Welcome to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the course FÖ0446

This course will first meet on March 24, 2021, 9.15-12:00. All course meetings will be via Zoom. A Zoom meeting link will be available on the course Canvas site. All pre-registered students will reveive an invitaiton to the Canvas site at lease one week prior to the course start. If you have not received an invitation to join the Canvas room by March 17, you should contact <richard.ferguson@slu.se>.

Please read the following general information, which includes instructions for course registration:

Practical information: Below you can find important information that is good to know for you as a student:

* You have to register yourself in the course via Ladok Student. You can only log in after you have obtained an SLU student account. More information about how to create a student account can be found here: https://student.slu.se/en/study-support/it-support/support/new-student---start/

* The self-registration is open 210317-210329

* If you have been admitted to the course with conditions, you cannot register online and must contact the course leader who decides if you can still register. Only registered students can participate in the course and have access study material.

* You must be admitted and registered to attend the course. Unregistered students may NOT stay on the premises, for reasons of insurance.

* If you are entitled of extra educational support, please inform the course leader at the start of the course so that special arrangements can be made. For educational support for an exam, contact the educational administrator at ekon-adm@slu.se along with your certificate from Nais 15 workings days prior to the examination. More information here: https://student.slu.se/en/study-support/study-support/funka/

* If you cancel the course, you should immediately notify the educational administrators at ekon-adm@slu.se, who in turn will inform the course leader and register a non-completion of the course in Ladok after your approval. You are also able to register a non-completion of the course (within three weeks after course start) in Ladok yourself.

* You are automatically registered for the first exam of the course in Ladok Student. You can find your anonymity code in Ladok Student. Please note that you still have to register yourself for the re-exam in Ladok Student. This applies only to exams and re-exams within the Department of Economics.

* Corrected exams can usually be collected Wednesdays from 12.30 - 14.30 in room D416 or D417 in Ulls Hus. Due to Covid, it is best to contact ekon-adm@slu.se to get help with collection of your exam instead of coming to the office as we are, for the most part, working remotely. Are you a new student? Find more information here: https://student.slu.se/en/studies/new-student/uppsala/.

Do not hesitate to contact us at ekon-adm@slu.se if you have any questions!

Kind regards, The administration

• Om studenten inte blivit godkänd på ett prov har examinatorn rätt att ge en kompletteringsuppgift – om det finns skäl för det och om det är möjligt.
• Om studenten har ett beslut från SLU om särskilt pedagogiskt stöd på grund av funktionsnedsättning, har examinatorn rätt att ge ett anpassat prov eller låta studenten genomföra provet på ett alternativt sätt.
• Om denna kursplan ändras, eller om kursen läggs ner, ska SLU besluta om övergångsregler för examination av studenter som antagits enligt denna kursplan och ännu inte blivit godkända.
• För examination av självständigt arbete (examensarbete) gäller dessutom att examinatorn kan tillåta studenten att göra kompletteringar efter inlämningsdatum. Mer information finns i utbildningens regelsamling.

Grading Criteria

All passing grades require:

• accepted participation in a minimum of 5 of the 7 discussion seminars
• satisfactory completion of the 4 assignments, including the final research proposal.
• The 4 assignments will be checked as Pass/fail, while the final research proposal will be graded. The grades are 3,4 & 5.

For a passing grade of 3, submitted work must demonstrate a correct understanding of:

• basic terms and concepts used in discussion of methodology
• different methodological approaches for conducting business studies research the limitations associated with different methodological approaches
• common methods and techniques used to collect and analyze data.
• correct understanding of fundamental research design project.

For a passing grade of 4, submitted work must demonstrate an ability to:

• present a rhetorically and logically well-developed research proposal
• present well-grounded arguments for a methodological approach consistent with a clearly identified research aim.

For a passing grade of 5, students must:

• present a final research proposal of high academic standard, within the agreed time frame demonstrate understanding of the philosophical premises that underlie methodological approaches
• show a well-developed ability of critical reflection in discussions of academic research and methodological choices.

Students are encouraged to collaborate and gather additional information and literature on assignments, but all work submitted for examination must be individually written, with proper referencing and acknowledgement of others' ideas. Urkund may be used to check for plagiarism.