Course

FHV353 Project Plan for Master's Thesis in Public Health Science

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Hilde Sylliaas

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Limits of class size:None

Course frequency:Annually.

Nominal workload:125 hrs. seminars and project plan.

Teaching and exam period:This course has teaching and evaluation in Autumn parallel.

About this course

The course covers the process from the planning phase to the completion of the project plan, including literature search and referencing, formulation of research questions/hypotheses/problems, selection of research method, and development of the project description, as well as ethical considerations related to their work. By the end of the course, students should have completed a project description for their master's thesis.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The student:

  • Can develop and justify a research question
  • Can independently describe a relevant theoretical framework and/or context that forms the basis for the project plan

Skills

The student:

  • Can plan a research project and write a project description with scientific format and language
  • Can conduct systematic literature searches related to their project description, summarize others' findings, and reference correctly
  • Can reflect on ethical issues related to their project

General Competence

The student:

  • Can analyze and critically evaluate various data sources and apply them in academic reasoning
  • Can critically assess relevant ethical norms and values related to the chosen method in the project description
  • Can evaluate whether a research project requires different forms of registrations or approvals in accordance with current legislation
  • Learning activities
    Seminars and independent work on the development of a project plan in collaboration with supervisor(s).
  • Teaching support
    Dialog during seminars and individual guidance in agreement with supervisor on master thesis.
  • Prerequisites
    Passed FHV330
  • Recommended prerequisites
    FHV315 and FHV320
  • Assessment method
    Assignment: Project, counts 100 %. Evaluated as passed/not passed.

    Assignment Karakterregel: Passed / Not Passed
  • Examiner scheme
    An external examiner ensures the quality of the content in the course and the examiner's guidelines.
  • Mandatory activity
    Participation in seminars and preparation of project plan.
  • Teaching hours
    Two sessions of 3 and 2 days respectively.
  • Preferential right
    M-FOL / M-FOL-DEL
  • Reduction of credits
    None
  • Admission requirements
    Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse).