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BT3911

Master thesis in MSAQUAH Health Management in Aquaculture

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Credits 30
Level Second degree level
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Master's Thesis with oral exam

About

About the course

Course content

Undertake master thesis research project under MSAQUAH. A project description of scope and focus of the thesis project must be prepared in collaboration with the supervisor(s).

Learning methods and activities

All students doing their master's thesis at the Faculty of Natural Sciences should conclude an agreement regarding counselling. The standard contact period with the supervisor(s) is 50 hours for a master thesis of 30 credits. Any contact between supervisor/s and student beyond this, depends on the supervisor(s) choice of supervision methodology. It is expected that the student works independently beyond the standard contact period.

Further on evaluation

The ordinary deadline for submission of the thesis is 15th of May, unless otherwise agreed with the Department.

The oral defense of the thesis project consists of a presentation and a discussion. Oral presentation of max. 30 min. Questions and discussion related to the presentation and thesis usually have a duration of 60 min. Partner university representatives will join.

Permitted examination aids are to be determined in cooperation with your supervisor. Normal rules apply for appealing the grade. A new oral defense is only arranged if the new examiners disagree with the grade given in the original evaluation.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Health Management in Aquaculture (MSAQUAH)
Ocean Resources (MSOCEAN)

Required previous knowledge

Knowledge, skills and competence achieved through semester 1-3 in MSAQUAH, Erasmus Mundus master program in Health Management in Aquaculture

Subject areas

  • Aqua Culture
  • Marine Topics

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Biotechnology and Food Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Master's Thesis with oral exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2025

Master's Thesis with oral exam
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2025-05-05
Submission 2025-05-15
Time Release 07:00
Submission 12:00
Exam system Inspera Assessment