Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Applicants must have passed Planetary Health, 15 credits (or Introduction to Sustainable Development, 7.5 credits and Introduction to Implementation Science, 7.5 credits); Power, Equity and Transformation, 15 credits, Governance for Sustainability, 15 credits and; Implementation Methods and Design, 15 credits. Applicants must have also passed course modules one and two in Research Methods, 15 credits (from the ITS programme). Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completing the course, the student shall:

Competence and Skills

• apply formerly acquired knowledge to critically analyse the implementation of transformative learning practices for sustainable development within a global health context.
• develop and apply a conceptual framework that can guide methodological and analytical choices for the research project.
• orally present the results from the research project.

Judgement and Approach

• communicate research results scientifically and in popular science by writing in a well-structured, analytical and comprehensible form
• formulate relevant research questions
• grasp and apply scientific rigour and choice of relevant research methods to elicit relevant empirical data whilst considering ethical and societal aspects

Knowledge and understanding

• demonstrate the practical application of research methods
• search for, summarize, and critically review scientific literature
• demonstrate in-depth insight into scientific research related to the chosen project area

Content

Through the independent thesis work, the student will increase their ability to formulate, delimit and investigate practices of implementation science, transformational learning and sustainability. In addition, the student will be given training in scientific literature searching and in communicating scientific results both orally and in writing.

Instruction

The central part of the course consists of own independent work. The teacher held activities include guidance/supervision, lectures, seminars and fieldwork. ​During the course, students will:

• Conduct a literature search within the scientific area in question.
• Give an oral presentation of research questions and results, including analysis, with an audience familiar with the scientific area at a seminar.
• Act as an opponent for another student's thesis within the Master's thesis course.
• Write a Master's thesis .

Assessment

To pass the course, the student needs to present a written thesis of good quality, hold an acceptable seminar presentation and carry out an opposition of another thesis. 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. All examinations are in English.