VERN2400 Planning, Evaluation and Documentation Course description

Individual written bachelor's thesis in accordance with set criteria, up to 8,000 words

On reasoned application and following a special assessment, students can be allowed to write their bachelor’s thesis in pairs. The maximum length of the thesis is still 8,000 words even when two students write a thesis together. Each of the two students must enclose a description of his/her own contribution to the thesis. They are both responsible for the content of the thesis.

All

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:

• is capable of explaining the necessity of differentiating between goals and measures
• is capable of explaining goal hierarchies and the criteria for prioritising goals
• is capable of explaining and giving grounds for various forms of single-subject designs (N=1 design)
• has knowledge of evaluation criteria and methods
• is capable of explaining various parties’ responsibilities in a satisfactory planning process

Skills

The student is capable of:

• carrying out a satisfactory planning and goal setting process, emphasising the user’s wishes and self-determination
• explaining and discussing ethical issues relating to planning of measures
• operationalising general goals to specific goals
• describing and implementing consequence analyses in training or care work
• proposing, giving grounds for and implementing a choice of design based on information about behaviour and environmental variables in case descriptions
• planning and giving grounds for the choice of design and implementing changes in his/her own behaviour

Competence

The student:

• is capable of describing the principles of internal control and quality assurance
• has insight into the statutory requirements that apply to documentation and record keeping

Two examiners

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can receive a final assessment:

• presentation of a case analysis in a group
• presentation of a proposal for a goal setting and training plain
• presentation of a case analysis and a goal setting and teaching plan in a plenary session, group presentations
• individual presentation of a self-change project in small groups

Individual home exam, 1 week. Maximum length: 3,200 words. Resit/rescheduled exam: Individual home exam, 1 week. Maximum length: 3,200 words.

All

A grade scale with grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used.

Two examiners