BIBV3310 Web Development Emneplan

Students must write an essay, in English, of 8-10 pages in connection to the course. The essay shall take the candidates;project as its point of departure and be related to the course content. The essay must be handed in for assessment no later than two months after the end of the course. A passed essay is a precondition for being awarded the 5 ECTS credits. If the essay is awarded a fail grade, the candidate can submit a revised essay once, by a specified deadline. The essay will be graded by the course lectures.

All examination support material is allowed as long as source reference and quotation technique requirements are applied.;

Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

The essay will be graded by the course lectures.

The target group for the course are candidates from the PhD programme in Social Science but it will also be open to PhD students on other programs who wish to study the field in depth.

Internal candidates register the course in their Studentweb and send a summary, maximum one page, of their project to the PhD administration.

External candidates apply through the Søknadsweb. The following documentation must be submitted

• Confirmation on admission to a PhD program
• Summary of your research proposal (approx.one page) and how this PhD course will be relevant for your research project

Maximum number of participants is 15.

Assessment of Web Development will be by two submissions - an individual term paper (approx. 10 pages) and a group-based project (a practical work related to a set of web development tasks). The group must submit a report (between 5-10 pages) describing their work and documenting the outcomes. The topic of the project must be approved by the tutors. Font: Arial / Calibri. Size: 12 point. Line spacing: 1.5

The term paper accounts for 60% of the grade, while the remaining 40% comes from the group-based project. The student must pass both parts to pass the course.

Students who have legitimate absence from the exam or have failed the regular examination are entitled to sit a new examination in the part(s) they have failed. If the project work fail, the whole group need to sit the new examination.

All utilities allowed as long as the rules for source reference are followed.

Students are awarded grades on a descending scale from A to E for pass and F for fail.

The written examination is assessed by an internal and an external examiner. The external examiner grades a random sample consisting of approx. 25 per cent of the written exams. The grades given for this sample provide a basis for internal examiners who will be grading the other exams.