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Masters Thesis ( forår 2009 - 30 ECTS )

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Uddannelsessprog: engelsk (eller dansk)
Niveau:
Semester/kvarter: SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE COURSE DESCRIPTION APPLIES: Every semester until further notice
Timer per uge:
Deltagerbegrænsning:
Undervisningssted: Århus
Hovedområde: Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
Udbud ID: 16107

Formål

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The student should be able to

Formulate a well-defined problem and argue for the relevance and usefulness of this problem formulation

Identify relevant literature, describe the essence of it and argue for its relevance, and reflect on its strengths and weaknesses related to the problem formulation

Identify and apply relevant empirical and/or analytical methods and explain their relevance and limitations for the problem formulation

Apply economic tools and methods to analyse the economic issues and evaluate the results in a comprehensible form

Reflect on the obtained results in relation to the problem formulation, the methodology used and the literature and derive the most important conclusions of the analyses

Apply a scientific, clear and concise language to present the analysis

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Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

TEACHING METHOD AND FORM OF ASSESSMENT:

The master's thesis is the most independent part of the master's degree work. It may be an examination of empirical material or it may represent a systematic enquiry into a theoretical subject based on existing literature. An empirical thesis may be founded on a data collected by the student him-/herself, typically in connection with a trainee job in a company or institution or it may be based on statistical data published by Statistics Denmark, regional statistics offices, international statistical sources, statistical data published by research institutions, trade organizations etc.

The master's thesis must comply with the following rules:

1. The thesis subject and statement of the problem must be agreed with a faculty member at the School of Economics and Management. The thesis can only be handed in to a faculty member who is also a supervisor at the School.
2. At the time of making the agreement, the supervisor and the student will make an outline of the thesis contents including any preliminary investigation of the availability of suitable material. The Study Board for Economics and Management must approve the chosen topic of the thesis and determine a submission date. For the purpose of approving the topic, the Study Board for Economics and Management will be represented by a faculty member.
3. The final title of the thesis will not be decided until the work has reached the stage where the actual thesis work can begin.
4. The size of the thesis will amount to 60 - 100 standard pages and should not exceed 120 standard pages. The total number of pages may be lower if the preparation of the thesis has involved a considerable amount of practical work, such as interviews, calculations and programming etc.
5. The thesis must only be made available to the general public if the author has accepted this by a special declaration. If the author has used material which has been obtained through trainee work in a private company or similar, the company must also accept the publication in writing.
6. The thesis writer must also prepare a resume of 1 - 2 pages in English or another major language as agreed with the supervisor.
7. The grading of the master's thesis will normally reflect the linguistic clarity and confidence used to present the subject matter of the thesis. In extreme cases, the linguistic clarity and confidence may count as a separate factor in the grading.
8. Before the grade for the thesis is given, a meeting of about 1 hour must be held between the supervisor and the student to discuss the thesis. The external examiner may participate in this meeting.
For the thesis to be assessed, the student's participation in this meeting must be approved by the Study Board upon recommendation from the supervisor.
9. An external examiner participates in the grading of the thesis. Upon written request to the supervisor, the author is entitled to a brief written characterisation of the thesis as an explanation for the grade. This characterisation is prepared by the supervisor and is not binding on the external examiner.
10. According to sec. 21, subsec. 5 of the Ministerial order no. 338 of 6 May 2004, on bachelor and master's programs (candidates) at universities, the master's thesis must document skills in applying academic theory and methods to a specific academic subject. The thesis completes the program.
11. The University approves the problem formulation of the master's thesis and at the same time stipulates a deadline for the submission of the thesis and makes a supervision plan for the student. The thesis must be submitted within 6 months after it is started. - See the guidelines for the thesis procedure on the school homepage.
12. If the student does not observe the stipulated deadline for the submission of the thesis or fails the master's thesis, i.e. has been given the grades -3 or 00, the University will approve a modified problem formulation within the same subject area and at the same time stipulates a new 3 months deadline for the submission of the thesis. If the student does not hand in the thesis within the stipulated time limit, he/she may be granted a third examination attempt, cf. the Ministerial Order on Examinations, on the same conditions that apply to a second examination attempt.
13. When the University has stipulated a deadline for the submission of the thesis, cf. the Ministerial Order on bachelor and master's programs at universities, the thesis cannot be deregistered, and an examination attempt has been used if the thesis is not submitted within the stipulated time limit.
14. A thesis is considered as submitted when it has been handed in to the office of the Study Board for Economics and Management.

Group theses

The Study Board for Economics and Management may approve the submission of a joint master's thesis from two or more students. An exemption to hand in a joint thesis will be allowed on the recommendation of the supervisor, and the application for such an exemption must be submitted to the Study Board before the thesis work is started.

An exemption to hand in a joint thesis will only be granted if the nature and scope of the paper make it particularly suitable for this purpose.

The contribution of the individual students to the joint thesis must be distinguishable from that of the other(s), which means that it must appear from the paper who is the author of its various parts. The size of a thesis completed by n students will amount to n times 60 - 100 pages (see item 4 above).

Exemptions will not be given to do all the written course work required for the master's degree as joint papers. In this connection the project prepared during project-based courses counts as required written course work.