General provisions

The course is part of the Euroculture Master's programme.

The Course plan was agreed on 2011-10-12 by the Dean of the Faculty of Theology and will be in function from this day and onwards.

Entry requirements

The course is only available to students within the Euroculture Master's programme.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course students will be able to:

- write a machelor's thesis on research questions initiated by the student that examines empirical material and includes a theoretical frame-work, analysis and conclusions at an advanced level.

- develop a qualified analysis of a problem of relevance for Euroculture from a multidisciplinary perspective, while engaging to an appropriate degree with the existing scholarly literature on the topic

- evaluate research material connected to the problems discussed in the thesis in a manner disciplinarily appropriate to the materials in question.

- elaborate innovative solutions to the problems discussed in the thesis.

- evaluate and critique other masters theses from an advanced interdisciplinary position.

Content

Students will develop the topic of the thesis in consultation with a thesis supervisor during the third semester or earlier. The main work of writing the thesis will be conducted during the fourth semester in consultation with two supervisors, one at Uppsala and one at another Euroculture consortium university. A supervisor at Uppsala University will be assigned to each student by the Program Director. Students must submit the thesis according to the standards and deadlines established by the two relevant universities; in case the deadlines differ, the later of the two is generally acceptable.

Instruction

The language of instruction is English. Individual tuition and group presentations are conducted during the writing process.

Assessment

The course will be graded with the grades Väl godkänd (Distinction), Godkänd (Pass), or Underkänd (Fail).

Other regulations

Language of instruction will be English and the students must write the thesis in English.

Transitional provisions

Members of a course regulated by a former version of this course plan may be examined in accordance with that course plan within two years after the closure of the course. If there are compelling reasons, such an examination may take place even later. Normally no instruction in accordance with former versions of the course plan is given.