PTFE0021-1 : Final work

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PTFE0021-1

Final work

Duration :

Number of credits :

Master in linguistics (120 ECTS)		28
Master in linguistics (120 ECTS)		28

Lecturer :

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Replace "enseignement" above by "travail" under "Organisation". In fact, even if the dissertation is to be submitted in Master 2, the preparation should already begin in Master 1.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Through preparation of a dissertation, students must show the skills they have acquired during their studies in terms of personal and thorough research. They will demonstrate the ability to use critical sense and the skills of analysis and synthesis. The quality of the dissertation is not determined by its length.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

The student must submit his or her dissertation proposal to the president of the jury along with the name of the dissertation advisor at the latest by the first day of the second quarter of the first year of the Masters.
Each dissertation will be subject to a public oral defence. This will start with a summary presentation (maximum of 7 minutes) during which the student should present the subject of his or her research, the methods used and the results obtained, while highlighting any specific contribution that the dissertation makes. Each committee member will make a commentary on the written work and will ask questions to which the student should reply.