IS-501 Master Thesis in Information Systems (Autumn 2024)

Completion of IS-404 Research methods in information systems or equivalent. Furthermore, 80 out of a total of 120 credits must be passed before starting the Master's thesis.

The Master's thesis provides an opportunity to work in-depth with a specific subject area while carrying out a project for a public or private organisation. Students will gain insight into applying theoretical knowledge and scientific methods to a specific problem.

The thesis constitutes 30 credits and represents the full workload of one semester. There exists guidelines for the thesis about its breadth, content, process and procedures, supervision, literature, form, delivery, evaluation, intellectual rights and publicity requirements etc. A copy of these thesis guidelines is available in Canvas, or can be requested from the faculty.

On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• understand the scientific and methodological research process in the field of informations systems and its role in knowledge creation
• do a literature review of a given research field
• independently plan for a small scale research project
• choose appropriate research methods for a given research problem in the field of information systems, and discuss pros and cons of varying research methods
• use the research methods and tools practices during the thesis process indepentently attend a PhD programme in information systems (providing required grades)

Presentation concerning the work and findings in the master thesis must be approved. The students must participate in supervision according to the contract for supervision.

The master thesis constitutes of 100% of the final grade. Letter grades A-F with E as the lowest passing grade.