ILN4950 – Research project semester for Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
Course description
Course content
For one semester the student is interning in a professional research project.
You'll take part in the ordinary research work for the project, and preform spesific assignments as arranged with the project manager.
The work assignments for the research project you are partaking in is two-part; you work for the manager of the research project, and simultaneously on your own project term paper.
The project manager must make sure that there are relevant and varied jobs in the project for the student, which will provide the student with insights into project-based research and what may be expected of a researcher.
Throughout the semester, the internship will consist of a normal 5-day work week, where 3,5 - 4 days are used for regular assignments for the employer, and the rest of the time is used for the term project paper.
Where it is appropriate to alter this structure with more intense periods of research work, the involved parties must agree amongst themselves on how to structure the students’ tasks through the semester.
The project manager must supervise the student during the involvement in the research project. The student will also be delegated an academic supervisor, not connected to the research project, who is available for 7,5 hours of counselling during the semester.
The choice of theme for the research term paper is to be decided on before the commencement of the semester and must be approved by the research project manager.
Learning outcome
When the student has completed this course, it is expected that the student has:
- Competence within the theme for your research term paper.
- Work-experience from a research project.
- Experience with both independent and team-based work in a research project.
- Experience in planning and seeing through a project (in relations to the term paper).
- An increased awareness of their own academic competence and skill.
Admission to the course
Only students admitted to the masters’ programmes in?Viking and Medieval Studies,?Linguistics,?Multilingualism,?Ibsen Studies?and?Scandinavian Studies?may apply to be accepted to this course.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Students are not able to sign up for this course on their own, and are required to contact the?course study advisor?for guidance and evaluation of admittance.
You apply for admission to this course by requesting an approval of your engagement in a research project. The research internship must be relevant for your study programme.?
The application is to be directed, in writing, to the course study consultant, and must contain general information about yourself and the research project you wish to take part of, as well as outlining your motivation for applying.?The application should be approx. one typed page. In addition to the application, submit your CV and transcript of grades.
The study consultant forwards the application to research leader of the pertinent research project. The leader of the research project decides whom they wish to engage in the project.
Please contact the study consultant for a list over potential research projects. You are not bound by the projects listed on this page.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
A prerequisite of admission to this course is that 60 ECTS of your masters’ programme must be completed before the research term.
Overlapping courses
- 30 credits overlap with NOR4950 – 澳门葡京手机版app下载sprosjektsemester for lingvistiske og nordiske studier (discontinued).
Teaching
There are no ordinary lessons in this course. Teaching is provided in the form of supervision, given by an academic employee at the institute, not connected to the research project. The supervision is for the main part given as a part of the process with the project term paper.
To qualify for the exam, a written qualification essay must be submitted by the student, and approved by the academic supervisor. In the qualification essay, the student must evaluate their efforts and progression with increasing their own competence and skills in the relevant field of study. The qualification essay must be approx. two typed pages (2300 characters without spaces) and is evaluated as "approved/ not approved". The qualifying essay will be a part of the exam portfolio.?
Examination
For the opportunity to sit the exam, the qualification essay must be completed and approved within the same semester as the exam.
The exam in this course is a ‘project term paper’.
The 'project term paper is a portfolio of a combined 25-30 pages (à 2300 characters not including spaces), to be handed in in Inspera at a set date.
The portfolio must have four main parts;
- A description (of approx. 1- 2 pages) describing the research project where the student is interning, and describing the planned work tasks for the student and the theme for the student's own project as it was at the start of the internship.
- The main part (the core) of the portfolio consists of one or more texts. This text/ these texts must be prepared as a part of, or as a project of, the internship project. The text(s) must exhibit and analyze the results from the student's project, in accordance with academic standards.
- The qualifying assignment.
- A closing account of 1-2 pages where the student describe and evaluate the work tasks that has been done with regards to the original plan, and the course learning outcomes. The relevance of the work tasks must also be evaluated.?
The student and the leader of the research project decides in cooperation the theme for the term paper, and keeps the project-external supervisor in the loop.?
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students whose project term paper is not accepted, will be given an opportunity to rework their project term paper within one month after publication of the grades, on the condition that the formal requirements are fulfilled in the version submitted originally. If illness or another valid reason for an extension occurs, please contact the study consultant.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.