HUMR5100 – Thesis: Development of Project

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

In this course you begin to independently develop your thesis project. This requires you to conduct research on your own by finding and consulting relevant materials. In the second week of the course, your developing project will be discussed in mandatory classes (nine 45-minute sessions). At the end of the course you will have developed your thesis project into a three-page paper that succinctly states your thesis problem and general background, a bibliography of relevant sources, and a tentative outline. This paper will be the basis of assigning to you a thesis advisor and of the succeeding thesis course, HUMR5110 – Thesis: Formal Presentations (discontinued).

Learning outcome

You are expected in this course to develop, discuss, and tentatively finalize the topic and theme of your thesis project. The three-page paper will enable you to synthesize your problem and will provide a basis for appointing an appropriate thesis advisor.

Admission

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Admission is restricted to students enrolled in the Master of Philosophy program in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

No obligatory prerequisites beyond the minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway.

Teaching

Independent research, seminars, student presentations.

Examination

Written assignment of three pages. Grades pass/fail.

Facts about this course

Credits
0
Teaching

Two weeks in the end of August ( in 2005, 2007 etc.)

Examination

( in 2005, 2007 etc.)

Teaching language
English