ORI3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

Through the work on the bachelor’s thesis, the students will specialise in a chosen topic. The research questions must be related to the prosthetics and orthotics profession. Professional development and developing new knowledge is a key topic in the course. Students are encouraged to become affiliated to a research environment at OsloMet or an external institution. The work on the thesis can be linked to ongoing research, improvement and development projects. The programme will assist in identifying relevant research environments.

The student must have passed the first and second years of the programme or equivalent, with the exception of the courses ORI1050 and ORI1060.

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

Knowledge

The student

• has in-depth knowledge of the focus area of the bachelor's thesis

Skills

The student

• can prepare a research question and project outline
• can choose, give grounds for and use a relevant scientific method
• can obtain and discuss relevant research articles and other specialist literature
• can discuss, assess and reflect on the research question and choice of methods in relation to findings and results
• can carry out the project in accordance with scientific criteria and guidelines for research ethics and data protection

General competence

The student

• can plan and carry out varied tasks and projects that take place over time and contribute to theoretical and/or practical development
• can critically reflect on research ethics issues and guidelines relating to project work
• can disseminate, discuss and present the results of his/her own project in writing

Work and teaching methods include lectures, seminars, supervision, group work and self-study. The course starts with lectures that will support the students’ work on the chosen subject, formulating the research questions and the project outline.

The bachelor’s thesis is normally written individually or in pairs. If the project’s topic is interprofessional, the project group can also include a student from another bachelor's degree programme, subject to the approval of the person responsible for the course at both programmes.

Students will meet at seminars during the project period. Halfway into the project, the students will meet to present their preliminary project status and provide input to fellow students on their projects. The students are assigned a supervisor after they have submitted a project outline describing the topic of the thesis. The supervision is based on written project material and specific questions submitted by the student(s) ahead of the supervision session. Students with an individual assignment are given four supervision sessions and group assignments are given six sessions.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• a project outline, subject to more detailed criteria. The project outline will be subject to assessment and must be approved before the work on the project begins
• minimum attendance of 80 % at seminars and academic supervision sessions

A thesis written individually or in groups of two students over a period of ten weeks. Scope: individual assignment 8,500 words (+/- 10 %), group assignment 11,000 words (+/- 10 %). The thesis can be written in either English or Norwegian.

Resits/rescheduled exam: Students who are awarded the grade F for their bachelor's thesis have the right to submit a reworked version once.

Students can appeal the grade awarded for written exams.

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

Grade scale A-F.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har kunnskap om klima, miljø, ressurs og ressurskonflikter nasjonalt og internasjonalt
• har kunnskap om ulike samfunn, kulturer og historiske vilkår
• har kunnskap om nasjonal og internasjonal politikk, rettsvesen og økonomi
• har kunnskap om utviklingen i den globale verdensøkonomien og politiske, kulturelle, miljømessige og sosiale konsekvenser av denne utviklingen
• har kunnskap om vitenskapelige teorier og metoder i faget
• har kunnskap om relevant forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid innenfor fagområdet

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan beskrive og analysere livsformer og levekår i ulike deler av verden
• kan legge til rette for opplæring om samfunnsforhold i et flerkulturelt og globalt perspektiv, med vekt på menneskerettigheter og demokratiske prinsipper
• kan fremme elevenes evne til nyskapning og kreativitet i arbeidet med samfunnsfaglige spørsmål
• kan bidra til å utvikle elevenes muntlige ferdigheter gjennom øving i møtedeltakelse, debatter og andre muntlige aktiviteter i faget
• kan bruke og vurdere relevansen av faglige hjelpemidler og uttrykksformer i samfunnsfag
• kan kritisk vurdere lærebøker og andre læremidler til bruk i opplæringen
• kan bevisstgjøre elevene i valg av læringsstrategier
• kan ta i bruk og veilede elever i sentrale samfunnsfaglige metoder

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan reflektere kritisk over samfunnsfaglige spørsmål og stimulere til kritisk tenkning
• kan arbeide selvstendig og sammen med andre for å identifisere, analysere og løse problemer knyttet til elevers læring og utvikling i samfunnsfaget