Bachelor Thesis

Introduction

The bachelor thesis is a major independent project, where students are required to formulate a problem statement within BI's subject areas and take full responsibility for conducting a research or investigative project. The thesis is written individually or in groups of up to three students.

All bachelor theses must contain at least the following chapters:

1. Introduction, including background and motivation for the thesis, problem formulation with limitations, and information about the structure of the thesis.
2. Literature review, including the theoretical foundation of the thesis.
3. Methodology chapter, explaining in detail how data has been collected, analyzed, and interpreted.
4. Presentation of data findings.
5. Analysis of data findings.
6. Discussion of analysis results.
7. Conclusion and recommendations, where attempts are made to answer the research problems.

Any deviations from this structure must be approved by the supervisor. Certain types of theses may contain additional chapters.

Course content

Students choose the thematic foundation and problem statement of their task themselves. The problem statement must be approved by the supervisor.

The course is conducted for all students through a combination of individual guidance and group lectures.

1. Group teaching includes lectures on:
   • Database usage, referencing and citation rules, style guides, etc.
   • Basic understanding of general scientific principles for investigations.
   • Insight into various forms of qualitative and critically interpretive methods, including text analysis and source criticism, participant observation, and interviews.
   • Insight into various forms of quantitative methods.
   • Method triangulation.
   • Effective strategies for planning, writing, and revising various types of texts.
   • Criteria for assessing texts regarding structure, logic, readability, terminology usage, etc.
   • Source referencing.
2. Individual guidance, seminars, workshops, and subject-specific group teaching.
   • All students are entitled to a minimum of 3 individual guidance sessions per task.
   • If the supervisor does not conduct seminars, subject-specific teaching, or workshops, students are entitled to 5 individual guidance sessions per task.
   • The supervisor determines which learning activities are to be conducted and how the learning elements should be composed.