Master's thesis: A publishable article

Course goals

Writing a Master's thesis is the major objective of the second year of the SaSR programme.

Content

The criteria for the evaluation of the thesis are: (a) focus on a research problem that is well embedded in the state of the art in the research field of the thesis; (b) a theoretical elaboration of the research problem and testable hypotheses that are generated from underlying theory; (c) an empirical test of some hypotheses; (d) appropriate reporting of the thesis research according to common standards for research articles. The Master's thesis is written under individual supervision by a SaSR-teacher and will be evaluated by the supervisor as well as independently by another SaSR teacher. The finale grade is decided upon after the thesis defence.