General provisions

The course is mandatory for students attending the Master's Programme in the Humanities, specializing in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability and the Master's Programme in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

The student should, after completing the course, be able to

regarding knowledge and understanding

• relate a chosen research problem to relevant research.
• on the basis of substantial in-depth knowledge, critically reflect on the development of the own discipline.

regarding competence and skills

• within the field of heritage and sustainability independently and critically identify scientific problems and formulate relevant research questions.
• use established scientific theories and methods relevant to the research problem.
• systematically process source material and analyse empirical data.
• orally defend a scientific work and critically review the work of others.
• independently plan and carry out a larger research project within a given time frame.

regarding judgement and approach

• demonstrate the ability to evaluate and take into account relevant scientific, social and ethical aspects in the field of heritage and sustainability.
• show awareness of ethical aspects of research and development in the field of heritage and sustainability.

Content

The course is divided into two sections.

Part 1, 15 credits: In the first section, the student begins an independent research project where knowledge from previous courses in the field is applied and developed. With the help of a supervisor, the student identifies a scientific problem in the field of heritage and sustainability and performs a literature study relevant for the chosen problem.

Part 2, 30 credits: In the second section, the student further examines the identified problem, and interprets and values the results in the form of a thesis (degree project). The scientific final result is defended in a seminar.

Instruction

Teaching is given in the form of lectures, seminars and tutoring.

Students are entitled to tutoring only during the time period for the course.

Assessment

Part 1: Active participation in seminars, submit written assignments and defend and review thesis texts.

Part 2: Active participation in seminars, writing a scientific thesis and defend and review thesis texts.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.