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Students obtain knowledge, develop skills and will:
· Show the ability to study political, social, cultural and intellectual processes of the past.
· Show the ability to choose the appropriate disciplinary theory and methodology for collecting and analyzing data and managing their research.
· Assess critically primary sources and bibliography and understand the complexity their production involves in diverse social and cultural milieux.
· Overview with accuracy scholarship on a specific subject.
· Carry out independent and innovative research by using appropriate methodology, collecting the relevant primary and secondary materials, and critically evaluating them.
· Show the ability to present research in clear prose in accordance with scholarly conventions and in a consistent manner.
· Expose confidently and precisely during the oral examination the subject matter, methodology and contribution of the research undertaken.
General Competences :
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology.
Working independently.
Criticism and self-criticism.
Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.
Production of new research ideas.
The thesis is the product of study, research and writing on a topic relevant to the courses offered in the Programme and to the staff’s areas of expertise. The thesis is a research project which in the field of History involves either the critical study of primary sources supported with the relevant secondary bibliography or a critical and sustained historiographical overview. The thesis should adhere to the University’s policies and practices of research integrity and ethics of research. The thesis will be between 10.000 and 15.000 words in length and only in exceptional cases lengthier thesis will be accepted. Students choose their topic in consultation with their supervisor with whom they discuss the feasibility of the project. The development and stages of the research project is guided by the supervisor. Students work on their thesis during the second semester and the summer period. At the end of the second semester students participate in the annual Workshop which takes place in June. In the Workshop students present their research project, the relevant scholarship and an early draft of their thesis. They receive support, guidance and feedback by their supervisor and the other participants in the Workshop including other faculty members, students and guest speakers.
Student Performance Evaluation: | The thesis will be evaluated in an oral examination conducted in Greek. The student is required to sit in an oral examination (viva) by three examiners including the supervisor. To satisfy the requirement of the Master’s degree the thesis should a) be unanimously agreed upon by two of the three examiners and b) be evaluated by the three examiners with an average mark of five (5) out of (10) or higher. Along with the ability to present research in accordance with scholarly conventions and in a consistent manner, the following criteria should be satisfied: a) sustained arguments and analysis of the subject, b) appropriate methodology and theory, c) analysis of data, sources and scholarship, d) awareness of most important contributions and major developments in the field, e) the quality of analysis and synthesis, f) clear, logical prose and presentation g) referencing, h) consistency in style and bibliographical references.
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