Admission requirements
Students need to have fulfilled all requirements for year one of the ResMa Arts and Culture/Literature Studies
Description
This seminar will train students in writing a research proposal and presenting a paper. The first part serves as a preparation for their final thesis, but also for submitting a PhD proposal to a funding body such as the Dutch Foundation for Scientific Research. During this part we will work through various formats of research proposals, varying from short abstracts for a paper at a conference to a full-blown phd proposal. In the second part we will mimic a scientific conference. Students will organize sessions in which they present a paper based on their thesis research, prepare an abstract, and practice presenting the paper, moderating a session etc.
To get the most out of this seminar it is very helpful if students already have an idea of the subject(s) they want to work on. This can be their thesis subject, but they can also choose another topic they want to pursue after graduating the ResMa
Course objectives
Knowledge: by the end of the seminar students will have obtained a thorough knowledge of the major ways of writing a research proposal and presenting it; and a good grounding in how to submit an abstract and present a paper at a major conference.
Skills: students will be able to:
- analyse their research interests,
- formulate a research question,
- the methods to investigate it
- a hypothesis to answer these questions,
- to find the relevant bibliography in a short time
- to write the proposal in clear English.
In the second part of this course, they will learn - how to write an abstract for a major conference in their field
- prepare the paper to be presented at the conference
- present the paper
- organize a session, act as chair or respondent
Timetable
For the timetable see the website
Mode of instruction
- Seminar
Workload
Total = 280 uur
12 × 2 uur class = 26 hours
2 days colloquium = 16 hours
Assignments = 70 hours
Reading literature = 60 hours
Preparation abstract = 28 hours
Preparation colloquium = 14 hours
Preparation paper colloquium = 60 hours
Organising colloquium = 16 hours
Assessment method
Written assignments during the course : 25%
abstract colloquium: 5%
paper during the colloquium: 25%
research proposal: 25%
participation seminar: 20 %
The final grade will be based on the average of the different scores;
Re-examination via a rewritten version of the paper and/or the research proposal
Blackboard
Yes
Literature
Readings will be announced on Blackboard
Registration
Via uSis
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable
Contact
Question concerning the content of the course
Prof. dr C.A. van Eck or Dr S.P.M. Bussel
Practical questions: secretary’s office of the research master