Master's thesis in Modern International and Transnational History

After you have taken this course you are expected to have:

• Demonstarted your ability to develop a research question, create a research design, choose adequate methods, and answer the research question methodically within the given time frame
• Shown the ability to process and critically assess large amounts of primary source material while working with historical archives
• Conducted an independent research project within international and transnational history, positioned it within the current historiographical debates, and engaged with relevant theoretical approaches within the broader field of inquiry
• Presented your results according to academic norms of history writing and demonstrated the ability to use adequate and accessible language

Admission to the masters programme ${include:ref referencetype=[studieprogram] id=[HFM2-MITRA]} and passing grades in the compulsory courses at least the semester prior:

• MITRA4000
• MITRA4001
• MITRA4010
• MITRA4011
• MITRA4020
• MITRA4030
• MITRA4040
• MITRA4300
• MITRA4400 or MITRA4450
• MITRA4421

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

This course is only for students who are admitted to the Master's Programme HFM2-MITRA.

Students will be given primarily individual or group supervision. Collective academic guidance is provided in the Research Writing and Training in History courses I, II, and III, which must be completed before starting the thesis.

All students will apply for an academic supervisor in their second semester. The application deadline is primo February. For more information, see applying for a supervisor.

Compulsory assignment:

To be able to hand in your master's thesis you will have to fill out the information form.

Deadlines:

For submission in the spring semester: March 1

for submission in the autumn semester: October 1

The information form must contain a synopsis of the thesis. Additionally, you have to inform your supervisor that you intend to hand in the master's thesis in the current semester.

The first exam for this course will be held in the spring semester 2019 and then every spring and autumn semester onwards

This course will be taught for the first time in the spring semester 2019 and then every spring and autumn semester onwards.

Formal requirements:

The thesis must be between 40 and 50 pages, notes included. Front page, index, attachments, appendix and/or bibliography are not included in the word count.

The thesis will be assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

Please ensure that you read all the relevant information about formal requirements and how to hand in your thesis by following the link to the information that can be found on the webpages for Master Thesis in Modern International and Transnational History. Make sure you do this early in the semester.

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