Master Thesis - Major in Business Anlytics

The Master's thesis shall be the student's final exam. The thesis must satisfy requirements for relevance and is expected to provide new knowledge which is oriented towards specific goals or applications. The student shall follow the guidelines given in the document "Guidance for Master's thesis" and information given on the NTNU intranet page for the subject. (Canvas)

Knowledge

The student:

• Has a deep insight into the problem raised in the master's thesis.
• Has insight into the theory that is relevant to the problem.
• Has insight into the research method necessary to analyze his/her specific problem.

Skills

The student:

• Can formulate a problem,
• Can search for and review relevant literature,
• Can choose analysis method
• Can conduct analyses and draw conclusions.

General Competence

The student:

• Can plan and carry out a major investigation work within the given timeframe and resource frameworks.
• Can conduct an independent, limited research project under supervision in line with current research ethical norms.

The Master's thesis should be an independent work under supervision. The supervisor is assigned after submission of a project-idea by the student. The Master's thesis is written alone or with a fellow student (ie max 2 students).

It is mandatory to participate on two supervision-seminars which includes the presentation of the master thesis work during the semester. At the first seminar, students will present issues with suggestions for design, methodology, reference literature and data base. At the second seminar, students will present their preliminary results.