Master’s Thesis in Ageing and Social Change (two year)

Aim

After completing the course, the student should on an advanced level be able to:

• demonstrate and integrate contemporary in-depth knowledge and understanding on a topic of choice in Ageing and social change
• independently identify and formulate a well-argued research question relevant to the field of Ageing and social change
• systematically and critically describe and integrate relevant theoretical and empirical knowledge
• design and implement a research plan in order to answer the research question within a given time frame using adequate research methods
• conduct research, including the collection and analysis of material, as well as evaluating one’s own results orally and in writing, using scientific terminology, independently report the research study within a feasible time frame
• apply, describe, and discuss ethical principles for one’s own research project
• describe and argue in defence of the study in an academic manner both orally and in writing
• in an academic manner, describe, argue for, and critically discuss others’ research studies

Content

During the course an independently written thesis is planned and carried out, in depth dealing with an independently formulated problem in Ageing and Social Change. The focus of the course is on the implementation and composition of a master thesis which includes relevant previous research, an epistemological perspective, and methodological and theoretical justification. Both the process and the result – the thesis – should be characterized by a high degree of insight into theory, epistemologies, and method.