PHD-APPARAT Ph.d.-apparatus kurs
Admitted to a PhD programme in a Norwegian or international institution
Apparatus consists of acknowledging, understanding, and demonstrating an ability to deal with the formalized processes, procedures, and genres that surround higher research and defines project-based activities as research within an academic context. This includes the creation of literature/source lists defining project scope and research questions (bibliography), systems that build authority in academic texts (referencing, peer review, and negotiations of writing/publishing for disciplinary audiences), systems that ensure methodological integrity (ethical standards for research practices and writing up data collection), and the construction of formal research proposals and presentations (aims, method, literature review, design, dissemination, budget).
At the end of the course, the PhD should be able to:
- Identify key texts, concepts, researchers, publication venues, and citation styles in their discipline;
- Define/refine a research question in relation to a research design that is suitable for completing their PhD thesis;
- Understand how literature reviews and environmental scans create arguments about their proposed topic;
- Engage in a recursive writing and revision process for academic, research-based writing that uses a rhetorical model based in publishing (i.e., including peer review, revision, and external readers);
- Understand the impact of their thesis format choices (monograph or compilation) in terms of genre expectations, timelines, audiences, and deliverables; and
- Demonstrate their overall project aims within the research context (literature and environmental scan), research activities, and thesis work plan in a genre set that culminates in the thesis proposal and presentation.
Teaching occurs in six mandatory workshops, each with a specific theme, with the seventh workshop being the thesis presentation. Major themes are listed under the schedule below. To pass this course, you must: Attend 100% of the workshops, turn in all assignments on time, and pass assessment of defined deliverables. Each of the seven workshops has a scaffolded assignment/deliverable to help you construct your proposal and presentation from start to finish:
| Obligatorisk arbeidskrav | Påkrevde arbeidskrav | Oppmøte påkrevd | Kommentar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Øvinger | Ikke påkrevd | Submission of all interim deliverables before handing in and presenting final research proposal. |
| Vurderingsform | Gruppering | Karakterskala | Kommentar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosjektoppgave | Individuell | Bestått / ikke bestått | Fall semester assignments: • Reading list • Partial draft of Annotated bibliography Spring semester assignments: • Completed annotated bibliography • Literature review • Format analysis (monograph or compilation) • Research design draft • Rough draft of full proposal, including timeline & work plan • Completed thesis proposal and presentation Submission and pass level assessment of final research proposal and attendance of research proposal presentation seminar. The assessment of the final research proposal is made through a final seminar consisting of a public presentation of the research project and a detailed oral review of the proposal with an external reader. The course is examined by the professor responsible for teaching on the basis of the oral presentation of the research proposal, and on written comments from the external reader. |