Graduation Project: Final Product Cultural History and Heritage

Course goals

After completion, students will be able to:

• translate problem-based questions from professionals into a concrete, realistically planned research design
• carry out a research project in cultural history and/or heritage studies by applying appropriate theories, concepts and methods
• present the research results in a product that is academically sound, and geared towards a specific audience, which could be academic, non-academic, or both 
• reflect on their own learning process, with specific attention for the genre of the thesis they have produced and the influence of their working environment on their thesis 

Content

Students conduct independent research, usually in collaboration with a societal or academic partner with which the student has also completed an internship. They work on a final product that meets academic standards and is tailored to a specific target audience. For final products whose academic quality and/or suitability for a specific target audience cannot be assessed by the product itself, students also write an accompanying research report.

Students must have completed the following courses:
- GKMV22011 Sources and methods of cultural history OR GKMV17002 Public History
- GKMV22014 Cultural history thesis tutorial