Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science: Master's Thesis

<p>During the fourth term of the LUMES programme, you are required to write and successfully defend a Master's thesis of 30 university credits.</p><p>The thesis should be a synthesis and further development of the knowledge and competences gained during the three terms of coursework in the programme, in addition to those gained during undergraduate studies. The thesis work develops your potential for professional sustainability work and/or for further research.</p><p>The process requires you to work independently. It increases your ability to seek, evaluate, integrate, and produce knowledge. In addition, it will develop your skills to handle complex issues, phenomena, and situations. In substance, the thesis should focus on a local, national, regional, global, or multiscalar sustainability challenge or problem, and analyse it in relation to dimensions of sustainability.</p><p>For guidance, you have access to a qualified individual supervisor and a supervision group of students. You defend the thesis in a dialogue with an opponent at a final public seminar at the end of the course.</p>