Course detail

Proposal Presentation

FSI-SPP-A Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester

The seminar gives a framework for a research project within areas such as survey-based, interview-based, and quantitative research. 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Supervisor

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Examination information:

  • Continuous work on the development of the proposal as part of the homework and the final oral presentation of the thesis proposal, including the supervising debate, are evaluated. Each student will have 15 minutes for an oral presentation and up to 30 minutes to answer questions from the supervisor and assessor.
  • Grading scale: pass/fail.

All lectures are mandatory.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to teach student how to wtrite thesis and conduct a systematic literature search and proper referencing.


The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge:

  • Learning about research and data collection methods
  • Learning how to formulate and structure a problem for a research project

Skills:

  • Ensuring that a study is relevant to the research problem
  • Ensuring that a study uses relevant methods and procedures
  • Providing a systematic literature search
  • Using proper referencing techniques

General competence:

  • Ability to plan a research project.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-LAN-A: Logistics Analytics, Master's, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

The content includes a general introduction to proposal and thesis writing. The format is lectures before noon and exercises/group work after noon, with a final report with due date on Friday. The cours is taught by Berit Irene Helgheim, who is a Director of Master of Science in Logistics.