Courses Master Display 2020-2021
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Course title | Writing a Master’s Thesis Proposal: Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course code | EBS4035 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ECTS credits | 5,0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment | Pass / Fail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinator |
Arno Riedl, Steffen Kuenn For more information: a.riedl@maastrichtuniversity.nl; s.kuenn@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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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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