African Studies: One-Year Master Degree Thesis

The course starts with seminars on the research process, including the choice of topic, research question, methodology and theoretical approach, literature searches, outline and the actual writing process. The student then carries out an independent study of a well-defined problem area directly connected to one of the fields within African Studies. The study is presented in the form of an independently written essay of about 10.000-15.000 words. In the course students also orally present and defend their own results and arguments, as well as analyse the work of other students.