Scientific Research and Article

Full course description

In this final course (12 weeks) students perform the research they prepared in period 3 and analyse data and write their scientific thesis or article. Depending on the research, students also collect data themselves and in case of interview data, transcribe these interviews during the placement period. The placement is centred around independent planning and conducting of scientific research, which means that students gain experience in conducting independent academic research under supervision. This research forms the basis for the thesis. The subject of the thesis should be in line with the master programme Occupational Health and Sustainable Work. Thesis is written in the format of a scientific article (including abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and references); guidelines for writing a thesis  will be made available to the students. Each student has a supervisor and second examiner from the Faculty. The student will meet their supervisor frequently and are requested to send him/her your work before the meeting. The second examiner is only involved in grading unless other agreements are made. The grade for this course included assessment of the process (how are your planning skills, do you use the feedback given?) and the content of the thesis.