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SoSe 21: Master Colloquium

Genia Kostka

Information for students

Due to the pandemic, all sessions have been made online available on blackboard. On April 12th students will receive an email with instructions. Deliverables for this course are: - Complete all online tests after watching the videos - Complete the first and second assignment and submit via email to lu.bai@fu-berlin.de - Each student will get individual feedback on both assignments. close

Comments

The seminar will assist students with the design, research and writing of their MA’s thesis. In early sessions we will examine the “nuts and bolts” of the research process including: the move from a broad, undefined research interest to a narrow, researchable focus; the formulation of a good research question/problem; the characteristics of effective argument; appropriate use of sources, and the finer points of style and organization. The early sessions in this course are online tutorials, others are discussions in the classroom. In order to take part in each classroom discussion, quizzes for every online tutorial have to be completed in advance. Later sessions will provide students with the opportunity to practice designing their own thesis project. Students will submit twice their thesis project. In the first proposal, students are asked to present an outline of their research projects for feedback from the instructor, including research topic, thesis structure and research design and method. For their revised proposal, student present their more developed and polished thesis project, that incorporated all the comments received previously, and also includes a clearly defined research gap and data collection plan. close