Admission requirements
This course is open only to students in the 2EduMA Religie en Levensbeschouwing.
This course is identical to the module ‘Thesis Seminar’ in the course Thesis Seminar and Job Market Orientation (Religious Studies), which is part of the MA Religious Studies. Students in the 2EduMA Religie & Levensbeschouwing follow the 0 EC Thesis Seminar. If they wish, they may also follow the module ‘Job Market Orientation’ as an extracurriculair activity.
Please note: To write an MA thesis in the spring semester, students must be simultaneously enrolled the Thesis Seminar Education in the Social Sciences and Humanities. To write an MA thesis in the following fall semester, students must have successfully completed the thesis seminar in the spring semester before writing their thesis.
Description
The course supports the thesis writing process. It consists of seven sessions in which we discuss how to formulate a good research question, how to manage the work process, and how to structure the argument of the thesis. The module also includes an advanced library workshop.
Course objectives
Knowledge, insight, and content-bound skills
After successfully completing the Thesis Seminar Education in the Social Sciences and Humanities students have demonstrated their ability to formulate a research problem regarding a chosen topic, to set up a research design employing the most suitable methods and theories from the study-of-religion toolbox, and to carry out and report on their research according to the standards of the study of religion.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar with mandatory attendance.
Assessment method
Assessment
Students are required to hand in a number of small assignments (thesis idea, analysis of sample article, and chapter-by-chapter outline) and to present on their thesis subject in class. Each of these assignments is graded passed/failed.
Resit
Students who score an insufficient mark on one of the assignments may retake the assignment by submitting a new version.
Inspection and feedback
Feedback on the assignments (incl. marks) will be communicated to students via Brightspace.
Reading list
- Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T. FitzGerald, The Craft of Research, fourth edition. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- Articles/assignments uploaded to Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Herta Mohr
Remarks
None.