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MAVIT4070 Research Design and Project Description Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Forskningsdesign og prosjektbeskrivelse
Study programme
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Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
FALL 2023
SPRING 2024
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

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Recommended preliminary courses

MAVIT4050 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits or equivalent.              MAVIT4060 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology, 10 ECTS credits.

Required preliminary courses

Bestått/ikke bestått. For å bestå eksamen må studenten levere en feilfri besvarelse.

Studenten har 3 forsøk på gjennomføring av eksamen. Dersom det etter den 3. eksamen er studenter som ikke har bestått, er det mulig å søke om et 4. og siste forsøk.

Learning outcomes

Alle besvarelser vurderes av to interne sensorer.

Teaching and learning methods

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching will mainly be digital, in addition to blended learning with seminars on campus during the course. Work and teaching methods include digital lectures, individual literature studies and written work, oral presentations, group discussions and supervision. Up to two hours of guidance is given on the project description.

Course requirements

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

  • compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days
  • presentation of the student’s project plan for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
  • the student must give written and oral feedback to a fellow student’s project plan (peer assessment/opponent)

Assessment

A project examination in the form of a project description for the student's master’s thesis, individual or in groups, depending on whether the thesis will be written individually or in a group. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). For group assignments, one overall grade is awarded for the whole group.

Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Pass/fail.

Examiners

All examination papers are assessed by two internal examiners. An external programme supervisor will evaluate the form of assessment.

Overlapping courses

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