Admission requirements
Admission to the MA International Relations, track European Union Studies.
Description
The thesis will be based on original research and will be 13.000 – 15.000 words in size (excluding footnotes and bibliography, including annexes) and contain an integrated interdisciplinary approach (for students of the February 2014-intake: 20.000 words).
Students are guided in writing their thesis by thesis supervisors. Students are also expected to follow a thesis seminar. This seminar consists of a number of meetings in which students are given the opportunity to present their work and to comment on the work of others.
Course objectives
The thesis is a written report of research which the student has carried out under supervision by a lecturer but with a high degree of independence. In principle, the thesis must be of sufficient quality (possibly following some modifications) to be published in an academic journal in the relevant field. The thesis must demonstrate among others that the student is
able to:
a. completely independently formulate a research question which displays insight into the methodological principles, central issues and state of the art of his or her field of research;
b. independently formulate a realistic research plan which fulfills the criteria set in the relevant field of research;
c. critically and analytically report on existing academic debates and propose creative solutions based on secondary literature;
d. apply the more complex concepts/methods of his or her field to a corpus of primary source material (whether existing or collected during the student’s own research);
e. formulate ideas clearly and correctly.
(see the regulations concerning the procedure surrounding the master’s thesis)
Timetable
Not applicable.
Mode of instruction
Coaching by supervisors
Seminar (see Thesis Seminar )
Assessment method
- Thesis
Blackboard
Yes, see Blackboard.
Registration
Via uSis.
Contact information
Dr. J.S. Oster and thesis supervisors.