PHD640 Introductory course (Autumn 2026)
- ECTS Credits:
- 2
- Responsible department:
- Norges idrettshøgskole
- Course Leader:
- Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot Borgen
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn and Spring
- Teaching languages:
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- English
- Norwegian
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
Introduction
The main objective of the course is that the PhD candidate can document knowledge, skills and general competence related to planning and accomplishment of a PhD education. Specifically, the course will include topics such as PhD regulations, research ethics, how to incorporate sustainable practices, requirements for the content of the research protocol/project plan, project registration, publication channels and expectations related to the supervision process.
Registration information
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- use the PhD regulations and guidelines for PhD education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- use guidelines for research ethics that are relevant to their own field of Research
- use relevant publishing channels and databases
- plan and prepare a complete research protocol/project plan
- discuss planning of sustainable research Projects
- assess quality assurance and research ethics principles for collection, storage, and presentation of data
- supervising master students
Learning methods and activities
The learning methods on the course include lectures, discussions, individual work, group work and oral presentations. A reflection note is submitted where the plan for own progress and development of own project including duties and responsibilities is presented. Achievement of goals in the course requires a total study effort of approx. 50-60 hours. This includes a total of 10 hours of teacher-led teaching, 20 hours of work in seminar groups and 20-30 hours of self-study.
Assessment/exam
Oral presentation of own project that is assessed as pass/fail.
Core literature
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