Supervision:

The faculty will appoint a supervisor, with whom the student will be able to discuss the selection of literature and different analytical approaches towards the project. The supervision should contain the following elements:

• In the beginning of each term, the faculty will organize a start-up seminar, with the purpose of initiating processes of project planning.

• When the project proposal is approved and a supervisor is appointed, a supervision contract is signed by student and supervisor.

• Student and supervisor together make a detailed plan for the project, including an estimated deadline for the different chapters.

• Normally, student and supervisor meet four to six times during the project period. The meetings may be organized through skype or email, if by both parties agreed upon this. The supervisor may decide to conduct the supervision in groups of students.

• The total supervision, which includes meetings and the supervisor’s reading of thesis text, equivalents twenty-five hours.

• The process of supervision normally ends one week before the deadline for the submission of the thesis.

The research work / thesis writing process:

• Drafts should be sent to the supervisor in due time before scheduled meetings.

• The supervisor may, in consultation with the student, ask a second reader to review and respond to individual chapters.

• Concerning the style of the thesis, the student should use VID’s “General Guidelines for Writing Master and PhD Theses” (available at VID.no). When relevant, one should also consult Patrick Alexander, SBL Handbook of Style, or similar, discipline-specific guidebooks. The number of words required (25.000 words +/- 10%) does not include front-page, abstract, table of contents and bibliography.

Submission and grading of the thesis:

• The thesis should be submitted to the faculty digitally on the exam platform.

• Deadline for submission will be at a date to be specified by the faculty.

• If the thesis is not submitted within this deadline for any other reason than health problems documented by a medical certificate, grading (and graduation) will be postponed to the following term.

Course description

Master's thesis

MATRS6000