Bachelor's Thesis

SA205S

The bachelor's thesis is written on the basis of empirical material taken from the social field, and the main issue should be relevant to social work.

Students will write an individual thesis on the basis of empirical material derived from the social work field or a theoretical thesis related to social work. In the course of an eight week project period, students will undertake a study that shall be presented as a written work. The thesis shall account for the academic field, the question addressed, the method used, an analysis and conclusions.

Tutoring is given both individually and in groups. The themes and questions addressed in the thesis are prepared in cooperation with the course supervisor and the tutor, and must be relevant to social work.

Prior to the project period, a minimum of two lectures of 3 hours duration will be arranged in which students will be introduced to the work which is expected.

The thesis must not exceed 25 sides of text. References and addenda are additional.

Pass grades in all exams in the first and second study years

Knowledge and understanding

Of designing and limiting a theme and research question
Of the implementation of social science methods
Of research and development work within the ambit of the theme
Of differing theories and methods relevant to the theme

Skills

To apply professional and theoretical knowledge and relevant results of research and development work to theoretical questions
To acquire new, up-to-date knowledge
To be able to locate, evaluate and refer to information and academic work, and to present these to illuminate a question of interest

General competence

To be able to mediate professional work including theories, research questions, discussion and conclusions in writing
To be able to exchange viewpoints and experiences with others with a background in the same thematic field, and so contribute to the development of good practice

No costs except semester registration fee and course literature

Obligatory

Lectures, group work and tutoring.

The programme of study and relevant courses are evaluated by students twice every year as part of the universitys quality control system

None

Exams may be written in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Pencil, pen, ruler, simple calculator and dictonary.

None

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:

SA266S - Bachelor's Thesis - 10 credits

SA203S - Bachelor's Thesis in Child Welfare and Protection - 10 credits

SA203S - Bachelor's Thesis - 10 credits

SA257S - Bachelor's Thesis - 10 credits

Course language

Norwegian

Credits

Bodø, Levanger, Mo i Rana

Responsible faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

Course coordinator

Information about the course coordinator for the selected semester is no longer available. Please contact the current course coordinator.