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SYKP3900B Bachelor's Thesis Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Bacheloroppgave
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Nursing
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history

Introduction

Ingen forkunnskapskrav

Required preliminary courses

Passed first and second year of the programme.

Learning outcomes

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

Knowledge

The student

  • can discuss the nurse’s role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
  • can summarise relevant research and professional development in the chosen specialisation

Skills

The student

  • can create a project description, including a time schedule and how he/she intends to complete the bachelor’s thesis with the resources available
  • can formulate a clear research question relating to nursing, which is possible to answer within the framework of the thesis
  • can carry out an independent systematic literature review in accordance with the applicable research standards
  • can clarify concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
  • can present specialist literature in an independent, logical, critical and systematic manner

General competence

The student i

  • can disseminate and arguing for strengths and weaknesses of his/her own study in a substantial and methodical manner
  • can reflect on relevant research ethics issues

Teaching and learning methods

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha følgende godkjente arbeidskrav:

  • Arbeidskrav 1: Studenten skal i løpet av emnet levere ett skriftlig, individuelt arbeidskrav på 1000 ord (+/- 10%). Oppgaven og innleveringsfristen kunngjøres i Canvas i starten av semesteret.

Formålet med arbeidskravet er å fremme progresjon i lesing av pensum og å øve anvendelse av juridisk metode.

Arbeidskravet må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg til eksamen. Dersom arbeidskravet ikke blir godkjent, gis det anledning til å kunne levere en forbedret versjon én gang innen angitt frist.

Course requirements

Eksamen i emnet er en individuell skoleeksamen på fire timer.

Assessment

Bachelor’s thesis.

  • Literature review.
  • Normally written in group with 2-3 students.
  • Scope of 8,000 words (+/- 10%).

Resits/rescheduled exam: If the bachelor’s thesis is awarded a fail grade, the student has the right to submit a reworked version once.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Gradert skal A - F

Examiners

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene. Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på disse samsensurerte besvarelsene skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

Overlapping courses

SYKK3900, SYKP3900, SYKD3900 and SKOMP3910 are fully overlapping.