HMM4501 - Master thesis
Course content
The master’s thesis is a research report written at the end of the master's degree in Health Economics, Policy and Management. The master’s thesis must satisfy academic standards for publications. The thesis must include a clearly specified research objective. The thesis must provide arguments for the choice of methods used to meet the research objective.
If you are uncertain with respect to what topic/research issue to choose you should pursue one of the two following strategies: (a) get in contact with staff members for an informal discussion of possible topics, (b) consult the person(s) teaching HMM4104a: Research Design. Looking at some of the completed master thesis' at the Department can also be useful.
Supervisors are formally appointed by the Master Thesis Committee, confer “Teaching” below.
Learning outcome
The aim of the thesis course is to enable the student to do independent scientific work.
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.
This course is only offered to students at the master's programme in Health Economics, Policy and Management.
The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
The thesis supervisor can only be formally appointed if HMM4104a and a total of 60 ETCS credits on the master’s programme is approved.
All other courses in the master's programme have to be approved by the time the thesis is submitted
Teaching
The writing of the master’s thesis is assisted by individual supervision. Students must submit an application form to have an supervisor appointed within the deadlines, May 15th and November 15th. Students have the option to suggest a supervisor. Supervisors are formally appointed by the Master Thesis Committee. The Master Thesis Committee will normaly appoint a supervisor within one month after the application deadlines.
Suggested master topics
The faculty has suggested master topics relevant for the programme.
Preparations for data collection
When working on your master thesis proposal you must notify the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) about your project. Please see the Notification form for the Data Protection Official for Research
After been appointed a supervisor, you and your supervisor must evaluate whether you need to send an application to the Regional Commitee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK)
Examination
• Thesis. The deadlines for submitting a thesis are May 15th at 1100h and November 15th at 1100h. If a deadline falls on a weekend or public holiday, the deadline will be advanced to the first preceding working day. The procedure for submitting a thesis is as follows:
1. The thesis must satisfy the Department’s format.
The student must sign a document declaring that appropriate scientific standards for use of sources are followed.
The thesis must be registered in DUO no later than the deadline.
2. At least ten working days before you are going to submit your thesis you must ask the student adviser to send an order form for you to Reprosentralen. You must submit your thesis (pdf-file) and the order form to Reprosentralen no less than four working days before the deadline. After four working days you may collect ten copies of the thesis at Reprosentralen. Five copies must be submitted to the administration at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics within the deadline.
• Oral exam, after the thesis is approved. The procedure for the master thesis and the oral exam is described here
Language of examination
All exams and term papers at the master's program in Health Economics, Policy and Management must be conducted in English.
Grading scale
Course grades are awarded on a descending scale using alphabetic grades from A to E for passes and F for fail. An external auditor regularly evaluates the academic quality of the course, including the form of exam used on the course.
Explanations and appeals
A student may appeal against an awarded grade and/or file a formal complaint about exam procedures.
Evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.