EAST4593 – Master's Thesis in East Asian Culture and History
Course content
Your Master’s thesis should be an independent scholarly work on a topic within East Asian culture and history, chosen in consultation with your supervisor.
The thesis should be about 35-50 pages (2300 characters per page, excluding spaces), not including the list of references, footnotes and appendices. Normally, at least 20 % of the bibliography should consist of publications in an East Asian language.
Learning outcome
Through your thesis work, you will learn how to:
- develop a research project
- collect and interpret relevant primary source material
- access, quote and discuss relevant secondary literature
- relate your material to relevant theories and methodologies
- formulate a well-argued exposition of the results of your investigation
In addition comes the specialized insight into the topic of your thesis.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Admission to the programme option East Asian Culture and History under the Programme for Asia and Middle East Studies.
- EAST4510 – Multiple Modernities in East Asia: Approaches to the Study of Culture and History (discontinued)
- EAST4530 – Topics in East Asian Culture and History (discontinued)
One of the following courses according to your language of specialization:
- JAP4520 – Traditional Culture in Modern Japan (discontinued)
- KIN4340 – Taiwan Studies
- KOR4520 – South Korea: History, Society, Politics
- REL4270 – Tibetan Literary Culture (discontinued)
Teaching
Supervision of the Master’s thesis is compulsory. Up to 9 hours of individual supervision will be given. Supervisors will be assigned by the department.
Examination
The Master`s thesis is to be handed in by 1 December in the Autumn semester and 1 June in the Spring semester.
Guidelines for submission of a Master`s Thesis at IKOS.
In addition, if you have taken a double master degree at Zhejiang University and have not attended the EAST4610 - Voices from East Asia: How to Communicate Research Results course at UiO you can under the guidance of your supervisor upload a summary of their thesis topic to the Voices from East Asia-blog.
Language of examination
You must write your thesis in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.