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IDRSA2000

Bachelor Essay in Sports Science

Credits 15
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn 2010 / Spring 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Examination arrangement Assignment

About

About the course

Course content

The course is intended for students who want to conduct a research project in sports science based on social science perspectives. The department must approve each project and assign a tutor. The written report should contain an elaborated and reflective approach to the aim of the project, theory and research methods as well as a discussion of the results and implications. The report should be approximately 15-25 pages long (5500-10000 words). The report can be written indivudually or in small groups of students. If the report is written as a group work, the report should normally be somewhat more extensive.

Learning outcome

The main objective is to develop an understanding about how theory and empirical data are interrelated and used in sport science research.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures 2 hours pr. week in 5 weeks. Individual tutoring and seminars. All seminars are compulsory. Students present their own work and comment on other essays, including their own bachelor essay. Form of assessment is the Bachelor report and oral examination. The oral examination may adjust the grade on the essay by 1 unit.

Compulsory assignments

  • All the activities that are organized in the course are compulsory
  • Compulsory paper guidance

Required previous knowledge

Prerequisites: IDRSA1000, IDRSA1001, IDRSA1002, SOS1014/IDRSA1007 or equivalent

Course materials

Information disclosed at the beginning of the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
IDRSA2900 15 sp
SVIDR220 15 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Sport Science
  • Social Sciences

Contact information

Course coordinator

  • Jorid Hovden

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Sociology and Political Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Assignment
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Assignment
Weighting 100/100

Ordinary examination - Spring 2011

Assignment
Weighting 100/100