Seminar in Business Economics - 10 ECTS
Study Board of Business Economics
Teaching language: English
EKA: B150045102, B150045112
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: 7-point grading scale, Approved/Not approved
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn, Spring
Level: Master
Course ID: B150045101
ECTS value: 10
Date of Approval: 02-03-2018
Duration: 1 semester
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Mandatory prerequisites
Seminar in Business Economics cannot constitute part of first semester courses.
Students having enrolled for Seminar in Business Economics MSc - 5 ECTS may not enroll in this course.
Recommended prerequisites
Bachelor exam. Compulsory courses of the profile.
It is recommended that a seminar is written during the third semester of the studies.
Aim and purpose
A seminar in Business Economics has several objectives. First and foremost it provides an opportunity for the student under guidance of a supervisor to practice how to design and provide analytical work on specific well delineated scientific problems. The main focus in a seminar must originate from one or more areas of business economics presented in the compulsory courses of the profile. The selected areas of business economics needed to maintain this focus must be further elaborated by the inclusion of related and supplementary scientific literature compared to the syllabus for these compulsory courses. The selected problems can be both theoretical investigations and managerial problems and cases. If the chosen focus relates to a specific empirical contexts then the student may base the analysis using either first hand (own data collection) or second hand data (e.g. supplied from databases or companies).
Content
The student must independently, with counselling from a supervisor, study, analyze and disseminate a well-delineated scientific problem that lies within the focus area of the particular MSc in Economics and Business Administration profile. The study/project may be in the form of an analysis of a specific topic, a literature review of related topics or an empirical study.
The student must suggest a topic and a preliminary project description using a digital form on the study web page. The preliminary study/project description must include concrete and specific ideas about the focus of the seminar, suggested methods to be used and relevant literature. It must also explicitly outline compulsory courses and the topics covered by these courses that are going to be used in the seminar. Based on this information, the profile responsible allocates a supervisor for the seminar.
The details of the academic approach are then decided by the student in collaboration with the supervisor. They must be provided on the digital form and approved by the supervisor and the profile manager before the given deadline (see under Examination conditions).
Learning goals
There are several objectives of a seminar. The student must, in a written seminar report, demonstrate skills in being able to:
- Select, analyze and structure a problem that is relevant for the competence profile.
- Account for the relevance of the problem and identify research questions.
- Search for, read, and apply scientifically based knowledge relevant for the selected problem.
- Independently identify and select a theoretical basis, which either expands or elaborates upon the knowledge that has been attained in the compulsory courses of the profile.
- Describe, explain and analyze important elements contained in the selected theory and relate these to each other and to the concrete problem.
- Undertake a reasoned choice of methods for solving the problem (in the case of a literature review, describe and motivate the method used to select and synthesize the literature included).
- Reflect on the implications of the choices taken.
- Present the result of the analysis in a report adhering to academic standards.
Literature
Chosen by the student and approved by the supervisor.
A minimum of 500 pages primary literature (ie. not textbooks) not overlapping literature from previous or compulsory courses of the profile (maximum 20% overlap allowed).
Teaching Method
Workload
Scheduled classes:
Max. 5 hours supervision including correspondence, meetings and preparation for meetings.
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Workload (SAT):
Project work: 265 hours.
Supervision (contact with supervisor and his or her preparation for meetings): 5 hours.
Total: 270 hours.
Examination regulations
Exam - Seminar report
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Timing
Exam: The seminar must be handed in no later than Tuesday in week 3 at 12:00 (noon) (autumn semester) / Tuesday in week 22 at 12:00 (noon) (spring semester).
Reexam: The seminar must be handed in Tuesday week 8 at 12:00 (noon) (autumn semester) / Tuesday week 34 at 12:00 (noon) (spring semester).
Tests
Exam - Seminar report
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Project report
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Date of birth
Language
English
Duration
Deadline for handing in appears under Timing.
Length
1 student: Max. 20 standard pages
2 students: Max. 30 standard pages
Examination aids
All exam aids allowed.
Assignment handin
In SDU-assignment in the course page in Blackboard.
ECTS value
10
Additional information
Location: Home assignment.
Internet Access: Necessary.
Fulfillment of the exam requirement is only possible prior to the ordinary exam. Participation in the re-examination thus requires that the exam requirement is met prior to the ordinary exam
If the report is written by 2 students, it must be specified in the preface who is responsible for which parts of the seminar, so an individual evaluation is possible.
The seminar report must meet formalities for written assignments in Economics and Business Administration (can be found at the page for the programme under “Exam”).
Supplemental information on reexam in the same exam term:
In case of reexam as a result of a nonpassed report handed in for the ordinary exam, re-examination takes place on the basis of a revised report with the same topic (and the same company, for assignments involving collaboration with a company). In this case, a short supervision is granted in the form of an explanation major weaknesses in the original report.
The form for the re-exam can be changed by the study board. Such a change will be announced 14 days before the reexam takes place.
Regardless whether the report is handed in the first time for the ordinary exam or for the reexam, supervision takes place only in the time before the date stipulated for handing in for the ordinary exam.
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Exam | B150045112, Exam condition - Supervisor agreement | B150045101, Seminar in Business Economics - 10 ECTS |
EKA
B150045102
Exam condition - Supervisor agreement
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Exam condition - Supervisor agreement
Timing
The supervisor agreement must be submitted by 1 October/1 March. If the agreement is not submitted by this date, the student may not participate in ordinary exam and an examination attempt has been used.
Deviation from the deadline may be granted by the profile responsible provided there is a reasonable cause.
Tests
Exam condition - Supervisor agreement
Name
Exam condition - Supervisor agreement
Form of examination
Compulsory assignment
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
Approved/Not approved
Identification
Student Identification Card - Date of birth
Language
English
Duration
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Assignment handover
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Assignment handin
-
ECTS value
0
Additional information
To be approved, the agreement must include a study/project including concrete and specific ideas about the focus of the seminar, suggested methods to be used, relevant literature and explicitly stated research questions must be given.
Fulfillment of the exam requirement is only possible prior to the ordinary exam. Participation in the re-examination thus requires that the exam requirement is met prior to the ordinary exam.
EKA
B150045112
External comment
NOTE - This course is identical with the former course 9007801 Seminar in Business Economics MSc. - 10 ECTS.
Used examination attempts in the former identical course will be transferred.
Courses that are identical with former courses that are passed according to applied rules cannot be retaken.
The student is automatically registered for the first examination attempt when the student is registered for a course or course element with which one or more examinations are associated. Withdrawal of registration is not possible, and students who fail to participate in an examination have used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.
If a student does not meet the established university prerequisites for taking the exam, he or she has used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.
Courses offered
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| Spring 2019 | Optional | Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Organization Combination | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
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