ELTE TáTK Cultural Anthropology Master Degree Thesis Requirements and Final Exam Topics, Study notes of Anthropology

Download ELTE TáTK Cultural Anthropology Master Degree Thesis Requirements and Final Exam Topics and more Study notes Anthropology in PDF only on Docsity! ELTE TáTK Cultural Anthropology master degree program thesis requirements and standards for final exam Thesis requirements Suggested structure and content Introduction chapter 1. Define the research topic, the context, background and rationale for topic selection, purpose of the thesis 2. Formulate main research question(s) and hypotheses. (Description of the most important question(s) and hypotheses that the author wants to answer or prove in the thesis.) 3. Introduce briefly the methods of the study/research, if necessary 4. Describe the structure of the thesis Development of the research under main- and subheadings Comments: 5. Depending on the research topic the structure can be set up according to i) main issues, ii) the logic of exposition or iii) chronological order 6. At the start of this part it is recommended to describe the theoretical framework of the topic in detail, the basic concepts, and in the case of empirical research the detailed methods that will be used 7. It is necessary to present the most important scientific literature of the subject and if exists the preceding research history, as well 8. Answers given to the main research questions, the confirmation or refutation of the hypotheses, as well as the description of remaining open issues can form the last chapter of this part, but these can be also be the part of the summary/conclusions chapter (below) Summary/Conclusion 9. Conclusions and the confirmation or refutation of the hypotheses 10. Findings differing from (or strengthening) previous research results 11. Description of potential future research options References Attachments The author of the thesis has the freedom of scientific research, so if necessary, the structure can differ from the outlined above Formal requirements 1. Use table of contents at the beginning of the thesis 2. Design a logical internal structure with coherence throughout your thesis by isolating the individual chapters, sections, subsections with numbering 3. Report literature references in the main text 4. The main part of the thesis closes with a reference list sorted according to alphabetical order of first author’s name. It is required to follow a conventionally used academic practice when listing the used references 5. Internet sources are also required to be indicated precisely in the reference list including links and date of access to the link 6. The annexes, appendices and documents should be placed at the very end of the thesis 7. Place the tables and figures that are essential to understand your research into the main text of the thesis. Each table and figure should have a caption, they must be numbered and the sources of the presented data have to be mentioned 8. Use 2.5 cm margins, but on the side of binding use 3.5 cm 9. Use 1.5 line spacing 10. Use 12 font size (Calibri) 11. Minimum 50, maximum 70 pages for the main part of thesis, this does not contain the first page, the table of contents, annexes, appendices, etc. The first page of your thesis should be structured as follows: Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Social Sciences Master of Arts Program Title of the thesis Tutor: Prepared by: name name of student NEPTUN-code Cultural Antrophology MA. month, year (eg. april, 2019)