Courses Master Display 2024-2025 DRAFT
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| Course title | Writing a Master's Thesis Proposal: Economics (5.0 ECTS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBS4035 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 5,0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Pass / Fail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Steffen Kuenn, Thomas Meissner For more information: s.kuenn@maastrichtuniversity.nl; t.meissner@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
Students learn how to start the thesis process by transforming a broad topic/idea into a proper, feasible research proposal.
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| Description |
Writing a master thesis is a compulsory part of the program curriculum. The skills training assists students in getting the thesis process started, First, students will be informed about the formal process of writing a master thesis at our faculty, i.e., format of the thesis, requirements, grading rules, resit options etc. Second, students will learn how to develop a research idea and finally transferring it into a proper and feasible research proposal. This is the main part of the training and assists students by writing down the academic relevance of their topic and how to develop a research design. The main goal is to finally have a clearly defined research proposal with which the student can start approaching a thesis supervisor. Third, the skills training helps students to find a thesis supervisor.
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| Prerequisites |
This course is in transition.
See the Master Education and Examination Regulations for more information. The following rule applies to master Economics students who started the programme prior to academic year 2023-2024. TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBS4035): In 2024-2025 students are allowed to repeat the examination and resit. |
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Participation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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