AGDK14007U Master´s Thesis
Thesis models for students at Global Development:
Thesis – classic format
A thesis of maximum 80 pages (+ an additional 50 % per extra
group member) with the following main components:
• An introduction giving an account of the theory and methods
employed, outlining the academic background for the study and its
relevance for the context of Global Development.
• Main section in which the empirical material is analyzed
with respect to the selected theories and relevant contexts.
• A conclusion.
Internship based thesis
A thesis of maximum 80 pages (+ an additional 50 % per extra
group member). The thesis must include the following main
components, the order and scope of each to be decided in
collaboration with the supervisor:
• An introduction giving an account of the theory and methods
employed; outlining the academic background for the study and its
relevance fo the context of Global Development.
• A consultancy report primarily addressed to an external
party, in which a problem from the project-oriented work
(internship) is analyzed. This report is to be supplemented by a
brief introduction, in which the format defining the consultancy
report is justified.
• A paper, in which a theme or challenge relevant to the
project-oriented work (internship) is discussed, targeted for an
academic audience.
• A paper on methods and ethics, giving an account of a
methodological and/or an ethical problem that is especially
significant for the fieldwork and the project
Academic article
A thesis of maximum 60 pages (+ an additional 50 % per extra
group member) with the following main components:
• An introduction giving an account of the theory and methods
employed, outlining the academic background for the study and its
relevance for the context of Global Development.
• One article. The article must be targeted for a specific
scientific journal. Students must enclose guidelines for the chosen
journal.
• A policy brief aimed at a relevant target audience
(ministry, company, NGO, research institution, think tank).
• A paper on methods and ethics, giving an account of the
methodology chosen and one or several ethical problem that is
especially significant for the project.
The maximum group size is 4 students. The thesis is defended in an oral defence of approx. 45 minutes (incl. voting). The defence is always individual and is based on the entire thesis + its components.
Objectives for the MSc thesis:
- Formulating, defining and operationalising a social science
issue in relation to global development in a broad sense. The
thesis is prepared on the basis of the courses and other teaching
activities (including courses merited from other study programmes)
covered by the MSc in Global Development programme.
- Choosing, discussing and applying relevant theoretical and
empirical approaches to anthropological, economic or political
science issues (at the MSc programme level) of relevance to the
selected analysis and the associated empirical data.
- Documenting and explaining the analysis conducted and accounting
for its strengths and weaknesses.
- Providing a logical, clear and linguistically correct
presentation of the selected issue and its clarification.
- The thesis is defended in an oral defence based on the
student's written presentation. In connection with the oral
defence, the student must demonstrate a command of the
methodologies applied in connection with the preparation of the
thesis, and must be able to account for the issue of the thesis and
its clarification in a clear and comprehensible
manner.
Objectives for the MSc thesis:
- Formulating, defining and operationalising a social science
issue in relation to global development in a broad sense. The
thesis is prepared on the basis of the courses and other teaching
activities (including courses merited from other study programmes)
covered by the MSc in Global Development programme.
- Choosing, discussing and applying relevant theoretical and
empirical approaches to anthropological, economic or political
science issues (at the MSc programme level) of relevance to the
selected analysis and the associated empirical data.
- Documenting and explaining the analysis conducted and accounting
for its strengths and weaknesses.
- Providing a logical, clear and linguistically correct
presentation of the selected issue and its clarification.
- The thesis is defended in an oral defence based on the
student's written presentation. In connection with the oral
defence, the student must demonstrate a command of the
methodologies applied in connection with the preparation of the
thesis, and must be able to account for the issue of the thesis and
its clarification in a clear and comprehensible
manner.
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 820,5
- Guidance
- 4,5
- Total
- 825,0
- Credit
- 30 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral defence, 1 hour20 min presentation by the student.
In case of a group thesis the students have an additional 50 % time per extra student for the presentation as well as the total duration of the defense.
For further details please see common part of the curriculum for the Faculty of Social Science: http://socialsciences.ku.dk/students/regulations/curricula/Curriculas_common_part_-_maj_2017.pdf - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
- The thesis is defended in an oral defence based on the student's written presentation. In connection with the oral defence, the student must demonstrate a command of the methodologies applied in connection with the preparation of the thesis, and must be able to account for the issue of the thesis and its clarification in a clear and comprehensible manner.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AGDK14007U
- Credit
- 30 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- %
- Study board
- Study Board for Global Development
Contracting department
- Department of Anthropology
Course Coordinators
- Jon Clausen (2-6d664376647069316e7831676e)