PSYK3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

All answers are assessed by one examiner. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

The course has 5 ECTS of overlapping content towards STKD6610 Technology and Society, STKD6600 Technology and Society I, PSYK1070 Technology and Society, BIOB1070 Technology and Society, ERGOB1070 Technology and Society, FYB1070 Technology and Society, RAB1070 Technology and Society, SYKK1070 Technology and Society, SYKP1070 Technology and Society, TAB1070 Technology and Society, ORI1070 Technology and Society, PMED1070 Technology and Society, FARB1070 Technology and Society and VERB1070 Technology and Society

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge;

The student can

• describe relevant sources for literature searches
• explain different forms of reporting in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines

Skills

The student can

• protect privacy (according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR)), consent and confidentiality
• conduct different types of literature searches
• formulate a research question in accordance with general requirements
• plan, conduct and document a study, a project work, or a care or training measure
• collect and process data
• use the IMRAD model in reporting and referring according to the current APA standard

General competence;

The student can

• demonstrate practical research ethics and relevant critical thinking in accordance with academic standards
• disseminate and document behaviour analytic work;
• exchange professional opinions and experience and contribute to the development of the field

Work on the bachelor’s thesis is conducted full-time over eight weeks. The students work independently on the thesis. A supervisor from among the department’s staff will be appointed for each student.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to;submit the;bachelor’s thesis.

• Prepare an outline for the bachelor’s thesis
• Participate in organised supervision (80%)

Individual bachelor’s thesis with a maximum scope of 8,000 words

On application, students may be permitted to write the thesis in pairs. This is on the condition that they have collected the data together and use these in the thesis.

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

Grade scale A-F

One internal and one external examiner.