OF-500 Master’s thesis (Autumn 2024–Spring 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 40
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Humanities and Education
- Course Leader:
- Sandra Louise Halverson
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian, English
- Duration:
- 1 year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student
- has advanced knowledge of Translation Studies, including key works and texts, current issues, types of data and research methods
Skills
- can develop a relevant and properly motivated research question for a master’s thesis.
- can find, critically analyze and report on research literature which is relevant to their project.
- can find relevant data and select and use the research method best suited for their project.
- can complete an analysis and present the results.
General competence
- can complete an independent analysis and reflect on their own results in a self-critical manner.
- can present a research project using suitable language (written and oral).
Contents
The students will complete an independent research project with tutor guidance. The students will practice developing relevant and suitable research questions and finding and writing about literature which is relevant to the topic of their thesis. The students’ ability to situate their project within Translation Studies and to relate their findings to current debates in the field will be strongly emphasized. Research method is seen as crucial, both in terms of students’ ability to critically engage and as a bearing element of the students’ own projects. Academic writing is also an important element in this course.
There is no set course reading for the Master’s thesis. The students’ reading depends on the literature required for each individual thesis project.
Teaching and learning methods
Examination requirements
The students must submit a thesis proposal (incl. a research question), to be approved by a given deadline in the first semester of the course. In addition, students are required to participate in at least six tutoring lessons over the course’s two semesters. Students are required to submit written material for discussion prior to the compulsory tutoring sessions.
The students must present the work they have done on their master’s thesis in two seminars. Requirements for the presentations will be specified on Canvas.