Allocation of your supervisor
You will be allocated a supervisor at the department based on an approved project description or description of the subject you wish to write about. These descriptions are developed and submitted in courses specific to the Master's programme in question:
- Philosophy (60 credits) FIL4081 in the first semester
- Philosophy (30 credits) FIL4081 in the first semester
- Greek (30 credits), GRE4400 in the second/third semester
- Latin (30 credits), LAT4400 in the second/third semester
Co-supervisor
Co-supervisors are only allocated under special circumstances. Co-supervisors are allocated formally by the department in the same way as the main supervisor. The academic community decides whether a particular Master’s project requires a co-supervisor on the basis of the project description submitted. Normally, co-supervisors undertake one third of the supervision, while the main supervisor is responsible for the remaining two thirds. However, the distribution of responsibility, and the amount of supervision time, will always be assessed by the department based on individual needs.
If the supervisory relationship breaks down
If the supervisory relationship is not working satisfactorily for either the student or the supervisor, for academic or other reasons, the student or the supervisor can ask to be released from the arrangement. A new supervisor must then be agreed with the department. In such cases, students must contact the student adviser.
- Rights and obligations of supervisors and students at the Faculty of Humanities.
- Ground rules for supervision of Master’s students at IFIKK
Changing your project after it has been approved and a supervisor has been allocated?
- If your project has taken a very different direction during the first 2–3 months of the supervisory relationship, you do not need to apply to change projects.
If you want to change supervisor, or if you have already spent a significant amount of time on the original project, you need to seek approval for a new project. The application must include a project description and justification of the change, and be forwarded to the student adviser.
Questions or comments? henvendelser@ifikk.uio.no