SFB12704 Bacheloroppgave (Vår 2014)
Fakta om emnet
- Studiepoeng:
- 10
- Ansvarlig fakultet:
- Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag
- Emneansvarlig:
- Danuta Aniela Tomczak
- Undervisningsspråk:
- Engelsk
- Varighet:
- ½ år
Innholdsfortegnelse
Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram
- Compulsory for students on the International Business Programme
- Compulsory for students on the the Business Administration Programme, specializing in International Business
Forkunnskapskrav utover opptakskrav
Undervisningssemester
Innhold
The dissertation is a group work of 2-3 students, on a topic connected with the core subjects of taught in business studies. The selected subject must be relevant for the study programme which students follow and have a certain degree of originality.
The dissertation should count 30 - 40 pages, depending on subject, and the workload per person is estimated to ca 120h.
Studentens læringsutbytte ved bestått emne
Knowledge outcomes
Students should learn how to plan and organize research on chosen subject, what methodological approach should be applied and how the work should be divided, structured and completed
Skills
Writing a dissertation should develop the students' skills to combine theoretical and empirical knowledge into a professional piece of work. It develops skills to transform previous knowledge in math, statistics, econometrics and other subjects into tools applied in research process. It gives valuable experience of dividing job and cooperating within a group and presenting the effects of the work in professional and attractive form.
General competence
Better in designing a project, organizing cooperative work and writing a scientific paper.
Undervisnings- og læringsformer
Arbeidsomfang
Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen
- Compulsory methodological instruction on academic writing, reference system, data access to library resources given partly in Autumn- and partly in Spring semester.
- Groups should set up an individual plan for tutoring and consultations with the supervisor.
- A minimum of four meetings between group and supervisor should be held. Details are given in "Guidelines for Bachelor Dissertation" for the 3rd year of International Business Programme at Østfold University College.
- Dissertation has to be approved by the supervisor to be handed in at the exam office for evaluation.
The course requirements must be approved before signing up for the final examination.
Eksamen
Dissertation. Grades: A-F.
The students have the right to complain on the grades given on the written examination.
Evaluering av emnet
To improve the course, we need the evaluations from the students. The course is evaluated by the students in the middle and in the end of the semester.
The evaluations from the students are treated by the staff and the comitee for programme quality and internationalization.
Litteratur
The readinglist was last updated 7 Feb 2012.
How to write academic paper: http://www.hiof.no/nor/biblioteket/english-1/english/how-to-write-aa-paaper_?lang=nor
Individual reading list for each group, guidelines and instructions on Fronter