2166 - Masterproject
Course information
- Title
- Masterproject
- Course number
- 2166.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Master
- Faculties
- History and Social Sciences
- Educations
- M.A. in History, MSSc in Social Science and Political Science
- Prerequisites
- The purpose of the Masterproject is that students study an issue of relevance to Faroese society (past and/or present) employing a problem-oriented approach
- Language of instruction
- Faroese
- Registration
- Students on the first semester of Master of Social Science in Social Science and Political Science, and M.A. in History are automatically enrolled. Applicants for an individual course must apply via the Student Service Center at lss@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- End date
- Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Academic content
- Purpose
- Practical and relevant issues within key areas of society. • Analysing societal issues with the use of academic methods. • Focused theoretical perspectives to get a better understanding of phenomena of importance to Faroese society (past and/or present). The organization and craft of doing problem-oriented analysis in collaboration with other students, researchers, and possibly other stakeholders.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to: • Identify and formulate topical problems from a scientific/academic perspective. • Analyse an important problematic using relevant theoy and concepts. • Identify and discuss practical implications revealed by the analysis. • Discuss scientific issues with scholars and involved stakeholders. Report scientific issues in an academic text.
- Content
- Practical and relevant issues within key areas of society. • Analysing societal issues with the use of academic methods. • Focused theoretical perspectives to get a better understanding of phenomena of importance to Faroese society (past and/or present). The organization and craft of doing problem-oriented analysis in collaboration with other students, researchers, and possibly other stakeholders
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to: • Identify and formulate topical problems from a scientific/academic perspective. • Analyse an important problematic using relevant theoy and concepts. • Identify and discuss practical implications revealed by the analysis. • Discuss scientific issues with scholars and involved stakeholders. Report scientific issues in an academic text.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- As a prerequisite for the final examination, the students must have passed the oral presentations along with the written project reports. The final examination is a project paper with oral defence.
- Examination (internal/external)
- Internal
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- The project report is due for submission on the 6th of January 2025. The oral defense is set for the 20th of January and 21st of January 2025.
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen
- Teachers
- Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen, Heini í Skorini