Programme structure
Theoretical curriculum
The theoretical curriculum consists of either 60 or 90 ECTS credits, depending on the extent of your Master's thesis. You plan your curriculum together with your supervisor, and it must include at least 30 ECTS credits of chemistry courses at 4000/5000 level.
Relevant courses:
- KJM4050 – Chemistry Education Research and Practice (Spring)
- MNKOM4000 – Formidling og vitenskapsjournalistikk (Spring)
- DIFO4001 – Didaktisk forskningsmetode: design og innsamling av data (Spring) (has to be arranged with the UV-faculty by supervisor)
- DIFO4000 – Didaktisk forskningsmetode uten praksis: analyse og framstilling av data (Fall) (has to be arranged with the UV-faculty by supervisor)
You may choose the remaining courses from courses at the Department of Chemistry. Other courses at the Faculty of Mathematics and natural sciences or courses at The Educational faculty may also be relevant, but this has to be applied for.
You may include up to 15 ECTS credits of special syllabus, planned in agreement with your supervisor. The special syllabus may include lecture series, literature, scientific articles and so on that are relevant to the theme of the Master's thesis. It may not include literature that you should have read as background for your thesis.
Master's thesis
You may choose between a short Master's thesis of 30 ECTS credits, or a long thesis of 60 ECTS credits. In this programme option, it is common to find a supervisor and theme for the thesis in connection to the research section "School Laboratory" (in Norwegian).