MASYD5900 Master Thesis Course description

Under supervision, the students will conduct an independent empirical research or development project, or a literature study. If two students work on the master's thesis together, each student's contributions must be documented. The thesis can be written as (1) a monograph or (2) a scientific article on a specialised topic in addition to a thematic assignment.

Work on developing a project plan in preparation for the master's thesis begins and runs alongside the method courses in the spring semester, before the master's course itself starts in the autumn semester. The project plan has a scope of 3,000 words (+/- 10%) and must be approved by the student's supervisor.

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

Emnet omfatter praktisk anvendelse av laboratorieanalyser på celler og vev relatert til patologiske tilstander. Grunnleggende kunnskap innen morfologiske analyser er nødvendig for at bioingeniørene skal kunne planlegge, utføre, kvalitetssikre og vurdere biomedisinske analyser. I emnet vektlegges relevant teori relatert til preanalytiske forhold, aktuelle analyser og mikroskopering av celle- og vevspreparater. Emnet omfatter også utvalgte histologiske og cytologiske metoder som benyttes i kreftdiagnostikk, inklusive immunologiske metoder. Kunnskap om celler og vev og relevante analyser er viktig innen denne del av bioingeniør-faget, hvor vurdering til dels er basert på subjektive kriterier.

Emnet er sammensatt av følgende temaer, angitt i studiepoeng: Histopatologiske teknikker 4,5 Cytologi 2,5 Immunhistokjemi 1,5 Blodutstryk 0,5 Urinmikroskopi 1,0 Sum 10

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The following must have been approved in order for a student to be permitted to submit the master's thesis:

• Three oral presentations (up to 20 minutes +/-) at the master's seminars

The master's thesis can be written as a monograph or as an article/articles on a specialised topic.

Scope: Monograph: When two write together: 35,000 words (+/- 25 %) When writing alone: 35,000 words (+/- 10%)

Scope: Article(s) (publishable manuscript with a scope and design suited to the chosen journal) and a specialised topic: When two write together: 7,000 words (+/- 25 %) When writing alone: 7,000 words (+/- 10%)

The thesis must be in accordance with the guidelines for work on the master's thesis in Nursing - Clinical Research and Professional Development.

Students are offered twenty hours' supervision.

Supervision agreement signed by students and supervisor at the start of the supervision.

The literature selected by the student in connection with the master's thesis must comprise approx. 4,000 pages. The literature must be relevant to the research question and method(s) used in the master's thesis.

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

Eksamensinnhold: Læringsutbyttene

Eksamensform: Individuell muntlig eksamen, inntil 30 minutter

All answer papers are assessed by two examiners. One examiner must be external. A supervisor is not allowed to be an examiner for the theses of students he or she has supervised.