Course description
Course code and title: SFB12704 Bachelor dissertation
ECTS credtis: 10
Category: Compulsory for Bachelor in International Business.
Prerequisites: Completed 2-3 years of tertiary education in business or economics.
Semester: Spring semester.
Objectives: Writing a dissertation should develop the students’ skills to combine theoretical and empirical knowledge into a professional piece of work, based on own research and literature studies, surveys a.o.
Content: The dissertation is a group work of 2-3 students, on a topic connected with the core subjects of business studies. The selected problem must be relevant for the programme and have a certain degree of originality. Depending on the subject, the dissertation must be 40 – 60 pages and the workload per person is estimated to ca 120h.
Organisation and forms of teaching: The students will be given an introduction to the formalities of writing a thesis such as reference systems, data collection, etc. Each group is given a supervisor. Groups should set up an individual plan for tutoring and consultations with the supervisor. Details are given in “Guidelines for Bachelor Dissertation” for the 3rd year of International Business Programme at Østfold University College.
Mandatory assignments: Compulsory 8 hours of methodological instruction. A minimum of four meetings between group and supervisor.
Assessment: Dissertation. Grades: A-F.
Required reading: Individual reading list for each group.