2017/2018
BA-BEBUO1020U Bachelor Project
| English Title |
| Bachelor Project |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
15 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc in European Business
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| Course
coordinator |
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| Studieleder er
ansvarlig for hele uddannelse, men i forbindelse med
bachelorprojektet kan BA projekt koordinator samt de øvrige
undervisere kontaktes. |
| Main academic
disciplines |
- Globalization and international business
- Political Science
- Strategy
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Last updated on
15-12-2017
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors: In the written project, the student should should
demonstrate the ability to:
- Identify and formulate a concise and feasible research question
which is embedded in and reflects the programme.
- Analyse and unfold a research question drawing upon relevant
empirical material and academic literature.
- Identify, collect and analyse relevant empirical material
employing appropriate methods and techniques of data
collection.
- Identify and account for the choice and application of relevant
theories and concepts.
- Balance elements of review, independent analysis,
interpretation and discussion in the project.
- Reflect critically on the choice of methods and data as well as
the quality of the answers produced.
- Provide a lucid and concise overview of the research question
and the main conclusions of the project.
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of all aspects of the written
project.
- Offer an analytical argument substantiating the project.
- To display clarity in expression and formulation in the
language, demonstrating a correct use of and referencing to sources
and the ability to structure and present a text.
- Take part in an analytical discussion with the
examiner.
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| Examination |
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Bachelorprojekt:
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| Exam
ECTS |
15 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual oral exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
2-5 |
| Size of written product |
Please see text below |
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The maximum number of pages for an individually
written BA project is 40 pages. For group projects the number of
pages for a group of 2 students is 60 pages. For every additional
group member an additional 10 pages is added to the maximum number
of pages of the BA project . Thus, 1 student = 40 pages; 2 students
= 60 pages; 3 students = 70 pages; 4 students = 80 pages; 5
students = more than 80 pages. |
| Assignment type |
Bachelor project |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale
The student’s spelling and writing skills are taken into
consideration in the overall assessment of the examination
performance, but the academic content is given the highest
weight. |
| Regulations regarding the summary |
The BA project should have an abstract written in Danish which
is included in the total number of pages. |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
1) If the student has taken part in
the writing of the BA project but has been unable to sit the oral
exam, the student signs up for the re-exam and is examined on the
basis of a re-submission of the original BA project.
2. If the student has taken part in the writing of the BA project
but fails the oral exam, the student signs up for the re-exam and
is examined on the basis of the original BA project. However, the
student can also choose to submit a new individually written BA
project within a dead-line set by the study board.
3. If the student has been unable to write / take part in the
writing of the BA project due to illness, the student can sit the
re-exam if the student submits an individually written BA project
within a dead-line set by the study board.
In case 1 and 2 the student does not have access to supervision in
the case of re-exam. In case 3 the study board may choose to grant
the student access to supervision on the basis of the provision of
necessary written documentation.
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Description of the exam
procedure
The BA project may be written individually or in a group of 2-5
students. The oral examination of the BA project is an individual
exam.
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| Course content and structure |
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The Bachelor Project in European Business is the final and major
independent piece of work of the programme. It offers students the
chance to combine and integrate the knowledge that they have
acquired during the course of the program and bring it into one
written product, i.e. the bachelor project, and furthermore defend
that project in an oral examination. While the project may be
written individually or in groups of 2-5 people, the oral exam is
individual. The project is graded with one grade that combines the
written product and the oral exam.
Naturally, the requirements for the Bachelor Project are more
rigorous with regard to the definition of research question,
methodology and integration of theory and data compared to the
former exams since the bachelor exam constitutes the conclusion
upon three years of study and is rewarded with the BA degree.
Hence, emphasis is very much on the ability of the student to think
across the different courses that make up the programme, bring them
into a coherent project and engage with that project. The
BSc project is described in detail in a project manual that
students recieve and that addresses some of the questions that
students typically ask in the context of the BSc
Project.
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| Teaching methods |
| The BA project groups will receive guidance from
their supervisor. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback is integrated in supervision |
| Student workload |
| Total |
420 hours |
| - individual projects of maximum 40 pages, hours of
supervision |
7 hours |
| - group projects with 2 students; maximum 60 pages, hours of
supervision |
12 hours |
| - group project with 3 students; maximum 70 pages, hours of
supervision |
16 hours |
| - group project with 4 students; maximum 80 pages, hours of
supervision |
18 hours |
| - group project with 5 students, above 80 pages, hours of
supervision |
20 hours |
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Last updated on
15-12-2017
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