Master's Thesis
Course content
The thesis is written on the basis of empirical data collated by the students during their fieldwork.
In the master's thesis the student must demonstrate that she/he can formulate an examine an anthropological problem on the basis of fieldwork material, and regional, methodological and theoretical knowledge.
This means that the student can:
Knowledge
- demonstrate empirical knowledge of the examined field
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demonstrate regional, methodological, and theoretical knowledge based on the chosen literature
Skills
- produce a clear and relevant problem statement
- analyze the empirical material by using relevant anthropological literature
- construct a relevant and well argued answer to the problem statement
- discuss the empirical material and the chosen analytical terms and/or theories in relation to one another.
Competences
- reflect critically on the empirical material in terms of the conditions and limitations of the fieldwork and the chosen methods
- consider the generaliseability of the fieldwork and relevant regional, thematic, and theoretical literature
- communicate and argue in a anthropologically relevant and convincing manner
5 meetings with a supervisor of approx. 45 minutes per thesis.
If the thesis is written in groups of two students each meeting
will be 45 minutes x 1.5.
Students are also entitled to limited supervisor guidance in
connection with drawing up the obligatory thesis contract in
preparation for writing the thesis. This contact will often be in
form of mail or shorter talks and will correspond to approx. 20
minutes.
The supervision can be either individual supervisi on or individual
supervision in groups. Supervision in groups consists of students
assigned to the same supervisor, typically 2 to 3 students. The
students will usually have a common thematic or theoretical
interest in their projects. The basic idea is that the students
receive individual supervision in turns, and that the other
students will learn from listening to comments that relate to
fellow students' work. Individual supervision in groups will
extend the meetings by 45 minutes x 2.
It is still possible for students to receive individual supervision
without being in a supervision group, if students or teachers so
prefers. However individual supervision without a supervision group
can mean that you will not get the supervisor for whom you have
applied.
The thesis must include a summary in English. The max. length of the summary must be 7.200 keystrokes. The summary is included in the overall assessment of the thesis. The keystrokes for the summary do not count towards the max. length for the master thesis itself.
Sign up
Students must sign a thesis contract in order to begin the thesis writing process. You can read about signing the thesis contract here. The deadline for filling in the thesis contract is:
June 1st, for autumn semester, starting your thesis on 20 August
December 1st, for spring semester, starting your thesis on 31 January
- ECTS
- 30 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Written assignment, see belowOral defence, see below under invigilation
- Type of assessment details
- The oral defence of the thesis will take place after the
written thesis has been submitted and is structured as a dialogue
between the examinee, the internal assessor and the external
examiner. The student begins the defence with an introduction of
five to ten minutes. The subsequent dialogue is based on the
examined thesis and will include a general anthropological
discussion.
Length of oral examination: 45 minutes for one student. For groups of two student the oral exam is 60 minutes. For groups of three students the oral exam is 70 minutes.
For groups writing together it must be clearly indicated which parts of the assignment each of the students has written - Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assessment
See description of learning outcome. Formalities for Written Works must be fulfilled, read more: MSc Students
- Category
- Hours
- Guidance
- 4,5
- Exam
- 820,5
- English
- 825,0
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
Partially in Danish
- Course number
- AANK16014U
- ECTS
- 30 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Placement
- Spring And Autumn
- Schedulegroup
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See timetable
- Studyboard
- Department of Anthropology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Anthropology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Ulla Susan Andersen (2-78644376647069316e7831676e)
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