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Information meeting about independent work / master thesis August, 27th 2014

Kenneth Fjell, Professor Ragnhild Balsvik, Associate Professor Eli Heldaas Seland, Senior Academic Librarian Marianne Eskeland, Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Information meeting about independent work / master thesis August, 27th 2014. Today’s agenda. About master thesis

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Information meeting about independent work / master thesis August, 27th 2014

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  1. Kenneth Fjell, ProfessorRagnhild Balsvik, Associate ProfessorEli Heldaas Seland, Senior AcademicLibrarianMarianne Eskeland, Office ofAcademic and Student Affairs Information meetingaboutindependentwork / master thesisAugust, 27th 2014

  2. Today’s agenda • About master thesis - Kenneth Fjell • Practical matters • Marianne Eskeland • Advice from thefacultyon thewritingprocess • Ragnhild Balsvik • What can the library do for you during the writing process? - Eli Heldaas Seland • Guestson topics - Aksel Mjøs, Finans Bergen www.finansbergen.no - Paal Fennell, CSI - Inger G. Stensaker, FOCUS

  3. Useful web pages Student Pages - Thesis: http://www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/thesis.aspx • The main rule is that you have to write your master thesis with one other student. • If you have different main profiles, both profiles must be satisfied by the thesis (ask advisor or relevant profile coordinators if in doubt) • Students that need or want to work alone, must apply to the Examination Office and receive pre-approval • How and when to cite sources and references. Avoid doubt about plagiarism! • Grading is on the scale A-F; set by external sensor and advisor together

  4. English Writing Workshop • Instructor: Frank Azevedo • Professional copy editing of English-language manuscripts of all kinds • Writing workshops for several Norwegian Universities • The workshop consists of two parts: • Session 1: Principles for writing clear, concise, coherent and careful • Monday 29 September, 17:00-20:00 • Session 2: The students will work with their own texts and get feedback from the instructor • The students will be divided into two groups and this session will be held twice in order have enough time for feedback to all students • Tuesday 30 September, 17:00-20:00 and Wednesday 1 October, 17:00-20:00 • Sign up: Send an e-mail to May-Britt.Rod@nhh • Deadline: Friday 19 September • The students should bring a writing sample to the workshop • Four pages or more, double spaced, in Word on a memory stick • The writing sample should also be sent to May-Britt.Rod@nhh.no when you sign up for the workshop

  5. Deadlines • February 15th / Application for writingthemaster thesisalone September 15th http://L2W.no/8if1 • March15th / Application for supervisor October 15 th: (All shouldapply) http://www.nhh.no/en/student-pages/thesis/applicaton.aspx • September 1st / Register for Thesis(like signing up for February 1st: an exam) at student web as ”xxxTHE” where xxx is yourmajor’sabbreviation, e.g. STR or BUS • December 20th/ Deadline for submissionofthesisJune 20th: (youmaysubmitearly. Advice: submitbeforeyou start working!)

  6. Electronic publishing • Your thesis can be made available for all through electronic publishing • If you do not want to publish it you do not sign the agreement when you submit your thesis Information Library – homepage:http://www.nhh.no/en/library.aspx

  7. Submission of thesis Three copies – to the Information Centre (hardcover or booklets) + Electronic submission (by midnight the same day) as PDF file: eksamenskontor@nhh.no

  8. Questions?

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