Course syllabus
Welcome to EU2500 Master's thesis for European Studies, 30 credits, Spring 2024!
This is the final course on the Master's Programme in European Studies.
The course formally starts on the 16th of January 2024, but there will be some lectures, seminars and one submission during the autumn semester 2023 as well. The introduction will take place on the 7th of November 15:15-17:00 in B210.
All the seminars during the term is obligatory, and absence will need to be compensated with an extra assignment.
Access to Canvas and registration
This course has a bit different structure compared to other courses. The course formally starts the 15th of January 2024 but you will also have some sessions during the autumn semester 2023.
Access to Canvas
You will get fully access to Canvas a week before your first assignment will be handed in (PM 1). Before that you will only be able to see "Syllabus" here on Canvas and not "Assignments", "Modules" etc.
Registration in Ladok
Your registration will be dependent on your previous studies. In order to get registered when the course formally starts the 15th of January 2024, you need to have a pass grade on:
- at least two of the core courses in the Master's Programme in European Studies, a total of 20 credits,
- one semi-elective course, 15 credits,
- all exercises on your method's course, and you need to have submitted the Final Paper on your method's course. This is because when the thesis course starts the grading of the Final Paper's will not be graded yet.
If you do not meet these requirements when the course starts the on 16th of January, you can get registered whenever you meet the requirements during the term. You will be able to attend seminars and submit your PM2, your Half-way paper and the preliminary thesis title even if you are not registered.
Education Administrator Vendela Lundskog will register you on the course as soon as you fulfill the requirements.
In order to submit your Master's Thesis, you need to be done with the first semester of the programme, the semi-elective course and the method's course.
Important documents
Course Syllabus
The thesis writing process 7 November, 2023-1.pdf
Good Research Practice: https://www.vr.se/english/analysis/reports/our-reports/2017-08-31-good-research-practice.html
Guide to the processing of personal data by students.docx
EU council videos: https://video.consilium.europa.eu/home/en
Finding a supervisor: If you want a supervisor from Sociology, History, History of Ideas or Law, please contact Mats and Ann-Kristin. If you want a supervisor from another department, please contact the person in question directly. For Political Science, we are making a list of interested supervisors, so if you do not find one on your own, please contact us with a short description of your topic and we will give you a suggestion.
Dates for autumn semester 2023
November 7 15:15-17:00: Introduction to the thesis course, Location: B210. Mats and Ann-Kristin.
November 22 8:15-12:00: Pitch seminar. 4 groups, see your group and location under "People". Location: B225 and B228. Nothing written required.
December 18, 17:00: PM1 submission on Canvas. 1 page maximum.
December 21, 13.00-17:00 PM1seminar 6-8 groups. Location: B225 and B228. Mandatory. You will get divided into groups; 45 mins/group in parallel sessions; students read and prepare comments on the other PM1s in the group assigned, posted after lunch 19 December.
Dates for spring semester 2024
January 16, 10:15-12:00: Lecture
February 1, 8:00: Submission PM2
February 6, 13:15-17:00: PM2 seminar
March 20, 8:00: Submission half-way
March 25, 13:15-17:00: Half-way seminar
April 26, 8:00: Submit preliminary thesis title
May 16, 8:00: Ordinary submission of thesis
May 20, 13:15-15:00: Lecture: The role of the discussant and the active seminar participant
May 30- 31, 8:15-17:00: Ordinary thesis seminars
June 13, 13-15 + 15-17: Grading Meeting
August 21, 8.00: Extra-ordinary submisson of thesis
September 4-5, 8.15-17.00: Extra-ordinary thesis seminars
September 16, 13-15 +15-17: Grading meeting
2025
January 10: Extra-ordinary submission of theses.
February 5: Extra-ordinary seminars. Zoom
Stata- For students with quantitative research
Do you need help with Stata?
The quant help is a resource available for students writing their political science thesis. The idea is to facilitate the proper use of quantitative methods and statistics, and to improve inferences and interpretations. Josefine Magnusson and Albert Wendsjö are responsible for this service. Students can email their quant-related questions to helpdesk_kvant@pol.gu.se. We will respond and try to sort out your query via email or in a short Zoom meeting, if needed. We answer all questions that are related to the use of quantitative methods in your thesis. Try to be as specific as possible when asking your questions; this will greatly improve our ability to provide a good answer. We will not have the time to review very long sections of your thesis. Questions can (for instance) concern data management, which statistical method you should use, how your model should be specified, the interpretation of your output, how to implement a specific method in the statistical software you are using etc. We are happy to answer all reasonable quant-related questions!
For Stata users, you can find the most common questions on http://www.stathelp.se/ (Länkar till en externa sida.) (information available in both Swedish and English). Another good site is https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/stata/ (Länkar till en externa sida.)
If you have additional questions and need help, please contact helpdesk_kvant@pol.gu.se
Previous year’s thesis examination schedules
Schedule EU2500 Master Theses Extra-Ordinary Seminars September 1-2(1).pdf
Seminar Schedule EU2500 June 2022.pdf
Schedule EU2550 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 8 November 2021.docx
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 16 August 2021.pdf
Schedule EU2500 MAES Thesis Seminar in European Studies Submitted May 2021.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 17 August 2020.pdf
Schedule Final EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 18 May 2020.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 23 August 2019 pdf.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 17 May 2019 Revised.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted Sept 2018 PDF.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies Submitted 15 May 2018.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies 18-19 September 2017 Final.pdf
Schedule EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies June 2017.pdf
EU2500 Master Thesis Seminars in European Studies August 18-19 2016.pdf
MAES Theses Seminar August 20-21 2015 Schedule.pdf
MAES Theses Seminar June 1-3 2015 Schedule.pdf
Contact
Course instructors: Mats Andrén och Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Education Administrator: Vendela Lundskog
Student Counsellor: Eva Nilsson
Director of Studies: Linda Berg
Website: https://www.gu.se/en/political-science/about-us/centre-for-european-studies
Find your way in Canvas
- Canvas is based on Modules.
- When you are registered on the course you can log in to Canvas and find more information about the course.
- Canvas is also the place where you also submit the assignments. There is a folder for each submission.