Master Thesis (MID500)

The master's thesis is normally 18.000 - 35.000 words. When co-writing, the scope is increased to 25.000 - 40.000 words and students are expected to adhere to the Vancouver recommendations, which provide practical and ethical guidelines for co-authors.It is possible to apply to write the thesis as an article with an additional extended part. The article must be 5000 - 7000 words + the additional extended part 5000-8000 words. The limit of 5000 - 7000 words per article may be waived if the selected journal has other limitations.Formal requirements: Calibri or equivalent font with size 12 and line spacing 1.5. Front page, table of contents, foreword, bibliography, as well as any appendices, are not included in the word limit. APA 7 shall be used as the reference system. The thesis must be written in Norwegian or English.Students are not entitled to new tutoring hours in the event of a new exam attempt/new admission.Submitted thesis is assessed with a provisional grade (A-F). The grade can be adjusted by up to one grade after the corrective oral exam. A thesis assessed as F cannot be defended orally. During the corrective oral exam, the student must initially give a presentation of the thesis in 15 minutes. The rest of the time should be a discussion about the thesis, for example about the strengths and weaknesses of the present work. The corrective oral exam will usually take one hour. Oral grading examinations are held individually by joint writing.