Dissertation (Part 1) [ LROM2891 ]

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The masters dissertation, irrespective of the subject, allows a student to :

- carry out a critical analysis and summarise a given scientific topic,

- put a specific issue/statement in context drawing on existing information,

- present the results of the dissertation by justifying the methodological choices, explaining the hypotheses and scientifically stating the results obtained.

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. The dissertation is a research work : " specific, as regards the other teaching activities ; " methodical, the underlying methodology has already been acquired in the bachelor and masters programme ; " integrated in the programme and limited to the scope of the subject. Guidelines regarding the dissertation can be found on http://www.uclouvain.be61093.html.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Students will be evaluated and receive 5 credits for their thesis during their first year masters if they  submit the following documents to their supervisor demonstrating their progress:

a statement and methodology (5000 characters approximately)

an outline

a bibliography

Students must submit the above documents to the secretariat by the first day of the exam session (June/September of first year masters) following which the thesis supervisor will provide a grade.

The student must register this course for the September 2016 examination session if the 5 credits have not been validated for the June 2016 session.
If it remains unvalidated at the end of the 2015-16 academic year, the student must validate the first part of the dissertation during the January 2017 session
to register for the June or September 2017 examination session or validate it during the June 2017 session in order to  register for the September 2017 session

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The dissertation must present the results of a personal and critical study as well as the scientific methodology used to obtain these results. The scientific and bibliographical conventions of dissertation writing must be respected.

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