Teaching and learning methods

    Det benyttes to interne sensorer. En tilsynssensor er tilknyttet emnet, i henhold til retningslinjer for oppnevning og bruk av sensorer ved HiOA.

  • Course requirements

  • Assessment

    Emnet gir studentene grunnleggende, erfaringsbasert opplæring i utøvende, lyttende og skapende virksomhet, begynneropplæring i musikk og innføring i skolefaget musikk, slik det er utformet for trinn 1-7 i gjeldende læreplan. Undervisningsstoff og arbeidsma¿ter i studiet skal gi studentene ferdigheter, kunnskap og erfaring som gjør dem fortrolige med musikalsk barnekultur.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with. There is an opportunity to reuse self-produced text from MAVIT4070 in the master's thesis without self-citation.

  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A-F.

  • Examiners

    All examinations are assessed by an internal and an external examiner. The student's supervisor cannot be an examiner for the master's thesis.