6 ECTS credits
178 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1021608CNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to register for this course, must have must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level and must have passed the follwing course: Research Methods for Business Economics. Students who want to register for the bachelorpaper, must also be able to graduate.
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
ES Academische eenheid
Educational team
Ilse Scheerlinck (course titular)
Leo Van Hove
Filip Van Droogenbroeck
Michaƫl Pascal D Distelmans
Imke Dirkx
Activities and contact hours

20 contact hours Lecture
25 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
133 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Students will apply the skills that they developed in Research Methods for Business and Economics to write a research paper.  The skills they will apply are: searching, reading and processing of scientific literature; referencing and citing; formulation of the research problem and the research questions by addressing a research gap; writing a literature study; designing a methodology; discussing findings and drawing conclusions.

 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) :
Additional info

In case guest lectures are organised, attendance is mandatory, since the materials form part of the course content.

This course entails a final paper that is required for completing a Bachelor' s programme and cannot be taken as part of a credit contract.

Teaching Methods
- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

Lectures (20 hrs): 16 hrs of lectures and 4 hrs of interaction and Q&A

Tutorials (25 hrs): Consultation and feedback moments, workshops, Q&A and presentations

SELF: 133 hrs of self-study and independent work

  • lectures notes throughout the academic year: 14 hrs
  • preparatory work for report on research design: 27 hrs
  • presentation of research design: 8 hrs
  • presentation of work in progress: 16 hrs
  • report on theory, analysis, data collection and processing: 30 hrs
  • presentation of bachelor paper: 8 hrs
  • bachelor paper: 30 hrs
Learning Outcomes

General competences

Research problem

Identify a research gap and research problem, and formulate a research question.

Literature review

Consult scientific literature and correctly compile an explorative and critical literature review.

Research method

Demonstrate insight into different methods and select the appropriate research method for answering the research problem.

Research design and research

Compile a research design and execute research.

Report

Do written and oral reporting on the intermediate steps and final result.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Bachelor thesis determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Bachelor thesis category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Bachelor Paper with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation is based on assignments throughout the academic year and on the resulting end product in the form of a Bachelor's Paper.

  • To obtain an end score for this course, students need to complete all assignments, attend all tutorials and (feedback) sessions, and deliver all presentations. If a student fails to complete one of the steps, then the end score on the course will be 0/20.
  • In the second session, the grades earned on the intermediate assignments can be kept, while only the revised version of the Bachelor's Paper and the according presentation (poster version) will be re-assessed.
  • Peer evaluation may be applied to differentiate the team score into individual scores.
  • Erasmus students need to contact the course teacher at the beginning of the academic year for an alternative arrangement.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Business Economics: Business and Technology
Bachelor of Business Economics: International Business