Bachelor thesis- logistics

To receive a Bachelors degree in logistics, the students must choose a topic for the project from the logistic course portfolio in the study programme. Still, students from economics and business administration can participate in groups on this project work related to logistics. Preferably, students should choose projects from a portfolio of project ideas presented by local businesses and academic staff. Additionally, students may present own project ideas in cooperation with external partners for acceptance.

The Bachelor Dissertation completes the student's programme of studies and integrates important components from the course portfolio in logistics.

At the end of the course period, the student has the following competences:

Knowledge

• About theory on a chosen area from the course portfolio
• About scientific methods
• About the state of the art in their chosen field.

Skills

• Develop and plan how to carry out the work related to a significant research & development-problem
• Analytically reflect on own empirical data, consider possible solutions and bring forward a chosen solution to the problem
• Identify and evaluate relevant literature that is needed to solve the case
• Ability to carry out, document and communicate the results from the project work according to an academic standard

General competence

• Have insight into ethical challenges that are relevant for the chosen problem
• Have awareness about how the research problem and project work may have an effect in a broader perspective.

There are no ordinary lectures in this course. Still, there will be a few short seminars to share general information that is relevant for the whole group. Students will cooperate in groups, mainly 3 participants- but 2 can be accepted. Each group are offered up to 10 hours of tutoring during the project periode, and in addition feedback on one draft. Tutoring will be in Norwegian or English.

Compulsory works :

• Application for project idea and group members
• Project description and project contract
• Log
• Poster
• Individual reflection paper

Additionally:

Oral presentation is a part of the assessment in the course. As a compulsory work, students have to be present during all oral presentations for students in Logistics and in Economics and Business Administration. All compulsory works have to be passed.