Admission requirements
60 and 120 EC MA Asian Studies students only
Description
The thesis classes will provide a focused environment for a first grounding in the specific methodological and disciplinary approach most relevant to the students’ expected thesis topic. The students will be guided through the process of designing a research project and preparing an MA thesis outline, including the practical aspects of academic writing and publishing. Seven classes will be offered: pre-modern history, literature and culture; modern literature and culture; modern history; sociology; anthropology and politics; linguistics and art & art history. The MA programme coordinator will assign each student to a particular class on the basis of their topic and disciplinary orientation.
Course objectives
-Designing a research project
-Understanding of research methods associated with one discipline or set of related disciplines
-Academic writing and publishing
-Oral and written presentation of work
Timetable
Check the timetable on the departmental website.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Short assignments 30%; Thesis outline 40%; Participation and presentation 30%.
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
Tba
Registration
uSis