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Guidelines for Honours Theses 1. Cover Page and table of contents. The cover page should include: the university and department names, your name, your student ID number, the date when the thesis was submitted, and the title. The table of contents should indicate chapters and their constituent parts with corresponding page numbers. 2.Normally the first chapter will contain a statement of the research problem and a review of the relevant literature in which you establish the scholarly context of your own. You should thus provide a description of the problem, why the problem is important, what its larger implications for political science are, and what are your research objectives. 3.The first chapter should therefore answer the following questions: What are we going to learn as a result of your thesis project that we do not know now?- Why is it worth knowing?- How will we know that the conclusions are valid? 4.The literature review, which will include an up to date discussion of the scholarly debate on the topic, should summarize the current state of knowledge in the subject area of your research. This study should be comprehensive, yet discriminating. That is, your review should focus on the key and most recent scholarly books and articles in the area. 5.Your advisor should be updated weekly (by email) on your progress towards meeting your timetable. 6. Important Dates:
Thesis The following requirements apply to
the honours thesis: 1. The thesis should be approximately 10,000 words in length. 2.It should include a title page, table of contents and bibliography. 3.There will be no extensions to the due date, except under exceptional circumstances. 4.Two copies, in plastic comb binding, must be submitted to your advisor on or before the due date. 5.All theses should employ MLA style . |
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