Bachelor's Thesis in Biology
The thesis is written during one semester under supervision, and can be done individually or in gorups of maximum two students.
The topic and supervisor are selected based on capacity and must be approved by the faculty. The approval must be done 15th September for the autumn semester, 20th January for the spring semester.
The form and information about thesis writing can be found in Fronter.
Regular Norwegian grading system (A-F) is used.
On successful completion of the course:
Knowledge The student should:
- Possess broad knowledge of central theory, tools, and methodology within a specific topic
- Have knowledge of the main scientific and developmental status of relevance for the thesis topic
- Be able to collect, update, and apply biological scientific knowledge
Skills The student should:
- Be capable of locating, assessing, and referring to relevant scientific information from a broad range of sources in order to approach biological problems
- Be able to apply biological knowledge in the analysis of biological problems
- Be able to reflect over his/her own scientific work and adjust this work under supervision
General competence The student should:
- Be able to communicate central scientific topics such as theories, research questions, and scientific result
- Be able to exchange scientific knowledge and views with other biologists and, through this, be able to contribute to the development of the field
Elective: BSc in Biology.
Autumn or spring semester.
Pen, ruler, up to 2 bilingual dictionaries and calculator
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
BI220F - Bachelor's Thesis in Biology - 15 credits
BI219F - Bachelor's Thesis in Biology - 10 credits