MASTEROFSCIENCETHESISGUIDELINES20152016

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MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS GUIDELINES

2015-2016

Prepared by Helen Bollaert. Last updated November, 2014.

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2 Aim of the MSc thesis

Your master thesis is an original individual piece of work which gives you the opportunity to study in depth a topic which is of personal interest to you. When you are caught up in the day-to-day routine of study or work it is difficult to step back and take time to analyze situations deeply. The master thesis gives you the opportunity to do just that. In addition, it can significantly enhance your CV. In the vast majority of cases, your work will be directly or indirectly linked to your chosen career. It shows potential employers that you are skilled in this area. It is also a potential subject of discussion in your interview. If you can explain your master thesis convincingly to potential employers you can shine during interviews. The MSc thesis is a key part of your postgraduate education. Successful completion of the master thesis shows that you have developed several key skills. First, you acquire the ability to develop an original project which reflects your own area of interest. Second, you develop critical thinking skills through benchmarking existing work in your chosen area. Third, you learn to apply specific methods to test your idea through your empirical work. Fourth, you gain new insights in your chosen topic through analysis and interpretation. Finally, you learn to critically question your own work as you assess what you have done and understand its implications and limits.

Practicalities

Link with the Research Methods 1 class

The research methods class in semester 1 gives you the opportunity to develop your research proposal. Your teacher will be able to help you refine your subject and will be in a position to provide you with initial feedback on topic relevance and feasibility.

Student responsibility for the project

The project belongs to you and it is up to you to ensure that you meet deadlines. Your supervisor's role is to provide advice and support throughout the process. It is your responsibility to make sure that you contact your supervisor regularly and hand in documents before the deadline. You are also responsible for ensuring that you contact your supervisor in a timely manner without imposing unreasonable demands (eg. insisting on feedback the night before a deadline; expecting your supervisor to be available outside regular office hours) because you have not worked regularly.

Supervision

When it will be time to start your master thesis work, you will receive in your mailbox a link ThesisMaster@skema.edu: it will enable you to register the name of your supervisor and your subject proposal.

Make sure to respect the deadline for submitting the completed form corresponding to your program and intake (see calendars from page 14 to 21), whether you managed to find a supervisor, or not.

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Before completing it, we would like to provide you with some information regarding the key principles concerning thesis supervision. Please read them carefully.

1. It is your responsibility to find a supervisor from the list provided on Knowledge (http://knowledge.skema.edu) AND obtain his/her written approval (email approval is sufficient). As your programme is part of a department (see table below), you will search, in priority, for a supervisor in the given department. You will also have the possibility of identifying

a super isor fro outside our progra e s depart e t.

2. It is your job to convince the supervisor of the quality of your project and your commitment to the process. External supervisors, who are not registered on the Knowledge list, are allowed once permission has been received. Please send an email to your programme Head with the name and the contact of the proposed supervisor. Your demand may be accepted or rejected, in all cases, you will be allocated a supervisor at the end of the designated time period.

3. The master thesis can be carried out alone or in pairs. If you work in pairs, the quantity of work implied by your research question and your data requirements and analysis must be sufficient to justify the need for two students on the project. It is up to you to justify this. You will also be responsible for organizing your work together (you cannot expect your supervisor to allocate tasks or to intervene is cases of disagreement between you).

4. If you are unable to find a supervisor, please fill in the dedicated space on the thesis master application form, informing us about your difficulty and explaining briefly why you did not manage to find a supervisor. In this case, you will be allocated a supervisor in the month following the deadline.

5. If you do not fill in the Master Thesis form by the deadline, a 2 mark penalty will be applied. You must complete it even if you have not managed to find a supervisor.

6. The guidelines for writing a thesis, showing the different deadlines, are available on Knowledge. Please read them carefully

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Department Master of Science Campus Programme Head

Accounting & Finance Auditing, Management Accounting &

Information Systems Paris Raluca Sandu

Management of Projects, Information Systems & Supply Chains

Business Consulting & Information

Systems Management Sophia Corinne Hirzmann

Accounting & Finance Corporate Financial Management Paris, Sophia Sabrina Chikh, Laurence Gialdini,

Christophe Dispas

Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics Digital Business Sophia Mark McCabe, Zakaria Babutsidze

Management of Projects, Information

Systems & Supply Chains Digital Marketing Sophia Muriel Walas

Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics Entrepreneurship & Innovation Sophia,

Suzhou Philippe Chereau

Accounting & Finance Financial Markets & Investments Paris, Sophia,

Raleigh

Tarek Amyuni, Amaury Goguel, Christophe Dispas

Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics International Business

Sophia, Suzhou, Belo Horizonte, Raleigh

Renata Kaminska, Laubie Li, Oussama Ammar,

Marketing International Hospitality

Management Sophia Mady Keup

Management, Law, Organization International Human Resources &

Performance Management Paris Anke Middelmann

Marketing International Marketing & Business

Development

Paris, Sophia, Lille

Aurélie Dehling, Peter Spier, Anke Middelmann

Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Economics International Strategy & Influence Paris Benjamin Lehiany

Marketing Global Luxury Management Raleigh/Sophia Isabella Soscia

Marketing Luxury & Fashion Management Sophia,

Suzhou Ivan Coste

Project & Programme Management &

Business Development Paris, Lille Paul Gardiner / Adil Eltigani

Marketing Strategic Event Management and

Tourism Management Sophia Mady Keup

Supply Chain Management &

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5 Assessment

The master thesis assessment comprises two parts, continuous assessment worth 25% of the final grade and a final complete master thesis document worth 75% of the final grade. The continuous assessment is made up of four pieces of work to be handed in to a given schedule. The exact schedule for your master thesis depends on your program and when you started your course. You will find the list of programs and details of the schedule for each in appendix 3. Details of the grading scale for the final complete master thesis are provided in appendix 2.

There is a systematic master thesis defense for the MSc programs accredited by the CGE (AMAIS, DM, E&I, PPMBD, SCMP).

There is no systematic master thesis defense for the other MSc programs at SKEMA. However, your supervisor may request a defense if he/she deems it necessary.

A student who obtains the grade Fx for his/her dissertation, has the possibility to submit a new version of the project by the determined deadline (see schedule depending on your program in Appendix 3). Late submission will automatically be granted an Fx for non-CGE programs and F for the MSc programs accredited by the CGE.

In case of Fx, the retake ill score a a i u grade of E i pacti g the o erall GPA .

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Should instances of plagiarism be identified in your work, the resulting grade will automatically be F, with the resulting impact on graduation and without possibility of appeal. In certain circumstances, cases will be dealt by a disciplinary committee which has full power to decide on the appropriate sanction. The latter may go as far as exclusion from the program and the school. Dissertations will systematically be sent to the URKUND website to track plagiarism.

Subject

The subject of the master thesis should be in direct relation to the MSc in which you are studying. While SKEMA is flexible and encourages original topics which may take students into other disciplinary fields, a significant part of the master thesis should be directly related to the content of the MSc program. You are encouraged to find your own subjects but you may also choose subjects proposed by professors or other interested parties. The final validation of the proposed subject rests with the master thesis supervisor.

Requirements Literature Review

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6 Data sources and analysis

As part of your master thesis, you will be required to provide empirical evidence relevant to your chosen research question. Your evidence should be meaningful – readers should be convinced of its relevance and probity. The guidelines below will enable you to develop meaningful empirical analysis according to your chosen method of analysis.

Data type Number of observations Data analysis

Individual interviews Minimum 8 Recorded and fully transcribed.

Analyzed using a recognized method (eg. content analysis using an analysis grid).

Group interviews Minimum 2 Recorded and fully transcribed.

Netnography The equivalent of at least 80 pages transcribed into standard A4 format.

Case study Secondary data (press, other

media, company documents) AND at least 5 interviews.

Analysis using a recognized method (eg. content analysis using an analysis grid). Interviews recorded and fully transcribed.

Surveys (questionnaires) At least 100 usable responses. Analysis should not be limited to descriptive statistics. Provide proper statistical or econometric analyses with significance tests. Include control variables where appropriate.

Experiments At least 25 participants per group.

Analysis should not be limited to descriptive statistics. Provide proper statistical or econometric analyses with significance tests. Include control variables where appropriate.

Secondary databases with additional hand collected data

At least 100 usable observations. Analysis should not be limited to descriptive statistics. Provide proper statistical or econometric analyses with significance tests. Include control variables where appropriate.

Secondary databases without additional hand-collected data

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In some cases, your research question may be atypical so your methodological approach might not fit the items in the grid above. In that case, you can consult your supervisor who will advise you on finding an appropriate amount of data, and analysis techniques which are equivalent in quantity and quality to those listed above.

Some MSc programs require master theses which meet the standards imposed by practitioner organizations. In that case, your program manager will provide you with suitable data and analysis requirements.

Final document

The final master thesis should be a minimum of 50 pages in length, excluding appendices. Note that the document should contain a reasonable amount of text and should not be a mass of tables, graphs and figures. The master thesis should be formatted in Times New Roman 12 (or equivalent) with 1.5 line spacing and 2.5cm margins. Text should be justified. In text-references and the bibliography should use the Harvard system of referencing.

The project includes the following materials and sections, in the sequence indicated (see details in appendix 1):

 Title page

 Keywords and abstract (150 words) in English (and possibly French)  Preface and/or dedication and/or acknowledgments

 Table of contents

 Executive summary (2 or 3 pages)  List of tables

 List of figures  Body of text  Reference list

 Appendix or appendices (if any)

The final document should include an introduction and a conclusion of at least 2 pages in length each. Confidentiality

Generally, the master thesis should not be of a confidential nature and academic supervisors will assume that the detail of the work is not confidential unless otherwise informed. If required, students and SKEMA supervisors may sign confidentiality agreements.

Where a dissertation contains material considered to be confidential, it should be marked clearly on the title page. In that case, the thesis will not be available for consultation at the library for a two-year period.

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8 Resources

Master thesis supervisor

Your master thesis supervisor is a key source of advice and support during your master thesis. You will receive guidance on each stage of the process to help you progress regularly and produce a piece of work of the highest possible quality. You should, however, remember that you are responsible for your master thesis. Your supervisor will only be in a position to advise you if you contact them and ask. You should also ensure that you hand in documents for the deadlines – if you don't, your supervisor will not be able to give you feedback. Finally, remember to keep your demands reasonable – your supervisor cannot do the work in your place and should not be expected to drop all their other work and respond to your urgent requests because you have a deadline.

Documentary databases

SKEMA provides access to the following academic databases which provide access to papers from journals:

 Emerald  JStor  Proquest

These are available through La Fusée website (http://library.skema.edu/category/bases-de-donnees/). If you are unable to find a particular paper your supervisor will be able to advise you on alternatives. In addition to the academic databases, SKEMA subscribes the Factiva database, also available through La Fusée, which may provide you with additional material. You will also find numerous reference books on Cyberlibris: http://library.skema.edu/fr/scholarvox/. You can contact La Fusée staff on your home campus for advice on remote access.

Other databases

SKEMA subscribes a number of other databases providing financial information about firms or markets, industry analyses, market studies etc. These are available through La Fusée website (http://library.skema.edu/category/bases-de-donnees/). Examples are: Amadeus, IODS and Xerfi. You should note that some databases require additional access codes which you can obtain from La Fusée staff on your home campus.

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9 APPENDIX 1 – DETAILS OF MASTER THESIS ORGANISATION 1. Keywords and abstract

Along with the report students should also submit a one-page abstract containing the following information:

 Year:

 FIRST NAME (Given name)  FAMILY NAME

 NATIONALITY  Title:

 Keywords: (Up to ten keywords)  Supervisor:

 Sponsoring organization and contact person (if applicable) 2. Title page

The title page should conform to the appropriate format as specified the document provided on the Knowledge platform. The title and subtitle must be exact as previously approved.

3. Preface

The preface is used primarily to mention matters of background necessary for an understanding of the subject that does not logically fit into the text. It is customary to include a brief expression of the author's appreciation of help and guidance received in the research. The preface is not the same as an introduction, which is a part of the main body of the thesis.

4. Table of contents

The table of contents contains the headings and subheadings of the chapters and sections of the thesis with the numbers of the pages on which these chapters and sections begin.

All headings should correspond exactly in wording, arrangement, punctuation, and capitalization with the headings as they appear in the body of the dissertation.

The number of the page on which the division begins in the text of the thesis is given in the table of contents. Double spacing is used except for over-run lines, which are single-spaced. For an example of the layout see 2b.

5. Executive summary

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If the report contains charts, figures, maps, tables, photographs, or other types of material, each series of these should be listed separately in an appropriate list on the page or pages immediately following the table of contents. Each such list should appear on a separate page. In format, such lists should follow the general style of the table contents. Tables, figures, etc. should be numbered according to their chapter and position in the chapter. Thus figure 2.10 is the tenth figure in chapter two.

7. Body of the text

The report properly begins with the first page of the first chapter section. Each chapter or section should represent an important division of the thesis. Each chapter should have a title identifying the subject contained therein. Typically, a thesis contains the following chapters:

 Introduction  Literature Review  Methodology  Results

 Discussion and Implications 8. References

The References section should typically contain only the works consulted and found relevant and thus cited by the author in the report. The inclusion of an irrelevant item is as much a defect as the exclusion of a relevant one. Each item should be a full reference in the standard order specified in Appendix 2c of these notes. All references should be listed in alphabetical order (and numerical order for several references of the same author).

9. Appendices

The main purpose of an appendix is to keep the text of the report from being interrupted or cluttered with supplementary, minor and illustrative materials. The text of pertinent documents, very lengthy quotations, excerpts from diaries, transcripts of minutes, forms of documents, copies of sample questionnaires, and the like, may be included as appendices if they are pertinent to the subject matter of the dissertation and they cannot appropriately be incorporated into the body of the text. Appendices should appear immediately following the body of the text. Each appendix should start on a separate page. Appendices should be designated sequentially as I, Appendix II, etc. and they should appear in the order that they are referred to in the text. Whenever possible and appropriate, the source of material in the appendix should be given.

10. References

When referring in the text of the research project to items in the bibliography the author's name and the date of publication should be cited:

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For publications by two authors, both are given: e.g ."A recent study (Smith & Jones, 1988) showed ..." For publications by three and more authors, the first author is given, followed by et al. A recent study (Smith et al., 1988) showed ..."

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12 APPENDIX 2 – MSc THESIS GRADING SCALE

No – Pré o

Instructions: put a cross in the boxes in front of each item then give a grade for each category of items Total LO51 (/12) LO 51 To analyse and apply advanced concepts in a specialized discipline

Bel ow

A.1. Définition de la problématique et des objectifs de recherche - Problem statement and research objectives

Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above

A.2. Analyse conceptuelle et revue de littérature - Conceptual analysis and literature review Note sur 3 Grade out of 3

A.3. Méthodologie de recherche appropriée - Adopting appropriate methodology _{Grade out of 3}Note sur 3

A.4. Résultats - Findings _{Grade out of 3}Note sur 3

LO 52 To assess a business issue and formulate solutions in a specialized discipline

A.5. Argumentation et conclusion - Discussion and conclusion _{Grade out of 5}Note sur 5

Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above

LO 32 To produce clear, well organized written communication

A.6. Communication à l'écrit - Written communication Note sur 3

Grade out of 3

FINAL GRADE Grade out of 20 F

Grade out of 20 (75% of final grade)

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT Grade out of 20 (25% of final grade)

Perti nence des données - représ enta ti ves /s i gni fi ca ti ves , écha nti l l on a da pté

Qua l i té d'a na l ys e et de ra i s onnement / Qua l i ty of rea s oni ng a nd cri ti ca l a na l ys i s Perti nence des rés ul ta ts pa r ra pport à l a probl éma ti que / El eva nce of res ul ts i n the context of the probl em s ta tement

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13 LO 31 To produce clear, well organized oral communication

B.1. Qualité de présentation orale - Language skills Note sur 10

Grade out of 10

Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above

B.2. Qualité de l'argumentation - Quality of argument _{Grade out of 10}Note sur 10

Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above Bel ow Meets Above

Note sur 20 pour la partie B Grade for B out of 20

Note globale sur 20

Overall grade out of 20

Points forts / Strengths

Points à améliorer/room for improvement

B. Soutenance - Oral defense (for CGE programs only)

Ca pa ci té de s ynthès e - Synthes i s s ki l l s

Uti l i s a ti on perti na nte de s upports - Appropri a te us e of pres enta ti on ma teri a l Cl a rté de l a prés enta ti on - Cl a ri ty of the pres enta ti on

Structura ti on de l a prés enta ti on - Structure of the pres enta ti on

Ca pa ci té à a rgumenter - Ca pa ci ty to a rgue Perti nence des répons es - Accura cy of res pons es

Uti l i s a ti on de concepts a da ptés - Us e of a ppropri a te concepts Pri s e de recul - Ca pa ci ty to s tep ba ck

B. Soutenance - Oral defense 0

Total Thèse Professionnelle A+B #VALEUR!

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14 APPENDIX 3 – DETAIL OF PROGRAMS AND SCHEDULES

MSc Campus Fall

2015

Spring

2016 Length Program manager Schedules Auditing, Management Accounting & Information Systems Paris YES NO 18 Raluca Sandu Case 3 Business Consulting & Information Systems Management Sophia YES NO 12 Corinne Hirzmann Case 1

Corporate Financial Management Paris YES YES 12 Sabrina Chikh Case 1,

Case 2

Corporate Financial Management Sophia YES YES 12 Laurence Gialdini,

Christophe Dispas

Case 1, Case 2

Digital Business Sophia YES NO 12 Mark McCabe

Zakaria Babutzide Case 1

Digital Marketing Sophia YES YES 18 Muriel Walas Case 3,

Case 4

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Sophia YES YES 18 Philippe Chereau Case 3,

Case 4

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Suzhou YES YES 18 Philippe Chereau Case 3,

Case 4

Financial Markets & Investments Paris YES NO 12 Amaury Goguel Case 1

Financial Markets & Investments Sophia YES NO 12 Tarek Amyuni Case 1

Financial Markets & Investments Raleigh YES NO 12 Oussama Ammar Case 1

International Business (Doing Business in Europe) Sophia YES YES 12 Renata Kaminska Case 1,

Case 2

International Business (Doing Business in Asia) Suzhou YES YES 12 Laubie Li Case 1,

Case 2 International Business (Doing Business in Latin America) Belo Horizonte YES NO 12 Oussama Ammar Case 1

International Business (Doing Business in USA) Raleigh YES YES 12 Oussama Ammar Case 1,

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MSc Campus Fall

2015

Spring

2016 Length Program manager Schedules

International Hospitality Management Sophia YES NO 12 Mady Keup Case 1

International Human Resources & Performance Management Paris YES NO 12 Anke Middleman Case 1

International Marketing & Business Development Paris YES YES 12 Aurélie Dehling Case 1,

Case 2

International Marketing & Business Development Sophia YES YES 12 Peter Spier Case 1,

Case 2

International Marketing & Business Development Lille YES YES 12 Anke Middlemann Case 1,

Case 2

International Strategy & Influence Paris YES NO 12 Benjamin Lehiany Case 1

Global Luxury Management Raleigh/Sophia YES NO 12 Isabella Soscia Case 1

Luxury & Fashion Management Sophia YES YES 12 Ivan Coste Case 1,

Case 2

Luxury & Fashion Management Suzhou YES YES 12 Ivan Coste Case 1,

Case 2 Project & Programme Management & Business Development Paris YES YES 18 Jean-Charles

Hainglaise

Case 3, Case 4 Project & Programme Management & Business Development Lille YES NO 18 Paul Gardiner Case 3

Strategic Event Management and Tourism Management Sophia YES YES 12 Mady Keup Case 1,

Case 2

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16 CASE 1: 12-MONTH MSC, FALL 2015 INTAKE

Date Action Comments Assessment

28/02/2016 Student provides the name of his/her supervisor

Student gives proposed subject to director of program (with intended supervisor if relevant) possibility of identifying a supervisor from

outside our progra e s depart e t.

 It is your job to convince the supervisor of the quality of your project and your commitment to the process. External supervisors, who are not registered on the Knowledge list, are allowed once permission has been received. Please send an email to your programme Head with the name and the contact of the proposed supervisor. Your demand may be accepted or rejected, in all cases, you will be allocated a supervisor at the end of the designated time period.

 The master thesis can be carried out alone or in pairs. If you work in pairs, the quantity of work implied by your research question and your data requirements and analysis must be sufficient to justify the need for two students on the project. It is up to you to justify this. You will also be responsible for organizing your work together (you cannot expect your supervisor to allocate tasks or to intervene is cases of disagreement between you).

Student may first consult research methods professor, intended supervisor or any other relevant person. Three academic references should be provided to motivate the subject explaining briefly why you did not manage to find a supervisor. In this case, you will be allocated a supervisor in the month following the deadline.

If you do not fill in the Master Thesis form by the deadline, a 2 mark

15/03/2016 Student sends research proposal document to supervisor

The research proposal may be based on work carried out for the research methods 1 class if appropriate. The proposal should be underpinned by at least 5 academic papers.

Grade out of 20 contributing towards continuous

assessment grade 15/05/2016 Student sends literature

review to supervisor

The literature review should be comprehensive and in a form which could be

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included in the final master thesis. It should be between 15 and 20 pages long Hypothesis development should be included here (if appropriate).

continuous assessment grade

15/06/2016 Student sends proposed methods to supervisor and details of data collection.

Data and methods should be understood in its widest sense – quantitative data, survey data, interviews, case studies etc. The aim is to show that there is original work.

assessment grade 15/07/2016 Student sends results and

analysis to supervisor

Student should send tables of results with comment and analysis in a readable form. Student should be able to provide evidence of analysis if required. been completed, producing the final document should just be a matter of organizing layout, adding an introduction and conclusion and making sure that different parts of the document flow properly.

N/A

31/08/2016 Student hands in final document.

A defense may be requested by the supervisor. All MSc master theses will be sent for Urkund analysis.

Grade out of 20 for the complete written document (and defense if applicable). 31/10/2016 In case of failure (Fx),

student has the possibility to submit a new version of the project

The retake will score a maximum grade of

E i pacti g the

overall GPA). 31/08/2017 In case of failure (F), student

will submit a new project following the Fall 2016 intake calendar.

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18 CASE 2: 12-MONTH MSC, SPRING 2016 INTAKE

18/07/2016 Student provides the name of his/her supervisor

Student gives proposed subject to director of program (with intended supervisor if relevant) possibility of identifying a supervisor from

Student may first consult research methods professor, intended supervisor or any other relevant person. Three academic references should be provided to motivate the subject explaining briefly why you did not manage to find a supervisor. In this case, you will be allocated a supervisor in the month following the deadline.

If you do not fill in the Master Thesis form by the deadline, a 2 mark

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N/A

Grade out of 20 for the complete written document (and defense if applicable).

31/10/2017 In case of failure (Fx), student has the possibility to submit a new version of the project

The retake will score a maximum grade of

E i pacti g the

overall GPA). 15/03/2018 In case of failure (F), student

will submit a new project following the Spring 2017 intake calendar.

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20 CASE 3: 18-MONTH MSC, FALL 2015 INTAKE

18/07/2016

Student gives proposed subject to director of program (with intended supervisor if relevant) regarding their subject and details of data collection.

Student gives proposed subject to director of program (with intended supervisor if relevant) will search, in priority, for a supervisor in the given department. You will also have the possibility of identifying a supervisor from

Student may first consult research methods professor, intended supervisor or any other relevant person. Three academic references should be provided to motivate the subject about your difficulty and explaining briefly why you did not manage to find a supervisor.In this case, you will be allocated a supervisor in the month following the deadline.

If you do not fill in the Master Thesis form by the deadline, a 2 showing the different deadlines, are

available on

Knowledge. Please read them carefully

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Student should send tables of results with comment and analysis in a readable form. Student should be able to provide evidence of analysis if required.

assessment grade 30/12/2016 Draft version of master

thesis to supervisor

Not assessed – if all the other stages have been completed, producing the final document should just be a matter of organizing layout, adding an introduction and conclusion and making sure that different parts of the document flow properly.

N/A

A defense is requested by February 15. MSc master theses will be sent for Urkund analysis.

Grade out of 20 for the complete written document (and defense if applicable) 15/01/2018 In case of failure (F), student

will submit a new project following the Fall 2016 intake calendar (CGE programs)

A defense is requested by February 15. All MSc master theses will be sent for Urkund analysis.

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22 CASE 4: 18-MONTH MSC, SPRING 2016 INTAKE

28/02/2017

Student gives proposed subject to director of program (with intended supervisor if relevant)

Student gives proposed subject to director of program (with intended supervisor if relevant) will search, in priority, for a supervisor in the given department. You will also have the possibility of identifying a supervisor from

Student may first consult research methods professor, intended supervisor or any other relevant person. Three academic references should be provided to motivate the subject about your difficulty and explaining briefly why you did not manage to find a supervisor.In this case, you will be allocated a supervisor in the month following the deadline.

If you do not fill in the Master Thesis form by the deadline, a 2

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23 15/05/2017 Student sends literature

The literature review should be comprehensive and in a form which could be included in the final master thesis. It should be between 15 and 20 pages long Hypothesis development should be included here (if

N/A

A defense is requested by September 30. MSc master theses will be sent for Urkund analysis.

Grade out of 20 for the complete written document (and defense if applicable) 31/08/2018 In case of failure (F), student

will submit a new project following the Spring 2017 intake calendar (CGE programs)

A defense is requested by September 30. All MSc master theses will be sent for Urkund analysis.

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MASTEROFSCIENCETHESISGUIDELINES20152016

MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS GUIDELINES

2015-2016

We wish you every success in your master

thesis project: