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ALIT2901

Bachelor's thesis in Comparative Literature

New from the academic year 2025/2026

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2025 / Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Bachelor thesis

About

About the course

Course content

The Bachelor's thesis is an independent work in comparative literature. The student should develop the ability to carry out a personal research work on a large scale. Students will gain insight into information processing and evaluation of research and methods within a relevant subject.

The bachelor’s thesis is normally written in Norwegian. If the thesis is written in English or in another non-Scandinavian language, the students must include an abstract in Norwegian in their thesis.

Learning outcome

Candidates who have passed this course have the following general competence and skills:

The candidate is

- able to articulate and delimit a scientific research question

- able to analyze and organize collected information, including existing research on their chosen topic, and present it in writing

- able to apply the scientific terminology and methods required in a piece of academic work

- able to write a longer academic text

Learning methods and activities

Supervision, following on from student's work.

Obligatory assignment:

- Approved topic for bachelor's thesis and project outline (1 page)

- Approved reading list consisting of approximately 800 pages of text chosen according to the student's research interests.

Approved obligatory assignment is valid for 2 semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following semester).

Compulsory assignments

  • Approved reading list
  • Approved topic for bachelor thesis and project outline (1 page)

Further on evaluation

The Bachelor's thesis should consist of approximately 5000 words excluding references and appendices. Students who receive a failing grade and wish to retake the course must submit a new thesis on a new topic.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature (BNORDLIT)

Required previous knowledge

Requires admission to the bachelor's programme in Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature in the autumn semester of 2014 or more recently.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
ALIT2900 7.5 sp Autumn 2025
LITT2900 7.5 sp Autumn 2025
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

  • Comparative Literature

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Language and Literature

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Bachelor thesis
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Bachelor thesis
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2025-11-24
Submission 2025-12-01
Time Release 09:00
Submission 12:00
Exam system Inspera Assessment

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Bachelor thesis
Weighting 100/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment