Current active subject description (last updated 2024/25)
Bachelor Thesis
ENG2022
Current active subject description (last updated 2024/25)
Bachelor Thesis
ENG2022
This course is an independent study, directed and advised by a member of the English teaching faculty or another qualified faculty member appointed by the study program coordinator, in which the student, pursuing an original line of inquiry and drawing extensively on primary and secondary sources, will produce an individually written, 20-page, high-level scholarly paper conforming to the requirements of academic research in the discipline. In addition, there will be a presentation mid-way in the semester, in which students will be asked to make a video presentation that is relevant to their thesis. Certain readings will be assigned in advance. The completion of this thesis and all component assignments is a requirement for the Bachelor of English degree. The student may choose a suitable topic for the thesis, but this choice is subject to the approval of the study program coordinator.
Admission to Bachelor of English in which the student needs to have (no less than) 80 ECTS English (60ECTS One-Year Programme + 20 ECTS advanced study).
Admission to Bachelor of English in which the student needs to have (no less than) 80 ECTS English (60 ECTS One-Year Programme + 20 ECTS advanced study).
Knowledge:
- understanding of the research process at the bachelor level
- familiarity with the formal requirements of academic research in the humanities
- broad-based knowledge of a specific attribute of the English language or work of literature, or other relevant aspect of the study of the English language and/or literature
Skills:
- ability to make relevant critical observations on an attribute of language or a work of literature
- ability to reflect critically and come to independent and relevant scholarly conclusions, using secondary references as appropriate
- ability to place an argument within a larger critical context
General Competencies:
- working independently towards production of a work of critical scholarship
- engagement with the course material in an independent and critical context
- demonstrating in written form an appropriate fluency in the given language
No costs beyond semester fees and textbooks.
Obligatory
Students must work independently based on a timeline created by the student and their thesis advisor. Due dates will be established for a thesis statement, a bibliography or works cited, an abstract, and at least two draft hand-ins, a video resentation, as well as the completed thesis, and these due dates must be met in order to ensure adequate progress on the thesis.
Study programs are evaluated annually and students participate in course evaluations (midterm and end-of-term). Evaluations occur as a part of the university's quality control system.
Bachelors Thesis (OP), grading scale A-F, Best A, Failed F
- Compulsory coursework (AK), comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale approved - not approved
- Must be passed prior to submission of the Bachelors Thesis.
All aids.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating
Subject language
Norwegian
Credits
15
Study location
Bodø
Responsible faculty
The Faculty of Education and Arts
Course coordinator
