24 ECTS credits
720 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4021198FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
This dissertation is supervised by a supervisor affiliated to the university where the student is enrolled; co-supervisors (from the same or another institution) are possible. By means of the master’s dissertation, students show that they can act as lead authors of academic articles.
The master’s dissertation contains 1 long or two shorter 2 articles (about 10.000 words together) in a format in which they can be submitted to an academic journal or book (e.g. conference proceedings) in philosophy.
The dissertation also contains a meta-level text on each article (or one such text for two articles) This text describes the intended audience, including a list of possible journals to which the article(s) may be submitted. Description of the audience and choice of journals must be motivated. The text also contains a specific “state of the art”, i.e. an exposition of the background knowledge that the readers of the article are supposed to have (in the article itself, there is no space for such an exposition).
If the dissertation contains two articles, these must belong to the same subdiscipline of philosophy or should have a thematic coherence.
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Students show that they can act as lead authors of academic articles.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Master Thesis determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Master Thesis category, the following assignments need to be completed:
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This offer is part of the following study plans:
Research Master of Philosophy: Standaard traject
Research Master of Philosophy: Verkort traject