Master’s degree thesis

Title

Author(s)

Number of pages including this page:

Molde, Date

Mandatory statement

Each student is responsible for complying with rules and regulations that relate to examinations and to academic work in general. The purpose of the mandatory statement is to make students aware of their responsibility and the consequences of cheating. Failure to complete the statement does not excuse students from their responsibility.

Please complete the mandatory statement by placing a mark in each box for statements 1-6 below.
1.	I/we hereby declare that my/our paper/assignment is my/our own work, and that I/we have not used other sources or received other help than mentioned in the paper/assignment.
2.	I/we hereby declare that this paper Has not been used in any other exam at another department/university/university college Is not referring to the work of others without acknowledgement Is not referring to my/our previous work without acknowledgement Has acknowledged all sources of literature in the text and in the list of references Is not a copy, duplicate or transcript of other work	Mark each box:
3.	I am/we are aware that any breach of the above will be considered as cheating, and may result in annulment of the examination and exclusion from all universities and university colleges in Norway for up to one year, according to the Act relating to Norwegian Universities and University Colleges, section 4-7 and 4-8 and Examination regulations section 14 and 15.
4.	I am/we are aware that all papers/assignments may be checked for plagiarism by a software assisted plagiarism check
5.	I am/we are aware that Molde University College will handle all cases of suspected cheating according to prevailing guidelines.
6.	I/we are aware of the University College’s rules and regulation for using sources

Personal protection

Personal Data Act

Research projects that processes personal data according to Personal Data Act, should be notified to Data Protection Services (NSD) for consideration.

Have the research project been considered by NSD?	yes	no

- If yes:

Reference number:

- If no:

I/we hereby declare that the thesis does not contain personal data according to Personal Data Act.:

Act on Medical and Health Research

If the research project is effected by the regulations decided in Act on Medical and Health Research (the Health Research Act), it must be approved in advance by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethic (REK) in your region.

Has the research project been considered by REK?	yes	no

- If yes:

Reference number:

Publication agreement

ECTS credits:

Supervisor:

Agreement on electronic publication of master thesis

Author(s) have copyright to the thesis, including the exclusive right to publish the document (The Copyright Act §2).

All theses fulfilling the requirements will be registered and published in Brage HiM, with the approval of the author(s).

Theses with a confidentiality agreement will not be published.

I/we hereby give Molde University College the right to, free of

charge, make the thesis available for electronic publication:	yes no

Is there an agreement of confidentiality?	yes no

(A supplementary confidentiality agreement must be filled in)

- If yes:

Can the thesis be online published when the
period of confidentiality is expired?	yes no

Date:

Preface

Summary

Contents

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