The Faculty of Social Sciences Study Board of Business Administration, Odense Curriculum for Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Curriculum for The Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (cand.merc.) The study programme is available in: Year: Page: Esbjerg, Kolding, Odense, Sønderborg 2009, 1 of 21 Version 02 The Faculty of Social Sciences Study Board of Business Administration, Odense Curriculum for Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This curriculum has been prepared under powers conferred by The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Ministerial Order No. 338 of 6 May 2004 on Bachelor and Master's Degree Studies at Universities (the Education Order) as amended and The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Ministerial Order No. 867 of 19 August 2004 on the Examinations of University Degree Studies (the Examination Order) as amended. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Ministerial Order no. 32 of 29 January 2008 on access to Bachelor and Master Degree Programmes at Universities (the Admission Order) as amended. The Study Board may, when justified by exceptional circumstances, grant an exemption from the curriculum rules determined solely by the University. The curriculum applies to students commencing the Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration as from September 2009. The curriculum was approved on the 5 th May 2010 by The Study Board of Business Administration, Odense The curriculum contains: • The ministerial regulations and additional rules • Appendices o Profile description, which specifics the conditions of the individual profiles. Version 02 has been updated in the following sections: 1.3., 2.1.2., 2.1.3., 3.1, 3.2., 4.3.1., 4.4., 4.5, 4.7., 4.8.1., 5.3., 5.4., 5.7. og 5.8. The study programme is available in: Year: Page: Esbjerg, Kolding, Odense, Sønderborg 2009, 2 of 21 Version 02 The Faculty of Social Sciences Study Board of Business Administration, Odense Curriculum for Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contents: 1. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY .......................................................................................................... 5 1.1 COMPETENCE DESCRIPTION FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE ...................................................................................... 5 1.1.1 Graduate in Social Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark ............................................................. 5 1.1.2 Graduate in Business Economics at the University of Southern Denmark..................................................... 5 1.2 COMMERCIALLY RELEVANT COMPETENCIES AFTER GRADUATION ............................................................................. 7 1.3 ADVISORY BOARD ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 2. ORGANIZATION ETC................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 THE STRUCTURE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.1 Study composition ............................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.2 Course descriptions and examination forms ....................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3 Profile descriptions ............................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 TIME LIMIT FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE ................................................................................................................ 9 2.2.1 Rules on study activities ................................................................................................................................... 10 3. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ETC. ....................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................ 11 3.2 OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME.............................................................................................................. 11 4. THE MASTER OF SCIENCE STUDY ........................................................................................................................ 12 4.1 STANDARD TIME ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2 TITLE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.3 STUDY STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................................. 12 4.3.1 Graduate programme ...................................................................................................................................... 13 4.4 STUDY ABROAD OR INTERNSHIP .............................................................................................................................. 13 4.5 STUDY GROUPS ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.6 SEMINAR ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 4.7 THE MASTER'S THESIS ............................................................................................................................................ 14 4.8 REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING ETC. .......................................................................................................................... 15 4.8.1 Examination weight and average figure ............................................................................................................ 15 5. EXAMINATION ETC. ................................................................................................................................................ 16 5.1 SYLLABUS DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 16 5.2 ORDINARY EXAMINATION ....................................................................................................................................... 16 5.3 RE-EXAMINATION ................................................................................................................................................... 16 FOR COURSES LASTING A QUARTER YEAR IN ESBJERG: ................................................................................................... 17 5.4 MAKE-UP EXAMINATION ......................................................................................................................................... 17 FOR COURSES LASTING A QUARTER YEAR IN ESBJERG: ................................................................................................... 17 5.5 EXAMINATION CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................................... 17 5.6 AIDS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 5.7 SPELLING AND FORMULATION ABILITY .................................................................................................................... 17 5.8 EXAMINATION LANGUAGE ....................................................................................................................................... 18 5.9 INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS ................................................................................................................ 18 5.10 MARKS OR THE ASSESSMENT PASSED /FAILED ........................................................................................................ 18 5.11 NUMBER OF EXAMINATION ATTEMPTS .................................................................................................................. 19 5.12 REGISTRATION AND DEREGISTRATION FOR EXAMINATIONS .................................................................................. 19 5.13 RECORDING OF ORAL EXAMINATIONS ................................................................................................................... 20 5.14 EXAMINATION COMPLAINTS ................................................................................................................................. 20 The study programme is available in: Year: Page: Esbjerg, Kolding, Odense, Sønderborg 2009, 3 of 21 Version 02 The Faculty