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| HMEM0002-1 | Final thesis
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| Coordinator : | Collégialité |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The Master’s thesis consists of a written work between 60 and 70 pages maximum concerning a sociological question.
In this work, the student must prove
- his/her ability to pose a research question: it is not sufficient to exclusively describe an object but to ask a specific question about this object.
- his/her ability to gather theoretical and empirical elements to answer this research question.
- his/her ability to articulate these elements into a main thread that leads to a provisional conclusion. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - the ability of “problematization” : specify why a social reality is interesting and what question deserves to be asked about this reality.
- the ability to find and use theoretical sources.
- the ability to gather and use empirical data (facts).
- the ability to build well-argued reasoning, with a beginning, development and conclusion.
- the ability to write in clear and correct French.
- the formal qualities expected from a thesis: citation rules and bibliography in particular. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The written work will be assessed by a jury of three members on the basis of the criteria described above.
The written work will be subjected to an oral defence before the same jury, the quality of which will be included in the general assessment.
NB: a thesis of more than 70 pages will be declared unacceptable. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The thesis is carried out under the direction of a mentor (in French “promoteur”). The latter must be a member of the teaching staff or a trainer of the ISHS Institute possessing a PhD.
It is up to the student to contact the person that he would like to mentor his work. This person has to give his/her agreement.
The object of the thesis, its problematics and its organization are specified in the pedagogical dialogue between the student and the mentor, with wide latitude, but within the framework of the regulations of the thesis of sociology of the ISHS.
Mentor and student must agree on a thesis form (in French “fiche mémoire”), which identifies the main elements of the thesis: subject, theoretical references, methodology, research question. This thesis form as well as the constitution of the jury have to be officially accepted by the Council of the ISS Institute.
For his/her thesis to be declared acceptable, the student has to respect the official schedule of the ISHS. |
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Contacts :
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| Contact person is the mentor. In case of difficulty to find a “promoteur”, please contact the President of the Jury of Master 2 in sociology: Marc.Jacquemain@ulg.ac.be |
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