Dissertation (Part 1) [ LCLAS2891 ]

- Instructions about the dissertation (http://www.uclouvain.be/61093.html)
- Vade mecum of the dissertation : http://www.uclouvain.be/368259.htm
- Validation form : http://www.uclouvain.be/368259.htm

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The dissertation consists of a research work:
- specific as regards the other teaching activities;
- methodical, the underlying methodology has been acquired in the basic instruction;
- integrated in the programme and limited to the scope of the subject.

Cfr Instructions about the dissertation (http://www.uclouvain.be/61093.html)

The dissertation must demonstrate the author's ability to describe correctly the results of a personal, objective and methodical work. The length of the dissertation is not a criteria in evaluating its quality. Similar to the other forms of learning, the dissertation is an essential component of the programme to which it belongs. It consists of research work which students should consider as a first step in research in their particular field.

Whatever the subject, the dissertation at Master level will enable the student to:
- carry out a critical analysis and summarise a given scientific topic;
- put the current state of knowledge in context;
- present the results of his work justifying the methodological choices, and explaining his hypotheses.

At the moment of inscription for the final session, validation by the supervisor of the state of the work in function of the objectives mentioned in the above description.

Validation form : http://www.uclouvain.be/368259.htm

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The Master Dissertation is a personal contribution to scientific knowledge.

By this work, which is the crowning achievement of his studies, the student will prove that he has assimilated the specific methodology of the science of the Antiquity, more specifically in the field of Classical languages, literatures or civilisations.

In the first year of the Master course, the student must choose a supervisor before November 1. To obtain the validation of the three credits, he will need to satisfy the following objectives:

- defined the scope of the subject;
- collected the essential texts of the subject;
- produced the first stage of a bibliography;
- prepared and justified a planning of his dissertation.

Cf. Vade mecum of the dissertation CLAS : http://www.uclouvain.be/368259.html

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There must be a choice of subject with the approval of the supervisor by November 1