Bachelor exam. Compulsory courses of the profile.

Seminar in Business Economics cannot constitute part of first semester courses.

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).

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).

There are several objectives of a seminar. The student must, in a written seminar report, demonstrate skills in being able to:

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).

Ongoing during a semester.

It is recommended that a seminar is written during the third semester of the studies. It is not allowed to select Seminar in Business Economics during the first semester. Enrolment for the course takes place as enrolment for other courses.

Max. 5 hours supervision including correspondence, meetings and preparation for meetings.

Individual supervision. Regarding allocation of supervisor: See under Content – key areas

Workload:

Project work: 265 hours.

Supervision (contact with supervisor and his or her preparation for meetings): 5 hours.

Total: 270 hours.

Ordinary: The seminar must be handed in no later than Tuesday in week 51 at 12:00 (noon) (autumn semester) / Tuesday in week 21 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).

Registration for the course is automatically a registration for the ordinary examination in the course. Cancellation is not possible. If the student does not participate in the examination, the student will use an examination attempt.

The university may grant an exemption from the rules in case of exceptional circumstances.

Time of examination: Ordinary: The seminar must be handed in no later than Tuesday in week 51 at 12:00 (noon) (autumn semester) / Tuesday in week 21 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). Registration for the course is automatically a registration for the ordinary examination in the course. Cancellation is not possible. If the student does not participate in the examination, the student will use an examination attempt. The university may grant an exemption from the rules in case of special circumstances.

Examination conditions: A. Students having enrolled for Seminar in Business Economics MSc - 5 ECTS (9007901) may not enroll in this course. B. The supervisor agreement (course id. 9007812) must be approved by 15 September/15 February. If the agreement is not approved 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. 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.

Seminar report.

Seminar report.

Duration: Deadline for handing in appears under Time of examination.

Location: Home assignment.

Internet Access: Necessary.

Hand in: Via SDU-assignment in the course page in Blackboard.

Extent:

1 student: Max. 20 standard pages

2 students: Max. 30 standard pages

Exam aids allowed: All exam aids allowed.

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”).

Reexam:

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.