VERN3100 Relatinonal skills and Mental Health Course description

Students must submit a project description for their master's thesis. Each group of students is then assigned an academic supervisor. However, it is not uncommon for students to have been in contact with one or more potential supervisor while preparing the project description in the third semester.

After having been assigned a supervisor, the students will receive approximately 10 hours of individual or group-based supervision. This supervision helps students to acquire the necessary knowledge and assures the quality of the collection and processing of data and their compliance with research ethics.

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

• Coursework 1: A project plan of 10 pages (+/- 10 per cent) must be approved before work on the master’s thesis begins in the fourth semester. The project plan must describe the literature, the research question and the plan for the thesis. It also forms the basis for the assignment of an academic supervisor.
• Coursework 2: Attending a first mandatory seminar in the beginning of the fourth semester.
• Coursework 3: Attending a second mandatory seminar later in fourth semester.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If the project plan is not approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit an improved version by the given deadline.

The exam in the course is a master's thesis.

The master's thesis is an independent project carried out in groups of two or three students. Students may be allowed, by application, to write the thesis individually.

The scope of a master's thesis is expected to be between 80-100 pages. For students who have been granted permission to write an individual thesis, the expected thesis is between 60-80 pages. The thesis must be written in Arial or Calibri, 12 points. Line spacing: 1.5. All references must follow APA guidelines. The scope is discussed and agreed in more detail with the supervisor. For theses with a large quantitative analysis component, the number of pages may be less important.

Students are allowed to submit a new or revised master’s thesis once if they are awarded a fail grade. Students who fail the ordinary exam may be given one hour of academic supervision subject to agreement with the supervisor.

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

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can receive a final assessment:

• participation in group work with skills exercises (1)
• one individual subject/reflection note to be submitted via Canvas. Scope: 2 pages (1)
• participation in a group presentation of an individual video (1)
• participation in group work (2)

Individual home;examination, 6;hours.;

All thesis are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

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

One examiner