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Jan I. Haaland, DeanMarianne Eskeland, Office of Academic and Student Affairs
Sett inn bilde
Information meeting about independent work / master thesisAugust, 31st 2015
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• About the master thesis- Jan I. Haaland
• Practical matters- Marianne Eskeland
• Advice from the faculty on the writing process- Karen M. Olsen
• Specific topic: The FOCUS programme- Karen M. Olsen
• What can the library do for you during the writing process?- Fredrik Andersen Kavli
• Specific topics:- Finans Bergen – Aksel Mjøs - Centre for Service Innovation (CSI) - Tor W. Andreassen
Today’s agenda
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Intended learing outcomes – master thesis
• Independent project – master thesis- Master students shall complete an independent project where they
study one or more related problems in depth.
• Through the independent project, the students shall- develop their analytical skills and get a deeper understanding of
theoretical and/or empirical possibilities and challenges in the selected academic field;
- be trained to think and work independently;
- analyse and critically relate to different sources of information and use these to structure and articulate academic arguments;
- show understanding, reflection and maturity in the academic field.
• The independent project shall comply with
research-ethical standards
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Useful web pages
• Student Pages - Thesis:
http://www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/thesis.aspx - Give all the information you need – here are some examples:
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Preparations The Writing Process
Submission
Application for a Thesis Supervisor
Registration
Guidelines for students that wish to apply for writing their master thesis alone
Choosing a Topic
Progress
Useful Aids
Sources and References
Thesis Suggestions for Company Cooperation
Deadlines
Formal Thesis Requirements
Submission and Grades
Thesis cover page for Double degree students
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Some points to notice• The main rule is that you have to write your master thesis with
one other student. - The thesis shall be in the subject area of the major(s).
- If you have different majors, both majors must be covered by the thesis• if in doubt, ask your supervisor or the relevant profile coordinators.
- Students that need or want to work alone, must apply to the Examination Office and receive pre-approval.
• How and when to cite sources and references. Avoid doubt about plagiarism!
- The library is here to help you – see later presentation
- The web page “search and write” http://sokogskriv.no/english/ gives very useful advice
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Grading of master thesis• Grading is on the scale A-F; set by external examiner and
supervisor together
• New grade descriptions as of Spring 2015- http://
www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/thesis/grading-of-master-theses.aspx- Notice:
• The new (national) descriptions are introduced because the shares of top grades have been considered too high in business administration, nationally.
• The grades will be criteria based as before. • There is no pre-defined distribution of grades that has to be achieved.• But the new descriptions will (most likely) result in a less top-heavy
distribution of grades.• For the Spring 2015 results the shares of A and A+B have gone
markedly down.• Information about the changes will be given with your diploma.
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Deadlines
• February 15th / Application for writing the master thesis alone
September 15th
• March 15th / Application for supervisor
October 15 th: (All should apply)
http://www.nhh.no/en/student pages/thesis
/applicaton.aspx
• September 1st / Register for Thesis (like signing up for
February 1st: an exam) at student web as
”xxxTHE” where xxx is your major’s
abbreviation, e.g. STR or BUS
• December 20th/ Deadline for submission of thesis
June 20th:
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Electronic publishing
• Your thesis can be made available for all through electronic
publishing
• If you do not want to publish it you do not sign the
agreement when you submit your thesis
Information Library – homepage:
http://www.nhh.no/en/library.aspx
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Submission of thesis
Three copies – to the Information
Centre (hardcover or booklets)
+
Electronic submission
(by midnight the same day) as
PDF file: [email protected]
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Questions?