Vitenskapelig skriving og presentasjon

After completing the course, you are able to

• describe the main aims of your master's project and place the project in a broader geoscientific context
• develop your own hypotheses
• discuss data and interpretations from scientific literature, including presenting papers orally
• structure and write your master's thesis according to the IMRAD structure
• prepare and present your master's project orally
• reflect on how to conduct a scientific study and how to structure your work

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb.

The course is restricted to students admitted to one of the following master's programmes / programme options:

• MNM2-GEO
• CSGEOS

Lectures on academic writing and how to present orally, and seminars where the students work on their own texts and presentations and give/receive feedback.

The seminars are compulsory and the student will be working on written assignments and a paper presentation that must be approved prior to the oral examination.

Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the course responsible.

We reserve the right to change the teaching form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.

• Attendance at the compulsory seminars, submission of written assignments, and a paper presentation must be approved prior to the oral examination.
• The final examination is an oral presentation followed by a discussion and counts 100% towards the final grade.

When writing your exercises make sure to familiarize yourself with the rules for use of sources and citations. Breach of these rules may lead to suspicion of attempted cheating.

Mandatory assignments are valid for 5 semesters starting from the semester they were approved the first time.

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.

• 5 credits overlap with GEO4014 (until spring 2023)
• 5 credits overlap with GEO4010