Master's Thesis in Public Administration

Masteremne

Emnebeskrivelse

Mål og innhald

In writing the thesis you are required to pursue independent scientific work and presentation.

The Master's Thesis shall explore a topic/issue which is relevant to Administration and Organizational Science. It is required that the topic and research problem of the Master's Thesis takes its point of departure from the research activities of the Department. It is also required that you follow the research seminar as an integral part of your work with your master's thesis.

Læringsutbyte

A student who has completed the course should have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student 

  • has acquired advanced knowledge of conducting independent research based on empirical data collected by the student him/herself.

Skills

The student

  • is capable of independent and critical analysis and interpretation.
  • can demonstrate skills about writing a scientific dissertation, developing relevant and logical arguments, and using various reference sources.

General competence

The student 

  • can critically examine various sources of data and information.
  • can ask scientific questions about social events and realities.
  • can make decisions regarding choice of research theme and issue, theoretical and methodological approaches and tools, formulation and development of hypotheses and analysis of data.

Studiepoeng, omfang

60 ECTS

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Master

Undervisningssemester

Spring/Autumn
Krav til forkunnskapar

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One of the elective state of the art courses:

For students enrolled autumn 2017 or earlier: AORG320, AORG321, AORG322 and AORG323

Tilrådde forkunnskapar
None
Studiepoengsreduksjon
None
Krav til studierett
The course is open for students who have been accepted to the Master's program in public administration.
Arbeids- og undervisningsformer
Individual and collective supervision and dissertation seminars.
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
Presentation of master thesis draft. The student shall at least once comment a draft from a fellow student. Approved compulsory requirements are valid for one semester and must be completed each semester the student is registered for the course. Compulsory requirements must be approved before the exam can be taken. 
Vurderingsformer

Master's Thesis. The thesis must be submitted electronically.

The thesis must be from 80 - 120 pages long, excluding the title page, table of contents, references and all attachments. The department can grant permission to hand in a longer thesis, if there are extraordinary academic reasons for it. A well-reasoned application must be sent to the head of department.

The exam will be given in the language in which the course is taught. 

The thesis can be submitted in English. It is also possible to submit in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

Karakterskala
Graded A-F
Vurderingssemester

The Master's Thesis shall be submitted in the fourth semester and the fixed date is June 1st in the spring semester and December 1st in the autumn semester. Submitting on a different date may be granted based on individual application.

Students with valid absence as defined in the UiB regulations § 5-5 can apply for an extended submission deadline to Studieveileder.gov@uib.no. The application must be submitted before the deadline for submission has expired. A maximum of 14 days can be granted.

Emneevaluering
All courses are evaluated according to UiB's system for quality assurance of education.
Programansvarleg
The Programme Committee is responsible for the content, structure and quality of the study programme and courses. 
Administrativt ansvarleg
Department of Government at the Faculty of Social Sciences has the administrative responsibility for the course and the study programme.