MAMUS5900 Master Thesis Course description

Undervisninga i Norsk 2 knyter linjer tilbake til og utdjupar kunnskapen og ferdigheitene studenten har tileigna seg gjennom arbeidet med emna i Norsk 1. Sentrale tema i undervisninga er tekstanalyse og tolking, med vekt på barne- og ungdomslitteratur. Det historiske perspektivet og didaktisk bruk av skjønnlitterære klassikarar for vaksne og barn er ein viktig del av litteraturstudiet, saman med samtidslitteratur, bildebøker og samansette tekstar i ulike sjangrar.

Undervisninga gjev også utvida kunnskap om den første og den andre lese- og skriveopplæringa i eit notidig og historisk perspektiv. Lese- og skrivestrategiar og arbeid med fagtekstar, tilpassa undervisning, vurdering og kartlegging er viktige tema. Undervisninga går djupare inn på temaet norskopplæring for elevar med norsk som andrespråk er enn det Norsk 1 gjev høve til. Språkhistorie og språk- og dialektkunnskap gjev nøklar til å forklare variasjon og endring i talespråk og skriftkulturverk i dagens samfunn. Språkmangfald i Noreg og Norden blir vektlagt.

Sentralt i emne 4 er FoU-oppgåva. Oppgåva skal ha ei klårt formulert problemstilling som det må vera høve til å undersøke og utdjupe. I FoU-oppgåva skal studentane belyse og drøfte eit norskfagleg problem som er relevant i grunnskulen. Slik skal oppgåva gje studentane høve til å dokumentere fagleg kunnskap og innsikt. Studentane skal velje å fordjupe seg i eitt eller fleire tema i planen for Norsk 2, og kan velje å skrive ei teoretisk oppgåve, ei empirisk oppgåve eller ein kombinasjon. Ei teoretisk oppgåve tar utgangspunkt i analysar og drøftingar i aktuelle forskingsarbeid innan eit område og oppsummerer og samanliknar. Ei empirisk oppgåve bygger på ny informasjon som studenten sjølv samlar inn, eller bygger vidare på analyse av materiale som andre har samla inn.

MAVIT4070/MAxxx4070 must be passed before the student can start to work on the master's thesis.

All compulsory courses in the programme must be passed before the student can submit their master's thesis for assessment.

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

Work and teaching methods used in the course are self-study, three to six master’s seminars with presentations, and an offer of 20 hours’ supervision per thesis, regardless of whether it is written individually or in a group.

The seminars are an arena for sharing experience from all stages of the project work. Students will take part in academic discussion and practise structuring and wording academic argumentation and communicating constructive criticism. Presenting their work, giving feedback to fellow students, and receiving feedback from fellow students and teachers, are important parts of the seminars.

The supervision agreement is signed by the students and supervisors at the start of the supervision.

When a group of students work together, an overview of each student’s individual contribution must be enclosed with the assignment.

The following must have been approved in order for a student to be permitted to take the examination:

• Two oral presentations (up to 20 minutes each) at the master seminar, and completion of the opponent role with critique/feedback on the presentation from fellow students.

The master’s thesis written by one or two students. Large, interdisciplinary innovation projects can be written in groups of up to four students on application. Individual oral examination where the grade can be adjusted.

The content and scope of different forms of master's theses:

• Monograph: Recommended scope of a monographic assignment is 22,000 words +/- 10%

• Scientific article: The thesis must include a manuscript in the form of at least one article that is in accordance with the author guidelines for a relevant scientific journal, and a supplementary memo/introductory chapter to the article-based thesis ('kappe') that elaborates on the theoretical and methodological considerations underlying the article. The layout, structure and scope of the article must comply with the guidelines of the journal in question, and the introductory chapter to the article-based thesis can be a maximum of 10,000 words.

The thesis can be written in English or a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

The written thesis must be awarded a grade of A-E (preliminary grade) in order for a student to take the oral examination. The final grade is set after the oral examination. The whole grade scale can be used when setting the final grade.

An individual oral examination lasting up to 40 minutes based on the master’s thesis. The candidate gives a 10 - 15 minutes presentation of their master’s thesis at the start of the oral examination.

Students can appeal against the grade set for the written part of the examination in accordance with the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges.

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.

Grade scale A-F.

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