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COURSE SYLLABUS

Course code: VAAF010

This translation is for information purposes only. In the event of discrepancies, the Swedish-language version takes precedence.

Scientific Work in Work Integrated Learning, 7.5 Credits

Vetenskapligt arbete i arbetsintegrerat lärande, 7,5 Högskolepoäng


Established: 2025-01-29

Established by: The Research and Education Committee

Applies from: V25


Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the doctoral/licentiate must be able to independently:

Knowledge and Understanding

Skills and abilities

Judgment and approach

Entry requirements

The student must be admitted to a third-cycle programme in work-integrated learning or the equivalent.

The forms of assessment of student performance

The course is examined through presentation of own text, opponentship and respondentship of fellow students' scientific texts through compulsory elements in the form of seminars.

Course contents

Through the course the student will have the opportunity to develop his/her scientific writing and develop his/her peer review skills through reading of fellow students' scientific texts. Emphasis is placed on developing a good seminar culture in which students are able to understand and evaluate scientific knowledge in a constructive way. The course also provides the opportunity for a methodological and theoretical breadth, as work-integrated learning as a research field spans many disciplinary fields where different methodological approaches are applied.

Other regulations

Course grading: Failed or Passed

Course language: The teaching is conducted in English.

One of the independently composed texts, as well as one of the texts that the student discusses, should have a connection to one of the three mandatory work-in-progress seminars.

Cycle

Third cycle