2020/2021
BA-BPOLO1285U 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/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Mads Dagnis Jensen - Department of International Economics,
Goverment and Business (EGB)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Globalisation and international business
- Political Science
- Economics
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
18-08-2020
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| Learning objectives |
- Independently formulate and justify research questions.
- Select, combine and apply relevant concepts and theories in
relation to specified research questions.
- Select and use relevant quantitative or qualitative methods to
answer such research questions.
- Identify and use relevant scholarly literature.
- Formulate and present (orally and in writing) coherently argued
answers, combining theory, methodology and data, to the research
question posed.
- Reflect critically on the choice of methods and data as well as
the quality of the answers produced.
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| Examination |
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Bachelor
Project:
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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 |
4 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 80 pages |
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• 4 students: 72-80 pages
• 3 students: 63-70 pages
• 2 students 54-60 pages
• 1 student:: 36-40 pages |
| Assignment type |
Bachelor 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-point grading 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 summary can be written in English or in a Scandinavian
language (Danish, Swedish or Norwegian). The summary is part of the
page count. |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Re-exam when the ordinary exam is
failed (grade -3 or U) is an individual oral exam (30 minutes per
student) based on the original report (40-80 pages depending on
group size) and 5 to 10 standard page supplement. The report must
also be resubmitted.
Make-up exam when ill with Doctor's certificate at the ordinary
exam is an individual oral exam (30 minutes per student) based on
the original report. The report must also be resubmitted.
Make-up exam when ill with Doctor's certificate during the
writing of the project is the same as the ordinary
exam.
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Description of the exam
procedure
It is possible to apply for exemption to take the oral exam as a
group. A group oral exam will be max. 1 hour and 30 minutes
including discussion and giving of grades. The exemption must be
sent to the Study Board no later than the project hand in deadline.
An exemption reqest must be sent from each member of the
group.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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This capstone project is the conclusion of the BSc in
international Business and Politics. It is an independent project,
written under supervision, and students can pursue their own
interests within the broad area of international business and
politics. Projects can pursue a purely theoretical question, or
they can focus on an action- or policy-oriented problem, or they
can pose problems that combine such elements. The supervisor
will be assigned based on the subject area of the project.
Approximately 3 weeks before hand-in a bachelor student
conference is held. It is intended to help you to critically
reflect upon the content and set-up of your thesis, allow you to
practice presenting the main ideas of your thesis to an audience
talking about methodological, theoretical and analytical matters in
a coherent way. You are expected to participate in the bachelor
student conference,
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Face-to-face teaching: Cluster supervision,
individual supervision and student conference. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback is an integral part of the project and
dissertation-writing process. From the outset, students are
strongly encouraged and advised to play a full part in review
sessions and other opportunities to secure feedback from both
teaching staff and peers. Students should also maintain contact
with their cluster supervisor on a regular basis and prepare in
advance for supervision sessions by drawing up an agenda listing
questions or issues. The bachelor student conference towards the
end offers the opportunity of receiving and giving feedback as well
as practicing for the oral exam. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation time (readings, writing) |
184 hours |
| Student conference |
8 hours |
| Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam
period) |
16 hours |
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| Further Information |
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Number of hours allocated for supervision:
7 hours for 1 student (40 pages)
12 hours for 2 students (60 pages)
16 hours for 3 students (70 pages)
18 hours for 4 students (80 pages)
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Last updated on
18-08-2020
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