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ENG3501 - Thesis course, British Area studies

Course content

The students will be obliged to write a 10-page essay on a chosen topic. The topic, and problem in question, will be arrived at in consultation with the teacher.

Learning outcomes

After completing this course you will have:

• specialised in an area within British history and culture;
• trained your ability to select, limit and question a particular topic, and exercise your abilities in giving a structured academic presentation.
• learned how to identify, define, limit, and problematise a relevant topic.
• learned to develop a structured analysis.
• learned how to identify and describe scholarly ethics, and learned to use the appropriate scholarly apparatus to demonstrate this knowledge.
• practiced your abilities to read and write academic English.

Admission

Students at UiO must apply for courses in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Recommended prior knowledge

A good knowledge of the politics, history, culture and society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Teaching

There will be six hours of seminars in the beginning of the semester and two hours at the end of the semester. Students are entitled to some individual guidance from the teacher during the semester.

Mandatory course-work: In order to submit the paper, all students must present their work in the group presentations-session held at the third seminar.

Students must attend 80% of classes in order to pass the course.

Exam information

A paper of maximum 10 standard pages must be submitted within a given deadline. The topic of the essay should be worked out between the individual student and the teacher.

Language of examination

English

Assessment and grading

Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. Read more about the grading system .

An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.

Explanations and appeals

Students can request an explanation of their grades, and can also appeal against their grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals

Possibility of make-up exams and re-takes

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam .

Withdrawing from exams and limits on re-takes

A student can sit for this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do this in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.

Exam options for students with special needs

Students may apply for access to alternative exam resources or exam forms on the basis of chronic illness and/or special needs that create a marked disadvantage to other students in the exam situation. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation of this course

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. As a student at the University of Oslo you will therefore be asked to participate in various types of evaluation of our courses, facilities and services. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, in-depth evaluation of this course, a so called "periodic evaluation".

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