Thesis PPE BSc

Course goals

• Managing their own research project;
• Formulating a relevant research problem and researching it, integrating concepts, theories, and approaches of multiple disciplines;
• Recognizing the differences between disciplinary approaches and the limitations of each discipline in the context of their research question;
• Developing an appropriate theoretical framework and research design;
• Comprehensively discussing and reflecting on their findings in view of their research problem;
• Presenting their study as a coherent and accessible argument, throughout their thesis;
• Giving well-founded and constructive feedback on other students’ written work, and using received feedback to the benefit of their own project.

• Crafting a research question
• Finding appropriate theories
• Defining an interdisciplinary approach
• Choosing appropriate research methods
• Critical analysing and reflecting on literature
• Academic writing
• Correcting and reflecting on own work and on that of peers

Content

The PPE Research project is the concluding third-year course that synthesizes the knowledge and skills acquired during the PPE bachelor program. The end product is an individual interdisciplinary research paper involving at least two PPE-related disciplines. 

The final product is subject to the following requirements:  

• it integrates two disciplinary fields (in use of theory, methods etc), one being the major discipline in the project and the other the minor discipline (the balance between the two is roughly 60%-40%).  
• the research method applied in the research project can be quantitative, qualitative and/or philosophical.  
• the specific assessment criteria for the final product is announced in the course syllabus. 

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