1st year
Project:
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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 |
Size of written product |
Max. 30 pages |
Assignment type |
Project |
Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
Exam period |
May/June |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
• The re-take takes place according
to the same rules as the regular examination. However, the
following supplementary examination regulations apply:
• For projects, where some of the group members receive a grade 00
or below at the oral defence, these students must submit, before
the re-take, individual supplementary written material on aspects
of the project specified by the examiner and external censor. For
guidance in this respect, the examiner and external examiner will
within eight working days of the oral examination give a written
critique of the respective student performance and specify the
supplementary material needed.
• For projects where all members are awarded a grade of 00 or below
at the oral defence, the overall project is deemed unacceptable.
Before the re-take the project must be revised and improved. For
guidance in this respect, the examiner and external censor will
give a brief written critique of the project within eight working
days of the oral
examination.
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The aims of the 1stYear Project are:
To facilitate and reinforce the learning of the subjects taught
during the 1st year by encouraging students to work
- independently and in a focused manner with selected
theories.
- To develop analytical skills needed to undertake
problem-oriented project work. The problem-oriented process during
project work is shaped by the systematic, professional and
scientific demands of academic knowledge production.
The 1st Year Project is the first major
independent work in the BA programme. As stated above, emphasis is
therefore on learning the craft of project work: how to handle
academic concepts and analysis, how to structure the work process
and how to present findings in a project report. This is done
through problem-oriented project work, in which the project group
is the most important learning unit.
Course examined as part of the 1stYear Project
exam: Interdisciplinary Research Methods (2nd,
3rd, 4thquarters) – 5 ECTS: Aim of the course The course functions as a first introduction to the
philosophy of social science and the most common methodologies used
in social research. The aim of the course is to enable students to
reflect on and critically assess the knowledge they acquire from
their other courses and on their own ways of producing and
analyzing knowledge. Furthermore, it should help to develop
students’ skills in making sound, informed, and reasoned
methodological and theoretical choices in their own analytical
work.
Course
content
Topics will include: Fundamental
concepts and problems, what is social science, discussions of
Ontology vs. Epistemology, How to produce and evaluate knowledge
different research designs, qualitative and quantitative methods,
modes of evaluation, Constructing a project at university –
research question, structure, Presentation of work in progress for
the 1st year projects, with collegial feedback.
At the workshops parallel to the lectures the students will
develop their skills to identification and evaluation of
fundamental concepts, research designs, research questions and
methodology in both research articles and their own analytical
work.
Teaching Methods, Course Materials and
Examination
The course consists of one 2-hour introductory lecture and five
lectures followed by five 2-hour exercise sessions. Students are
expected to do quite a lot of work
in between sessions in addition to reading the course material.
This will be work related to both the student survey, focus groups
and the 1st Year Project. Students are expected to work
in groups.
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