KJTS3900 Bacheloroppgave Emneplan

Studentene skal anvende kunnskap og ferdigheter de har tilegnet seg gjennom studiet, på et realistisk ingeniørproblem. De skal vise evne til å videreutvikle sine kunnskaper og ferdigheter i en teoretisk og/eller praktisk problemløsning. Studentene skal vise en ansvarlig og etisk holdning i sin yrkeskompetanse.

Prosjektoppgaven gis karakteren bestått/ikke bestått. Det gjennomføres individuell muntlig eksamen med bokstavkarakter i skalaen A–F, der A er beste karakter, E er laveste beståtte karakter, og F er ikke bestått.

Karakteren (bestått/ikke-bestått) på den skriftlige oppgaven kan påklages.

Karakteren etter muntlig eksamen kan ikke påklages.

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• what sustainability means for a company, a society, and the planet.
• the key elements of ESG metrics and sustainability report, and how a company engages with stakeholders to communicate corporate endeavors of creating and sustaining shared value.
• sustainability related risks, opportunities and other externalities found in corporate ecosystem.
• evolving corporate financial ethics standards and practices.

Skills

The student can

• explain, apply, and evaluate current methods of sustainability finance.
• use the ESG metrics and global sustainability and ethical standards in preparing sustainability report.
• analyze and assess a company’s sustainability strategy against the key elements of global standards for corporate sustainability reporting.
• integrate corporate sustainability metrics, sustainability related risks & opportunities, ethical standards, and other externalities into sustainable finance strategies.

General competence

The student

• is aware of the developments in corporate sustainability (ESG) drive and fully conversant with the scope of global standards for corporate sustainability reporting sources.
• can rationalize and contextualize corporate financial decisions to enhance firm value by embracing stakeholders’ expectations about sustainability and business ethics.
• can exchange views on economic, ethical, social, and environmental implications of corporate financial decision making.

This course entails considerable self-reflection and guided self-study and is interdisciplinary in nature. This course provides a robust understanding of how sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics traverse corporate financial strategies. This course is delivered in four modules. Each module comprises of three components: 1. a lecture to present the course content; 2. a seminar to provide a holistic overview of the developments in corporate arena and their implications for sustainable finance; 3. a workshop for hands-on experience with sustainability finance and sustainability report.

The course is completed with physical attendance on campus. The students are required to work in groups of 3 (+/-1) to develop their social skills and enable them to work successfully and fairly in a team within the context of sustainability finance. This course uses group dynamics and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) for lifelong learning wherein the students are encouraged to reflect upon environmental, social, governance, and ethical implications of their financial decisions embracing stakeholders’ expectations to enhance corporate economic as well as sustainability performance.

As an eligibility criteria to take the exam, the student must have completed and submitted the following coursework requirement by the submission deadline:

• Coursework requirement: One written submission is to be carried out in groups of 3 (+/-1) students. However, in some special cases a student may be allowed to work individually. The scope of the submission shall not exceed 3000 words. The information regarding the roll-out and the submission deadline will be given in the beginning of the semester.

The objective of the coursework requirement is to develop the skills of the students to use corporate database LSEG (Refinitiv), some statistical software, and other relevant resources for the sustainability analysis, and to write a report.

The required coursework must be completed and submitted by the given deadline for the student to take the exam.

The exam in the course consists of two parts: an obligatory assignment and a supervised exam of 4 hours.

1. The obligatory assignment (a revised version of the coursework requirement) counts 40% of the final grade. The scope and operational details of this assignment are given under the course requirements above.
2. Supervised exam of 4 hours counts 60% of the final grade.

The overall/final grade is based on a weighted average of the obtained grades of the two components i.e., 40% for the assignment + 60% for the supervised exam.

The students who wish to take the supervised exam later, or the students who want to re-take the supervised exam are not required to do the assignment afresh. Their obtained grade of the assignment shall count towards their final grade.

Undervisningsspråk: Norsk og engelsk.

Emnet tar for seg forskningsprosessen fra planleggingsfase til ferdigstillelse av masteroppgave, inkludert litteratursøk og referering, formulering av forskningsspørsmål/hypoteser/problemstillinger, valg av forskningsmetode og utvikling av prosjektbeskrivelse samt etiske vurderinger i tilknytning til eget arbeid. Videre skal formelle krav til en prosjektbeskrivelse gjennomgås slik at studentene ved endt emne har ferdigstilt en prosjektbeskrivelse for egen masteroppgave.

Grade scale A - F

Emnet vil benytte varierte, studentaktive arbeidsformer. Undervisningen vil bli gjennomført digitalt og fysisk, i tillegg til blandet læring («blended learning») med seminarer på campus i løpet av emnet.

Arbeids- og undervisningsformene omfatter digitale og fysiske forelesninger, individuelle litteraturstudier og skrivearbeid, muntlige presentasjoner, gruppediskusjoner og veiledning. Det gis inntil 2 timer veiledning på prosjektbeskrivelsen.

Prosjekteksamen i form av prosjektbeskrivelse for eget masterprosjekt, individuelt eller gruppe, avhengig av om masteroppgaven skal skrives individuelt eller i gruppe. Omfang: 3000 ord (+/- 20 %). Ved gruppebesvarelse gis det samlet karakter for gruppen.

Ny eksamen: Dersom oppgaven vurderes til ikke bestått har studenten anledning til å levere omarbeidet versjon.

Ved engelsk gjennomføring av emnet kan studenter som ønsker det besvare eksamen på skandinavisk (norsk, svensk eller dansk).