Progress and Fieldwork

The course aims at offering students more insights in the project formulation and research design for the thesis work. The project proposal in the first semester forms the basis for the master thesis and the allocation of supervisor. Through the seminars and fieldwork in the second and third semesters the students are given an opportunity to prepare themselves appropriately for the data collection for the fieldwork and report on their methodological and empirical achievements for their thesis work.

Knowledge: Students shall obtain knowledge about planning and implementing fieldwork/data collection for the master thesis.
Skills: The course provides insights into the different stages of research and what is required for planning and data collection during fieldwork.
General competency: The course gives basic knowledge that students could use in their own research work.

In the first semester a project assignment of the master thesis will be formulated, followed by three compulsory seminars, two before (second semester) and one after fieldwork is completed (third semester). Seminars (20 hours), fieldwork (10 weeks).