PSYK3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

Eksamen i to deler:

Eksamensdel 1: Individuell skriftlig FoU-oppgave der studenten gjennom en praktisk og/eller teoretisk studie skal utforske og drøfte et fagdidaktisk problemområde. Det praktiske arbeidet dokumenteres i det skriftlige dokumentet (ca. 5000-6500 ord). Eksamen kan påklages. Eksamensdel 1 teller 40% av totalkarakter. Eksamen gjennomføres i andre semester.

Eksamensdel 2: Individuell muntlig eksamen. Baseres på formidling og utspørring relatert til både individuell FoU-oppgave, fellespensum og praksis. Muntlig eksamen kan ikke påklages. Eksamensdel 2 teller 60% av totalkarakter.Eksamen gjennomføres i andre semester.

Begge eksamensdeler må være vurdert til karakter E eller bedre for at studenten skal kunne få bestått emnet.

Eksamensdel 1: Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Eksamensdel 2: Ingen hjelpemidler er tillatt

Gradert skala A-F.

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

• Prepare and get approved 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.

If the bachelor’s thesis mentions information about people and/or their behavior, OsloMet and the Department for Behavioral Sciences' current rules for privacy and consent must be observed.

It is required that the thesis be written in whole or in part from a behavioral analytical perspective. For theses that are written based on a subject field other than behavior analysis, it is expected that the thesis contains an account of and discussion of behavior analysis in relation to the thesis' subject matter.

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

Grade scale A-F

All answers are assessed by two examiners.

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.