Admission requirements
Students must have passed the first two semesters of the RMA.
Description
This seminar will train students in writing a research proposal. It can serve 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 the seminar 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.
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, and even work on producing a research proposal for an existing research project or published book.
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
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, and to write the proposal in clear English
Timetable
See the website of Literary Studies (research) and Arts and Cultures (research)
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Individual and group feedback on participation during the seminar (30%); feedback on oral presentations (30%); feedback on written submissions (40%)
Blackboard
Yes
Reading list
To be announced
Registration
Via uSis
Contact information
Prof. dr C.A. van Eck, c.a.van.eck@umail.leidenuniv.nl
071 527 2693