Final thesis

Duration

Number of credits

Lecturer

Collégialité, Daniela Nicolosa Prina

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

Learning unit contents

TMEM0561-1  Thesis is a course in block 2 of the master's degree (Q9+Q10) which is organised  to help students formalise their thesis.
The thesis is a personal piece of work that is done at the end of the master's degree. The thesis is supervised by the sponsor and possibly a co-sponsor; the coordinator (Mrs D. PRINA) guides students and helps them to accomplish the various necessary administrative tasks.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, students will be able to use the knowledge they have learnt to implement a personal, methodical and scientifically rigorous approach relating to a research question in architecture or closely related fields. In particular, the thesis will demonstrate the students' ability to structure their thoughts, support a critical stance, rationalise their practice, and communicate the results of their approach in a well-argued manner.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Have sufficient knowledge of the bibliographical, methodological and communication tools required to write a scientific text.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

TMEM0561-1  Thesis is course that aims to help students write their thesis. The sponsors advise students and supervise them throughout their work. If necessary, they put them in touch with resource persons.

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

Every piece of work is supervised by a sponsor and possibly one or two co-sponsors, depending on the specificities of the approach.

Recommended or required readings

Optional reading:
Michel Béaud, L'art de la thèse, Ed. La Découverte, Paris 2006
Umberto Eco, Comment écrire sa thèse, Flammarion, Paris 2016

Assessment methods and criteria

The thesis will only be assessed if students provide a duly completed data sheet with the title of the thesis, the composition of their jury (including the details of each member), and the sponsor's name and signature.  The thesis can only be handed in if the completed data sheet has been submitted by the deadline. The data sheet will be sent to students via e-Campus at the beginning of the academic year.
See point 4 of the thesis regulations, version 2017-2018 (http://www.archi.ulg.ac.be/upload/docs/application/pdf/2017-09/reglement_tfe_2017-2018.pdf)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Students are responsible for finding out when the data sheet and the thesis have to be submitted. This information will be given to students and the sponsors by the thesis coordinator at the beginning of the academic year (information session or email) and, at least, via the e-Campus platform.
Students must respect the deadlines to ensure practical, didactic and administrative matters are properly managed.
Any students who don't submit their data sheet or who don't respect the deadlines will be automatically deferred.
 

Contacts

Daniela Prina
dprina@ulg.ac.be
Any written communication must contain the following information:
Student's surname and first name; the year of enrolment; sponsor's name; title of the thesis.