Placement and Thesis

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The ability to conduct independent research and express yourself clearly in writing is an essential academic skill. Job advertisements of interest to graduates in public health frequently include ‘research skills’ and ‘writing skills’ as a requirement. In the future, you will often have to design, conduct and manage research projects, write memos, policy papers, public information brochures, meetings and research reports, publications etc. Therefore, conducting independent research and writing a thesis is vital in a public health study programme.

The public health topics, methods and methodology training, academic thinking training, and professional skills training have paved the way for the Bachelor’s thesis, the programme's final project. You have already completed papers and reports, and you are familiar with the training and guidelines given to you for writing in an academic style, conducting a literature review and referencing correctly. In this final project, you will integrate and apply your learning and knowledge from the previous 2.5 years. 

Twenty weeks have been allocated for the research placement and writing the Bachelor’s thesis between February and July each year. The placement is centred around independent preparation, planning and conducting academic research, which means that the student is to gain experience with conducting independent scholarly research on a Bachelor level under supervision. This is an opportunity for students to become acquainted with the art and science of research, preferably within an existing and ongoing research project. This research will be the basis for the Bachelor’s thesis. The topic of the placement and the thesis must align with the B-EPH curriculum's mission and objectives and demonstrate the student's accumulated knowledge and skills.