Masterarbeit (MA)30 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Master Thesis)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

Inhalt:

Modul 10 demands of students that they perform largely self- directed study, research, and writing, counselled by a thesis advisor. In their Masters’ thesis, students synthesize all the knowledge, competences, and skills they have developed throughout their course of study to situate, contextualize, assess and explain specific literary and cultural practices and productions.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students

• define a relevant research topic, put together a respective

sample of literary and/or cultural products to be analyzed, and conduct comprehensive research elucidating both;

• order, structure and present their thought in writing in an

adequate academic register in English;

• put to use an advanced analytic and synthetic

understanding of primary and secondary sources

• critically evaluate complex lines of argumentation and

position themselves in relation to current research

• exercise their power of trained judgement

• conduct independent research in American Studies

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Masterarbeit (Prüfungsnummer: 1999)

(englischer Titel: Master's thesis)

Prüfungsleistung, schriftlich, benotet, 30 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:
Masters’ thesis (120.000 characters/80 pages) The grade results from a double review process (advisor and secondary reader)

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: SS 2022, 1. Wdh.: WS 2022/2023

1. Prüfer:

Heike Paul,

2. Prüfer:

Antje Kley