General provisions

The course is given as a free-standing course.

Learning outcomes

In order to pass, the student must at the end of the course have:

• demonstrated broad knowledge of the field of Greek and Byzantine studies,
• demonstrated specialised theoretical and methodological knowledge in the field,
• demonstrated insight into current research and development work in the field,
• demonstrated insight into the possibilities and limitations of research, its role in society and the responsibility of the individual for how it is used with special regard to the field,
• demonstrated the ability to identify and formulate a scholarly issue relevant to the field critically, autonomously and creatively,
• demonstrated the ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge,
• demonstrated the ability to report clearly a scholarly investigation in writing,
• demonstrated the ability to plan and, using appropriate methods, undertake an advanced scholarly research-work and its subtasks within predetermined time frames,
• demonstrated the ability to discuss in speech another scholarly work on a corresponding level, and
• demonstrated the ability to defend in speech his or her own work.

Content

The course consists of an independent project in the form of a thesis and based on a study of texts and scholarly literature.

Instruction

The course is taught in the form of supervision. This supervision can be carried out individually or in group.

Assessment

The course examination consists primarily of a thesis (c. 70-90 pages), which the student is to defend at a final seminar. As a complement the course is examined through a PM, at discussions in connection with supervision and seminars, and through the evaluation of an opposition on another student's thesis at a final seminar (or, if there are not enough students, through a critical discussion of an article or similar scholarly work at an appropriate level).