Course content

The bachelor's thesis gives the student the opportunity to concentrate fully on the German language, literature or culture - also across disciplines. The thesis must be written in German. This will help the student develop their German Language skills as well as their ability to understand and produce text. Working on the bachelor's thesis will thus improve the analytical competence and understanding of important academic questions.

The thesis may be written in cooperation with an external business or organisation.

The bachelor's thesis must include a Norwegian abstract.

Learning outcome

KNOWLEDGE

The candidate is expected to

- have a wide knowledge about a limited area of the German language, literature or culture

- be familiar with important academic literature belonging to the relevant area

- be familiar with important methods within the academic area with which the thesis deals

SKILLS

The candidate is expected to

- be able to formulate a specific academic problem as well as to work structurally with a particular problem

- be able to adapt collected material as a consequence of their academic insight

- be able to identify and impart questions in academic literature

- master relevant terminology and method

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, group teaching and individual supervision. On the basis of the group teaching and the supervision, the students will choose a curriculum and develop a project outline. During the writing of the thesis, the student will receive both individual supervision as well as supervision together with other students. The teaching will be adapted to the content of the student's theses. The thesis must be written in German and consist of 4000-6000 words, not counting the index, the formulation of the thesis theme and literature list.

Compulsory assignment:

- Approved topic, project outline and preliminary bibliography (1 page max.), in German

- Minimum two individual supervision sessions

- Oral presentation of the thesis in German

Compulsory assignments

• Approved topic, project outline and bibliography
• Oral presentation of the thesis in german
• Minimum two individual supervision sessions

Recommended previous knowledge

Bachelor students in German should have completed 30 ECTS in German courses at advanced undergraduate Level. Teacher Education students in German should have completed 15 ECTS in German courses at advanced undergraduate Level.

Required previous knowledge

Pass in a TYSK2000-course within the same academic subdiscipline as the discipline that is the topic of the thesis (literature, linguistics or Cultural history).

Course materials

Will be announced at the start of term. The reading list may contain common as well as individual material, although the latter must be approved by the supervisor.

Credit reductions