TAFATHS01U Thesis Seminar
Volume 2021/2022
Education
MA programme in African Studies
Content
The Centre of African Studies runs a Thesis Seminar each semester. MA students must sign up for the thesis seminar.
The Thesis Seminar provides a forum in which you can present your thesis work and ideas and discuss issues related to thesis writing such as research question, working with theory, analysis, writing, structure etc. In the seminar, we will work with the texts, questions, and other material you will bring. The content and focus of the seminar is flexible and can be adjusted along the way.
Learning Outcome
The aim is for the student to acquire the following qualifications:
- Advanced knowledge of a specific area within the field of African Studies.
- Ability to independently and competently identify and define an issue and to investigate it utilising academic methods and scientific argumentation.
- Ability to independently search for, select and utilise relevant literature and other material.
- Ability to independently and confidently analyse the issue in question from a theoretical and methodological point of view.
- Ability to confidently demonstrate the interdisciplinary methodologies that have been practised throughout the course of study.
- Ability to communicate academic content clearly and concisely in writing at a high academic level.
- Ability to complete a comprehensive project within a set time-frame.
Formal requirements
The thesis is
written in the 4th semester.
Teaching and learning methods
The thesis seminar is
organized as a series of workshops and is based on the active
participation of students.
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 28
- Total
- 28
Feedback form
Oral
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Peer feedback (Students give each other
feedback)
Sign up
Self Service at
KUnet
Exam
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
- Marking scale
- Without assessment
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- TAFATHS01U
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn And Spring
- Schedule
- On selected fridays during the semester - see Absalon for more information
- Study board
- Study board of African Studies
Contracting department
- African Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Theology
Course Coordinators
- Stig Eduard Breitenstein Jensen (3-77786d4478697370326f7932686f)
- Jacob Kristian Worsøe (3-6e6f7b4478697370326f7932686f)
Lecturers
Autumn: Jacob Kristian Worsøe
Spring: Stig Jensen
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