Starting with your thesis - literature review

At the beginning of the course, students choose a topic for their literature review from a set of topics proposed by the SaSR teachers. The students read relevant literature on the topic they chose and write a short literature review paper. Students get a good understanding of the state-of-the art in their selected field, culminating in a review paper that includes the research problem to be addressed in the student's thesis and an outline for the student's thesis research. The course comprises self-study with individual supervision by a SaSR-teacher in the field of the student's thesis research and, therefore, the likely supervisor of the student's thesis. The course also comprises several class meetings on methodological issues and designs within the literature, and a final meeting to discuss these issues and progress of the literature review. In addition a master class by a senior social scientist from abroad will be an element of the course.