SYKP3900 Bachelor's Thesis Course description

The bachelor’s thesis is the final academic in-depth paper in the nursing programme. Through the work on the bachelor’s thesis, the student will delve into a delimited area of research, and have the opportunity to develop his/her own academic independence. The topic must be linked to the nursing profession, patients and/or next-of-kin. The bachelor’s thesis must include systematic literature searches to apply results from recent research related to the chosen research question. The bachelor’s thesis must be presented in a systematic and clear manner. The title of the bachelor’s thesis will also be included on the diploma.

In the autumn semester, some teaching will be set up in connection with, for example, the development of a preliminary topic and problem for the bachelor thesis, cf. the work requirement Project description for the bachelor thesis.

Passed first and second year of the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of

• discussing the nurse’s role and responsibilities in a chosen area of specialisation
• summarising relevant research and professional development in the chosen specialisation

Skills

The student is capable of

• creating a project description, including a time schedule and how he/she intends to complete the bachelor’s thesis with the resources available
• formulating a clear research question relating to nursing, which is possible to answer within the framework of the thesis
• carrying out an independent systematic literature review in accordance with the applicable research standards
• clarifying concepts, analysing and assessing different sources of information, and using these sources to formulate relevant argumentation
• presenting specialist literature in an independent, logical, critical and systematic manner

Competence

The student is capable of

• disseminating and arguing for strengths and weaknesses of his/her own study in a substantial and methodical manner
• reflecting on relevant research ethics issues

Lectures, seminars, supervision and self-study. All students will be allocated a supervisor.

The following coursework requirement must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• Project description for the bachelor’s thesis, scope 1,000 words (+/- 10%)
• Completed supervision, three compulsory supervision sessions out of the four sessions offered

Bachelor’s thesis

• Literature review
• Normally written in pairs.
• Scope of 8,000 words (+/- 10%).

Resits/rescheduled exam: If the bachelor’s thesis is awarded a fail grade, the student has the right to submit a reworked version once.

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

Grade scale A-F.

One internal and one external examiner.

SYKK3900 and SYKP3900 overlap 100 %.