Description
The Research Master Thesis Lab provides students with an opportunity to develop their master thesis proposal before they start collecting and analyzing data and writing their thesis, or, depending on their degree of advancement, to discuss preliminary results (see Political Science and Public Administration RM Thesis for detailed information about the thesis writing process). During the thesis lab, students meet regularly to present and discuss their research (proposals) and to receive feedback from their fellow students and the thesis lab instructor. The ultimate responsibility for guidance and approval of the thesis proposals, however, rests with the individual thesis supervisors.
Course objectives
After taking this course, students will
Have a solid research design for their thesis
Have made appropriate choices in terms of methods and theories for their thesis
Have a clear idea of the important elements to be found in the thesis
Mode of instruction
Seminar-style group meetings with presentations and discussions
Course Load
Total study load is 140 hours
Assessment method
Pass/fail assessment
Timetable
Blackboard
The Blackboard site will be made available no later than one week before the start of the course.
Reading list
Readings will be announced in the course syllabus. The readings for the first week of the course will be announced a week in advance on Blackboard
Registration
Completed by OSC staff. ### Contact
Dr. Alexandre Afonso, a.afonso@cdh.leidenuniv.nl