SHUA13012U Master's Thesis, Human Biology

Volume 2014/2015
Education
MSc Programme in Human Biology - compulsory
Content

Purpose: Under the supervision of a researcher to critically acquire knowledge about scientific method and to apply such knowledge for the solution of a scientific problem of the student's own choice within the field of health science.

Learning Outcome

At the end of the course, the student shall be able to:

  • Select and process a well-defined and clear health science problem of research relevance
  • Convey the work in writing as well as orally at a high international academic level
  • Critically discuss, assess, conclude and put into perspective own and others' research results at a high international scientific level while including relevant literature
Approved completion of all 2nd semester course elements and passing of all 2nd semester exams:
Human Patophysiology including Clinical rotation
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Laboratory Animal Science
Statistics and Data Analysis
Supervision
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam
  • 1
  • Guidance
  • 80
  • Project work
  • 1314
  • Total
  • 1395
Credit
50 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Oral defence, 60 minutes
The master’s thesis is compiled by each student alone.

The master's thesis shall be prepared in accordance with the approved thesis agreement and shall correspond to min. 50 and max. 70 A4 pages written in Times New Roman point 12, line spacing 1.5 and excluding references and optional appendixes.

The thesis must include an abstract in English or Danish of no more than 1 A4 page. The abstract must summarize the research question, the methods used, important findings, a discussion if relevant, and a conclusion. The abstract will be included in the overall assessment of the master’s thesis.

Assessment will be based on the student’s spelling and writing skills as well as the scientific content of the thesis. The scientific content will carry most weight.

The oral 60-minute exam consisting of 25 minutes of oral presentation of the master's thesis using AV equipment followed by 30 minutes of scientific discussion focussing on the issues of the thesis.
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment

To achieve the maximum grade of 12, the student shall be able to:

  • Select and process a well-defined and clear health science problem of research relevance
  • Convey the work in writing as well as orally at a high international academic level
  • Critically discuss, assess, conclude and put into perspective own and others' research results at a high international scientific level while including relevant literature