SFB12704 Bachelor's Thesis (Spring 2013)

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Compulsory for students on the Bachelor in International Business.
• Compulsory for students on the Business Administration Programme, spcializing in International Business.

Prerequisites

Completed minimum 2 years of tertiary education in business or economics, which is comparable with B&A education in Norway. Students must apply for enrollment to bachelor programme IBP by sending application with confirmed transcripts of credits to international office. Details on application and access to bachelor programme is available on: http://www.hiof.no/eng/english/courses-taught-in-english/programmes-in-foreign-languages-_-2010/international-business-programme

Lecture Semester

Spring semester.

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

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.

Content

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.

Forms of teaching and learning

The students will be given an introduction to the formalities of writing a thesis such as reference systems, data collection, principles of academic writing etc. Each group is given a supervisor. Groups should set up an individual plan for tutoring and consultations with the supervisor. Details are given in 'Guidelines for Bachelor Dissertation' for the 3rd year of International Business Programme at Østfold University College.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• 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.

Examination

Dissertation. Grades: A-F.

The students have the right to complain on the grades given on the written examination.

Course evaluation

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.

Literature

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