Grade descriptions for 30-credit master's theses in Asian and African Studies

A 30-credit master's thesis differs in two ways from a 60-credit master's thesis:

Firstly, the thesis will be shorter (35-50 pages), as completion is expected to take only one semester. Secondly, different requirements apply with regard to the scope of the thesis: use of secondary sources (specialist literature) will be more limited and generally restricted to particular authors or books, preferably selected in consultation with your supervisor, and to sources from previously completed courses; and the scope of primary sources will be more limited, with data generally being gathered during a short period (at least three weeks) of field work.

However, the same requirements apply regarding the actual research topic, knowledge of chosen secondary sources, choice of research method, analysis, thesis structure and standard of writing.