APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

BTH 2014 Bachelor Thesis - Tourism Management

Responsible for the course
Sølvi Lyngnes

Department
Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
15

Language of instruction
Norwegian

Introduction
The bachelor thesis is a major, independent work in which the students shall show that they can apply the syllabus on a concrete problem from the tourism industry, with the aim of producing proposals for solutions to defined problems.

Learning outcome
Acquired knowledge
The student shall understand how to carry out an independent research work within a defined period. The students shall have learnt concepts, theories and methodology from the courses in the programme and the major in tourism, be able to see connections between the courses and see various solutions and expected consequences. The students shall understand what is needed to meet scientific requirements as to form and content.

Acquired skills
The students shall be able to formulate a concrete problem definition which shall be included in an overall process from problem perception, data collection and analyses, to strategy, plan or measures. Application of learning from several disciplines will be required. The students shall also have acquired skills from collection of primary data and analyze them with the relevant tools.

Reflection
While working on the thesis the student shall aquire knowledge about the research process and acquire an ethical and critical approach to using sources, data and informants.

Prerequisites
The first two years of the bachelor programme and BST 2013 Tourism Management.

Compulsory reading
Books:
Troye, Sigurd Villads, Kjell Grønhaug. 1993. Utredningsmetodikk : hvordan skrive en utredning til glede for både deg selv og andre. 3. utg. Tano

Recommended reading
Books:
Gripsrud, Geir,, Ulf Henning Olsson og Ragnhild Silkoset. 2010. Metode og dataanalyse: beslutningsstøtte for bedrifter ved bruk av JMP. 2. utg. Høgskoleforlaget. Fra MET. 2123 Faktoranalyse ikke pensum

Course outline
The thesis is to be written within the specialized fields or businesses that are related to the major. The following requirements apply for choice of thesis: The thesis must be rooted in a tourism enterprise or tourism organization. In particular cases this requirement may be dropped upon application to the person in charge of the programme. A concrete research problem must be formulated which shall be part of an overall process, from problem perception, to data collection and analysis to strategy, plan or measure. Application of learning from several disciplines will be required. The thesis shall include collection of primary data for the analysis.

Computer-based tools
Use of statistics tools for analyzing quantitative data.

Learning process and workload
Students are expected to take independent responsibility for work on the bachelor thesis. Supervision and seminars are based on students preparing in advance for discussions and supervision.
The students fill out a registration form in which the selected topic is given. The students are then assigned a supervisor. The course duration is one semester and includes both seminars and supervision. See also guidelines for writing bachelor theses.
The teaching includes 4 seminars. For each seminar the students shall prepare and present and/or hand in papers beforehand.

3 hours of individual supervision is given for each student group. The seminar teaching is compulsory. Students who have not taken part in the seminars and/or have not handed in documentation must expect to be called in for oral testing.