Study Guide

Objective

Student
- can, under supervision and gradually independently, in collaboration with another student or student group, conduct a thesis at the Bachelor level (YH)
- can assess aspects of research ethics in their thesis work
- can produce an research idea for his/her thesis

Content

The research process including presentation of an idea

Location and time

Spring 2022
Alere Novia
Supervision is scheduled for each person/group individually

Materials

According tot he topic of Thesis

Teaching methods

Introduction to the course. The course is mainly done as selfdirected studies with a presentation of the plan for Thesis as examination

Work plan for Thesis
Novia titlepage
Table of content
Introduktion
Background (description of the topic, at least 5-6 scientific articles)
Aim and problem definition
Method (Data collection based on 2 references/discuss method of selection)
Ethical consideration (based on references)
Timetable
Reference list
Minimum 6 pages and maximum 10 pages (excl. Title page and table of content) follow Novia’s instructions for writing Thesis)
1. You find Novia’s title page on Moodle Examensarbete/Thesis (no key needed)
2. Table of content is done in Word starting by applying heading styles – Heading 1 and Heading 2, for example – to the text that you want to include in the table of contents and then inserts the table of contents into your document. Then you can automatically update your TOC if you make changes in your document.
3. The introduction should be about 1 p where the reader is introduced to the topic and also to your interest of studying it. As attachment 1 you can read an example on an introduction written by a former nursing student Annika Ahläng (former Tetrault) 2012. The whole Thesis can be found at Theseus
4. Background shall be 3 – 5 p and divided into chapters where description of concepts and the topic of the subject. In the background you also describe the previous research done
5. Aim and problem definition can be short about ½ p. In the attachment you can see how the aim and problem definition was written by Tetrault (2012)
6. The method can be described on 2-3 p. The chapter includes a description of the approach (qualitative/quantitative design), motivation for the choice and data collection method.
7. Ethical considerations are described on about 1 p and literature is used as foundation for the discussion
8. Time plan should estimate how Thesis proceeds. Please do a realistic plan.
9. 9. Works cited

Employer connections

The Thesis can be ordered but is not necessary always that

Exam schedules

Presentation of plan for Thesis in May

International connections

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Completion alternatives

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Student workload

The course is 3 cu which is equivalent to about 80 h work for the student out of which 10 are scheduled.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The Thesis plan fulfill the requirements = Pass

Content scheduling

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Further information

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Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Assessment methods and criteria

For an approved Thesis plan the requirements stipulated above has to be fulfilled

Qualifications

Research methodology