Bachelor thesis
The bachelor’s thesis is an independent research project, in which relevant academic theories and perspectives are applied to a self-chosen topic. The project is carried out as a small empirical study or as a limited literature review, and is written based on one or more of the subjects included in the bachelor’s program. The topic must be registered and approved by the course instructor based on a brief project outline (1-2 pages) which also proposes a research question, outline, and overview of the empirical material.
The course allows the student to specialize in parts of the geography discipline’s ‘red thread’; the interaction between humans, society, and nature. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge required to write a bachelor’s thesis as a scientific work. Special emphasis is placed on the work with research questions, and theoretical and methodological positioning.
The bachelor’s thesis is an individual project. The text should have a maximum length of approximately 10,000 words, excluding bibliography and appendices. The line spacing should be 1.5 and the font size 12 points. Precise references to literature and other used material are required.
After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
- has knowledge about key geographical theories and terminology, and can apply this knowledge in a bachelor’s thesis
- has knowledge about various scientific and theoretical currents and know how to apply these these in the bachelor’s thesis.
Skills:
- can write a scientific bachelor’s thesis
- can choose a scientific methodology and apply this to a specific thesis statement.
General competence:
- scientific and theoretical thinking as the basis for critical reflection and positioning
- understanding of the distinctive character of geography and the critical interaction that takes place between humans, society and nature.
Composite assessment. Students will receive a letter grade.
- Obligatory participation accounts for 0/100 of the grade and will be approved / not approved.
- The bachelor thesis account for 100/100 of the grade. Students will receive a letter grade.