Human Rights Methodology: Research, Analysis and Thesis Preparation

This course has a dual objective;

• (a) assisting you in further refining your own thesis project
• (b) provide good understanding of methodological issues

The preparation of your thesis project will demonstrate your ability to critically analyze and address methodological questions. When this course is finished, you will have further developed your project and improved your ability to complete it.

Admission is limited to students undergoing the programme Theory and Practice of Human Rights (master's two years).

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Lectures and seminars

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Every autumn starting 2020

Every autumn starting 2020

Students are graded on the basis of a 12 days written home exam which consists of a master thesis research proposal, and anoral presentation of this proposal.

You submit your answer in the exam system Inspera. Read about how to submit your answer.

Maximum length for written home exam is 5000 words. Front page, contents page (optional) and bibliography are not included. If footnotes are used in the text (at the bottom of each page), they are included in the word limit.

Papers that exceed the word limit will not be accepted.

The written assignment account for 100 % of the total grade, the oral presentation is graded pass/fail. One total grade is given for the whole coursework.

In case of retake, a candidate must only retake the written assignment if the oral presentation has been successfully passed previously.

Please note that if a student wish to file an appeal, only the written assignment will undergo a regrading. You cannot submit an appeal about oral or practical examinations, since the performance is not documented for future purposes.

You must familiarize yourself with the rules that apply to exam support materials, and the use of sources and citations. If you violate these rules, you may be suspected of cheating or attempted cheating. You can read about what the university considers cheating, and the consequences of cheating here.

All available exam resources are allowed when answering this exam. Rules for source referencing are crucial for determining whether the use of resources is permitted.

Guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in exams:

1. The use of artificial intelligence as an aid when answering this exam must comply with UiO’s guidelines for using AI, and ethical issues related to AI use should be considered.
2. AI use must be explained and/or documented. The more AI is used in developing the text, the greater the expectations for documentation and reflection on that use. Text generated by AI tools is not considered an academic source.
3. Cheating: Use of AI can be considered cheating if, for example, you give a false impression of independence, omit sources, or cite fictitious sources.

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

If a student has submitted a written assignment a second time in the same course s/he can only submit it in a new version. This means that there must be another title and theme, or that the new version must be considerably changed from the first version.

Students who wish to retake the exam in a later semester are not guaranteed that the course is ever repeated with a similar reading list, nor that the exam arrangement will be the same.

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

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You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Overlapping courses

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.