Fashion Studies - Master's (120 credits) Thesis
Final course at advanced level within the Master's programme in Fashion Studies. The student writes an independent degree project of 30 credits within a subject area agreed with the supervisor. The degree work is ventilated in a seminar.
The student writes an independent degree project within a subject area agreed with the supervisor. The degree work is ventilated in a seminar.
After this course the student should be able to:
- Show ability to critically, independently and creatively identify and formulate issues, to plan and with adequate methods and theories carry out a qualified research project within given time frames
- Show ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge and analyze, assess and manage complex phenomena, questions and situations even with limited information
- Show the ability to give a clear account in both national and international contexts orally and in writing and discuss their conclusions and the knowledge and arguments that underlie them
- Critically assess and value the scientific, societal and ethical aspects as well as the results of
the thesis
Teaching Format
The teaching consists of preparatory seminars and tutorials. Seminars are course requirements. All teaching takes place in English.
Students who begin their degree work are entitled to a total of at least 20 hours of supervisor time. In the tutoring time also includes reading the script. The tutoring time can be individual or apply to a smaller one group.
Assessment
The course is examined through a written thesis, ventilation of the own written thesis
as well as opposition to another student's degree project.
A student who, during the course session in question, does not complete a started degree project in time does not have the right to more tutor time. However, the student always has the right to have his or her thesis assessed at a later stage examination occasion. The student then misses out on the opportunity to have the completed work assessed by someone else
grade than the highest D.
Literature for the thesis is chosen in consultation with the supervisor
