Weekly schedule: 1) What is a dissertation? Structure of the dissertation in the social sciences and a work plan. The role of a supervisor and other support. 2) Getting started. Choosing a topic. 3) Presentation and discussion of individual topics. 4) Primary and secondary sources. Literature searching. 5) Citation managers and organization of knowledge. 6) Citational practices. Avoiding plagiarism. 7) Drafting a plan and writing an abstract. Writing a dissertation project proposal. 8) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals I. (anthropology, ethnomusicology) 9) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals II. (sociology) 10) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals III. (psychology) 11) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals IV. (economics) 12) Writing process. Finding your academic voice in your writing. 13) Formatting and proofreading. Submission and beyond: making the most out of your dissertation.

Diploma seminar for those who are/will be writing their thesis in social sciences. Weekly schedule: 1) Common introductory lecture I: What is a BA thesis. Structure of the BA thesis and a work plan. The role of a supervisor and other support. Choosing a topic. Primary and secondary sources. Literature searching. Citation managers and organization of knowledge. 2) Presentation and discussion of individual topics – qualitative social sciences 3) Presentation and discussion of individual topics – quantitative social sciences 4) Presentation and discussion of individual topics 5) Presentation and discussion of individual topics 6) Common introductory lecture II: Drafting a plan and writing an abstract. Writing a dissertation project proposal. Citational practices. Avoiding plagiarism. 7) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals – qualitative social sciences 8) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals – quantitative social sciences 9) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals 10) Presentation and discussion of individual project proposals 11) Presentation of the final project – qualitative social sciences 12) Presentation of the final project – quantitative social sciences 13) Presentation of the final project 14) Presentation of the final project

Mandatory:

SMITH, K. - TODD, M. - WALDMAN, J. Doing Your Undergraduate Social Science Dissertation. London and New York: Routledge, 2009.

Recommended:

BURNETT, J. Doing your Social Science Dissertation. London: Sage, 2009.

HAYOT, E., The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.