Study Guide

Objective

The aim of the course is to give the student the tools for choosing a suitable method for the master's thesis.


The student:
- has a deeper understanding about what research is, how it can be done, what it is used for, etc.
- knows the importance of formulating research problems, knows how to recognize a good research problem, and how research problems are developed/created etc.
- is familiar with different research methods, emphasizing methods suitable for the industry

Content

- Introduction to research
- Discussing the idea of a Master's thesis in a UAS
- Introducing some research related vocabulary and concepts
- Research Problems
- The Literature Review
- Different approaches to research - Qualitative Methods
- Discussion on Quantitative methods

Materials

Materials handed out by the lecturers

Materials in Moodle

Teaching methods

Lectures
Discussions
Going through of guidelines for the thesis writing

Student workload

1,5 ECTS

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assignment done in Moodle = passed
If not passed = Failed

Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass - Fail

Pass after all assignments have been approved.

Qualifications

No pre-requisites.