LOG904-101 Research design (Autumn 2025)

ECTS Credits:
2.5
Responsible faculty:
Avdeling for logistikk
Campus:
Molde
Course Leader:
Arild Hoff
Teaching language:
English
Study level:
{code=HN, name=Second degree level}
Duration:
½ year
Schedule (TP) Reading list (Leganto)

Table of contents

Contents

The seminar gives a framework for a research project within areas such as survey-based, interview-based, and quantitative research. The content includes a general introduction to proposal and thesis writing and how to conduct a systematic literature search and proper referencing.

The course is connected to the following study programs

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
LOG951 – Master's Degree Thesis. 2.5

The student's learning outcomes after passing the exam

Knowledge:

  • Learning about research and data collection methods
  • Learning how to formulate and structure a problem for a research project

Skills:

  • Ensuring that a study is relevant to the research problem
  • Ensuring that a study uses relevant methods and procedures
  • Providing a systematic literature search
  • Using proper referencing techniques

General competence:

  • Ability to plan a research project.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

  • Mandatory coursework: Seminar-/collection participation
  • Courseworks given:
  • Courseworks required:
  • Presence: Required
  • Comment: All lectures are mandatory

Exam

  • Form of assessment: Home assessment
  • Proportion: 100%
  • Duration: -
  • Grouping: Individual, or a group of maximum 2 persons
  • Grading scale: Pass/fail
  • Support material: All printed and written supporting material

Course evaluation

All lectures are mandatory.
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