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2023/2024  BA-BBLCO1218U  Bachelor Project

English Title
Bachelor Project

Course information
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 and MSc in Business, Language and Culture, BSc
Course coordinator
  • Charles Tackney - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
Main academic disciplines
  • CSR and sustainability
  • Globalisation and international business
  • Cultural studies
Teaching methods
  • Blended learning
Last updated on 29-06-2023

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Learning objectives
The BLC Bachelor Project student will demonstrate an ability to:
  • Define and justify a research question appropriate to the BLC Bachelor Project theme of “Organizations and sustainability in an international context.”
  • Ground the research in an appropriate review of literature.
  • Select and apply theories and frameworks of relevance to the field of research.
  • Explain and be able to critically evaluate the research method deployed in the project.
  • Describe and evaluate the data sources (primary and/or secondary) and the data interpretation procedures of the research.
  • Conduct appropriate analyses leading to a well-reasoned answer to the research question.
  • Present and discuss the implications of the research findings for the firm(s) or organization(s) including financial or economic implications when relevant.
Examination
Bachelor Project:
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, see also the rules about examination forms in the programme regulations.
Individual or group exam Oral group exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 2-5
Size of written product Max. 80 pages
The maximum page length allowed for the written report varies by project group size: 60 pages for 2 students, 70 pages for 3 students and 80 pages for 4-5 students. Students can conduct a project alone, although this is not recommended. A solo project has a maximum length of 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 is to be written in English and will count in the overall grade assessment. An abstract is expected unless the project involves a consulting agreement, in which case an executive summary is appropriate.
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Summer
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the project is failed by the group, a substantial project revision must be undertaken prior to re-submission. To facilitate this, within eight days after the oral examination, the examiners submit a written report on the project, outlining ways to improve it.

Re-examination when the regular examination is failed by one group member is a 30 minutes individual oral exam based upon the same project revised according to proposals set by the examiner.

Re-examination when ill at the oral exam is a 30 minute individual oral exam based upon the same project that MUST be submitted again.

Re-examination when ill during the writing of the project is a 30 minutes individual oral exam based upon an individual written project.

In all the situations mentioned above, the project MUST be submitted again for the re-exam.
Description of the exam procedure

Individual student projects have an oral exam of 30 mins. Groups of two have 60 minutes for the oral exam (30 minutes per student). Groups of 3-5 have 20 minutes per student.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The BLC bachelor project is the defining feature of the educational experience offered by the Business, Language and Culture (BLC) Programme. Students have an opportunity to develop and investigate a research question within the Programme’s interdisciplinary, participatory educational framework. The project group research effort is supported by an initial orientation, a series of project-focused presentations with discussion, a collaborative workshop, and then extended project specific guidance from a research supervisor the project group recruits, subject to Programme administration approval.

 

The BLC bachelor interdisciplinary project focus is at the company or organizational level, drawing on methods and other course content given in the Programme. The overall theme is “Organizations and sustainability in an international context.” Project groups work together to craft an original firm or organization-level research question, design and enact methods for data to resolve the questions, assess the data, and then propose conclusions to the research questions.

 

Students can find further information about writing a bachelor project here:  my.cbs.dk => Bachelor Project.
Description of the teaching methods
The bachelor project is written in groups, although individual projects are allowed. Groups enable students to focus on a topic of mutual interest, refine this topic into a research issue, and work together to design, conduct, and present a project.

The bachelor project experience involves peer-to-peer learning, a participatory workshop experience, project guidance from an experienced research supervisor, and the learning found in collaborative preparation, submission, presentation and examination.

The bachelor project aids educational development by enhancing the reflective understanding and sensibility of students in the proper use of subject material taught in courses or otherwise acquired. The bachelor project ensures these goals, once the student has a specific, well-formulated research issue, because the process:

1. obliges students to work together independently (outside the classroom and away from a teacher) in a focused way with selected theories,
2. enables students to experience the limitations of and relations between different scientific disciplines to build a reflective understanding of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of research issues,
3. encourages students to reflect upon sustainability issues in light of different cultural and societal dimensions,
4. permits students to demonstrate the skills needed for research issue project analysis, and
5. offers students the educational experience of working in groups with people from different cultural, linguistic, and national backgrounds for a common research objective.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback is given through initial Orientation and lecture sessions, workshop participation, project specific guidance offered by the supervisor during the allotted hours, and in the course of the oral examination.
Student workload
Lectures, including Orientation session 8 hours
Workshop 1 hours
Project work, including supervison 402.5 hours
Exam 0.5 hours
Total 412 hours
Expected literature

The project research question literature is to be developed by the students with supervisor advisement having a point of departure in the themes and literatures covered throughout the bachelor programme. BLC research methods can be grounded in:

 

Saunders, M.N.K.; Lewis, P.; and Thornhill, A. (2019). Research methods for business students: Ninth edition. London: Pearson.

 

Creswell, J.W., and Creswell, J.D. (2017). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. London: Sage publications.

 

Or other sources as appropriate to the topic being studied, with supervisor support.
Last updated on 29-06-2023