MANES5900 Master's Thesis Course description

No support material is permitted in the exams.

Two internal examiners will be used. External examiner is used regularly.

It is recommended to have completed one full year of university studies (60 ECTS) before the program starts, and that a minimum of 30 ECTS of your total 60 ETCS be within computer science.

The course has 5 ECTS of overlapping content towards STKD6410 Universal Design of New and Emerging Interfaces II.

The course has 2 ECTS of overlapping content towards Universal Design ADTS3100.

The course has 1 ECTS of overlapping content towards Human Computer Interaction ITPE2100 or ADSE2100.

The following coursework requirements must be met before a student can receive an assessment for the course:

• Up-to-date and approved project description
• At least one presentation of his/her own work and one acting as an opponent in relation to another student's work at master's seminars
• A syllabus of at least 2,000 pages chosen by the student must be approved by the supervisor before a student can submit his/her master's thesis for grading

A master's thesis written individually or in groups of up to three students, and an individual oral exam. The thesis must be written in accordance with the applicable master's handbook.

Monographs shall have a scope of approx. 15,000 words (+/- 20%). If the article manuscript format is chosen, the supplementary memo/introduction ('kappe') shall have a scope of approx. 3,000 words (+/- 20%). If another format is chosen, the supplementary memo/introduction ('kappe') shall have a scope of approx. 9,000 words (+/- 20%). The same requirements apply to the scope of an individual master's thesis and a master's thesis written by groups of students.

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

Grade scale A-F.

For a thesis written by a group, all the students in the group are awarded the same grade.

The students are awarded a preliminary grade for the written master's thesis. Only students who have been awarded a pass grade (A-E) for the written master's thesis are permitted to take the oral exam. The final grade is set following an individual oral exam. The whole grade scale can be used when adjusting the preliminary grade.

The following applies when the grade F is awarded:

• Written thesis: If the master's thesis is written by a group, the whole group will be awarded this grade. The students will not be permitted to take the oral exam. The students are given one opportunity to submit a new or reworked version of the master's thesis for grading.
• Oral exam: If the grade F is awarded following the oral exam, F will be the student's final grade. In such cases, the student will have to retake the exam by submitting a new or reworked version of the master's thesis for grading. If the student is then given a pass grade, a new oral exam will be arranged.

Appealing against grades

The grade for the written thesis can be appealed. If the grade is changed as a result of re-grading, the student must also take the oral exam again.

All master's theses are assessed by two examiners, one of whom must be external.

Vibeke Lohne/Berit Taraldsen Valeberg