Admission requirements
Regular MA admission.
Description
At this stage of the program, students are expected to have a general idea as to the subject of their MPhil thesis. For their term paper, they are expected to set down the state of the art in research concerning the topic of their interest. This implies an extensive bibliographical search, including autopsy of the relevant literature. This will result in a bibliography of source material as well as of relevant scholarly literature on the topic. The bibliography will have to be introduced by a concise description of the main issues and approaches that currently define the field in question, in the ideal case leading up to definition of the exact topic of the MPhil thesis.
Size of the paper: 10.000 words.
Course objectives
A critical review of literature setting down the state of the art in research concerning the topic of the student’s interest ideally leading up to the definition of the topic of the MPhil thesis.
Timetable
Not applicable.
Mode of instruction
Independent study.
Assessment method
Paper (100%)
Blackboard
Not applicable.
Reading list
Not applicable, individually per thesis.
Contact
Dr. J.G. Dercksen. Tel. +31 71 527 2912.