LACS1000 Thesis Seminar (5 op)

Content

The seminar work focuses on gaining personal experience of scientific work, improving skills in process writing, developing critical and theoretical thinking and argumentation skills, and giving and receiving critical, constructive feedback. Students will deepen their knowledge of scientific research, including its methods and reporting conventions; advance their information searching skills; draft a research plan for a topic agreed with the supervisor; work on their MA theses according to the plan; present their projects at different stages and give feedback on other students’ projects.

Completion methods

Contact teaching (seminar)

Assessment details

Active participation in the seminar (min. 80% attendance), a research proposal or a work plan, keeping to the schedule. Grade-specific assessment criteria are introduced in the seminar.

After completing the seminar the student

• is able to draft a research proposal or a work plan
• knows and understands the ethical principles of conducting research and follows those principles
• is able to plan and control their working process according to a mutually agreed schedule
• is able to discuss their own work, present oral and written reports of their work and explain their own choices
• is able to give, receive and ask for feedback as part of the seminar discussion
• has learned to act as an active and cooperative member of a seminar group. 

The purpose of the Thesis Seminar is to support the MA thesis process.

Timing: First year, spring term and second year, autumn term