27939 Master of Arts Thesis

Subject level: Postgraduate

Handbook description

This subject requires students to complete a thesis, which is considered to involve an amount of study equivalent to six 150-semester-hour taught subjects. It is expected that the length of the thesis would normally be in the range of 20,000–30,000 words. The thesis is expected to present original research of a theoretical or applied nature. It is not expected to advance knowledge, as is required in the case of a PhD thesis, but it should give evidence of the student's ability to engage in a substantial investigation, identify and analyse research problems, and present the results in a coherent and scholarly manner.