SP9260 Barn og unge i velferdsstaten: forståelser og forskningstilnærminger Emneplan

The student must submit a progress schedule after the first supervision session by a deadline agreed with the supervisor, and by 1 October at the latest. If the student, due to illness or other weighty circumstances, is unable to submit the schedule by the deadline, a new deadline should be set immediately. A time cannot be set for the second supervision session without having submitted the progress schedule. The progress schedule will be used actively in the supervision.

In order to participate in the kick-off seminar, the student must have completed the course Research Method and Design, and have submitted the project description.

Participation in the midway seminar is compulsory. The student must take part in the seminar in order to take the exam (i.e. in order to be able to submit the master¿s thesis and take the oral exam). At the midway seminar, each student will present a written part of the master¿s thesis (15 minutes) with feedback from two student opponents. The written work must be sent to the opponents a week before the presentation at the latest. The presentation and the oral opposition must be completed in order for the participation in the seminar to be approved.

If the student cannot attend the seminar due to illness or other weighty reasons, the text submitted or that should have been submitted for the midway seminar, should be handed in to the supervisor. The text must be presented at a supervision session in the same way as in the midway seminar, and a supervision session is therefore lost. The following coursework requirement must be submitted and approved before the student can take the exam:

Thesis seminar

The kick-off seminar is held at the end of the spring semester in the second semester. The aim is to provide information that can support the individual student in their work on the master¿s thesis. Regular supervision is provided in addition to the seminar. The thesis seminar will take the form of a dialogue seminar. The students will meet a panel of professors who describe their own experiences with their research projects. The students are encouraged to be prepared with questions that they can ask the panel. Afterwards, the students will be divided into groups consisting of one professor and a handful of students. The students present their projects, and fellow students and the professor provide feedback. After the kick-off seminar, the students will start work on the progress schedule. See the chapter about coursework requirements.

The midway seminar is held in the fourth semester (in the sixth semester for those taking the course part-time), and will focus on texts from the students' work on the master¿s thesis. The seminar is compulsory and will have a high degree of contribution from the students. A written part of the master¿s thesis must be presented orally by the student (15 minutes) with feedback from two student opponents (15 minutes). See the chapter about coursework requirements.

The student is entitled to be informed of the grade before he or she presents the thesis in lecture form (30 minutes). The thesis must be passed before the student can present their thesis. The student will then take an individual oral exam. The lecture and the oral exam can adjust the grade awarded for the master¿s thesis. The final grade is then set. The final grade is included on the diploma.

When students work on the thesis in pairs, the written thesis will be awarded the same grade. Each student will present their part of the thesis in lecture form and then take an individual oral exam. However, the lectures and the oral exam will be considered the individual student¿s contribution and are used to adjust the final grade for each student as necessary. Students are allowed to submit a new or revised master¿s thesis once if they are awarded a fail grade. A reworked version of the thesis must be submitted within the given deadline. A student will not be allowed to submit a new master¿s thesis in the same programme if a pass grade has already been awarded.

The student must sign a publication agreement in connection with submission to allow the thesis to be published and made publicly available. If the student consents to this, all non-restricted master¿s theses awarded a pass grade will be published in ODA, the university¿s digital knowledge archive.

Undervisningen er lagt opp som en kombinasjon av forelesninger, gruppearbeid og presentasjon av deltakernes egne prosjekter.

Deltakelse er obligatorisk og forventet alle undervisningsdager. Kun i spesielle tilfeller kan et mindre fravær fra undervisning godtas etter søknad. Vurderingsform i emnet vil være essay. Ved ikke godkjent fravær vil deltaker miste retten til å få essayet vurdert.

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

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

The exam papers are graded by one internal and one external examiner. The supervisor cannot be an examiner. If the student appeals against the grade, a new committee will be appointed and the master¿s thesis will be re-assessed. If the assessment is changed, a new oral exam will be held.

Requirements for the master's thesis

Requirements to academic delimitations: The master's degree thesis should be an independent and analytical work with relevance to the subject areas in the programme. The students must choose a topic that will be highlighted through systematic use of qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies. The research question can be of either a theoretical or an empirical nature.

The master's thesis must follow the Faculty of Social Sciences' template for writing assignments.

Please note in particular the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet Section 7-5, regarding cheating. See also the Appeal Board's website regarding cheating on the university's website regarding exams.

Monograph

Individual theses in monograph form are expected to have a scope of 65 pages +/- 10% (excluding the table of contents, introduction, summary, references and appendices), written in 12-point Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing.

Up to two students can co-write a joint master's thesis. The programme coordinator, or the person the programme coordinator has delegated the task to, must approve the project. The students must sign a co-writing contract. A note must accompany the submission of the thesis, stating the parts of the thesis that each student has had main responsibility for. Monograph theses written by two students are expected to have a scope of around 100 pages +/- 10%. Seventeen supervision sessions are allotted when co-writing.

Article manuscript

Individual assignments in article form must consist of one ready to submit article manuscript intended for a peer reviewed journal (level one or two).

Theses in article form written by two students, must consist of at least two articles. When two articles are submitted as a master's thesis, they must be thematically related.

Together with the article(s), the thesis must include a 15 page introductory chapter, excluding table of contents, foreword, summary, references and appendix (see separate guide for details). This chapter should be devoted to further explain method, theoretical perspectives, and relevant elements not included in the article(s). The thematic relation between the articles must also be discussed here.

The submission of an article based thesis does not require that the article(s) is accepted for publishing. The article(s) must follow the guidelines set by the journal. The introductory chapter must follow the Faculty of Social Sciences' template for writing assignments.