Admission requirements
Compulsory for second year RESMAAS students
Description
‘In this course students report their fieldwork experiences and discuss their original project ideas in light of their findings during fieldwork. They systematize the data they have collected and reflect on their research methods. Step by step they are aided to start writing various sections and chapters of their thesis and bring in their draft versions for discussion in class. Comments will be provided both by instructors as well as by fellow students. Specific attention will be given to the structuring of arguments and the development of research questions on the basis of debates on the current state of research. This course does not interfere with the supervisory work of the (two) thesis supervisors, but is strictly complementary.
Course objectives - To train the students in academic writing and discussion
To engage in peer-reviewing and learn to exchange constructive criticism on each other’s work
To teach the students the discipline required for academic writing
Timetable
Wednesdays 15.00-17.00 hrs
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
The course comprises 5 EC and the total course load is thus 140 hrs
28 hours of these will be spent attending class (2 hrs lecture x for 14 weeks) 112 hrs to be spent on preparing sections of the thesis that the students present in class and on reading each other’s piece.
Assessment method
Analytical and writing skills evaluated on the basis of the draft papers, use of literature and level of engagement in the group discussion and in giving feedback.
Blackboard
Registration
Enrollment through uSis for the course and the examination or paper is mandatory.
Contact
Azeb Amha
Academic Coordinator
P O Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, NL
Tel. +31-71-527-3364
amhaa@ascleiden.nl
Remarks
All literature and all sessions will be in English; however, the students and lecturers will be encouraged to also include Francophone, Lusophone and Arabophone Africa.