Course content

The course is intended for students who want to conduct a research project in physical education and/or Sports. The subject teacher must approve each project and assign a tutor. The written report (thesis) 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 Bachelor's thesis should be approximately 15-25 pages long (5500-10000 words).

Learning outcome

Knowledge – the student shall:
* be able to work independently with academic questions in the area of sports science.
* be able to demonstrate how theory and empirical knowledge are tied together in sports science research work through the writing of an bachelor’s thesis in sports science.
* be able to write an academic work (bachelor’s thesis) which fulfills the basic requirements for scientific presentation and argumentation.

Skills - the student shall demonstrate the ability to:
* limit the depth of a research issue, formulate a research problem, carry out an academically defensible analysis and report the results in the form of a bachelor’s thesis in sports science.
* give an oral presentation on one’s own academic work.
* participate in critical, academic discussion on one’s own academic work.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures 2 hours pr. week in approxemately 5 weeks. Compulsory individual tutoring and seminars. Students present their own work and comment on other essays, including their own bachelor's thesis. Form of assessment is the Bachelor's thesis and oral examination. The oral examination may adjust the grade on the thesis by 1 unit.

Compulsory assignments

• Obligatorisk veiledning og kurs

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

IDRSA1002, IDRSA1010, IDRSA1012, IDRSA1013

Required previous knowledge

Admission to the 5-year program in Master of Science in Physical Education and Sports With teacher education

Course materials

Information disclosed at the beginning of the course.