VERPRA35 Practical Studies Related to Bachelor Thesis Course description

1. Three written assignments

1. Weekly reading response and peer-review assignments. A minimum of 75% (9 out of 12) out of the reading response and peer-review assignments must be approved.

Detailed description of all assignments will be provided to the students in Canvas.

Individual written report of between 1800 and 2200 words.

The exam can be appealed.

New/postponed exam: In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student may apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for applying for a new/postponed exam within the time limits set by OsloMet. The Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet.

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for plagiarism and source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A - F

The following coursework must be approved in order to take the final assessment:

• Project description of up to 1000 words for the bachelor's thesis*
• Participation in teaching related to the chosen specialization topic - 80 percent attendance
• participation in work tasks at the place of employment, minimum 90 per cent attendance
• assessed in accordance with suitability criteria ; Regulations relating to suitability assessment in higher education
• submitted, completed and signed practice documents according to given criteria

*If the project the student is participating in is changed after the original project description has been approved, the student must submit a new project description for approval within given deadlines.

Assessed practical training:

The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, and the ongoing assessment made of the student's achievement of the learning outcomes in the practical training courses. In order to be able to give an assessment of the student, a minimum of 90 per cent attendance in the practical training is required.

New and postponed assessment:

"Failed" practical training normally means that the student must retake the entire practical training course.

The following applies to all the practical training courses in the programme

Practical training is assessed as pass/fail. Passing the practice requires that three elements are passed:

• Compulsory attendance
• Learning outcomes
• Fitness

Passed practical training requires that the student has fulfilled the requirement for compulsory attendance. In the practical training courses, a minimum of 90 per cent attendance is required. If the limit for absence is exceeded, the student can make up for missing practical training/teaching, provided that this is practically possible. If the absence cannot be compensated, the period must be made up in full. This leads to a delay in the student's study progression.

• Current theories and frameworks for the understanding of genre theory and general and its application to engineering communication.
• Analysis of typical engineering communication genres
• Detailed coverage of the concept of "genre as function" and the idea that structure and form of a document in a given genre is subordinate to its purpose and to the problem it mediates.
• Techniques for analyzing typical engineering communication genres and reflection on them.

Pass/Fail

Internal teacher on the recommendation of the practical training supervisor.

10 ECTS from VERPRA30