Thesis Evaluation Form MSc in Political Science CAMPUS the HAGUE 2016-2017 (10 ects)

Student name ……………………………………………………… Student ID number ………………………
Title Thesis …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Course Code : 6444HAP11

THIS PART HAS TO BE HANDED IN AT THE INSTITUUTSBUREAU

PART 1: Quality and Level of Analysis
Element: / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
*Aim of the Research
-Research goals
- Main research question
-Research sub-questions
*Relevance
-Academic
-Political-societal
*Theory and Concepts
- Quality literature review
-Quantity literature review
-Critical evaluation of literature
- Definition of concepts
- Application of concepts
-Theoretical soundness
*Methodology
-Empirical content
-Quality data collection
-Quality data analysis
- Structure of arguments
- Research results
*Evaluation of preparation process
- Independence
- Follow up on feed back
Overall Quality and Level of Analysis
-Level of Analysis
- Creativity and originality
-Potential for publication
-Quality of political science inquiry
Result Quality and Level of Analysis
(this part must be evaluated minimally with a 6, no criterion may be insufficient)
PART 2: Formal Aspects and Presentation
*Legibility
- Spelling
- Word choice
-Sentence structure
-Punctuation
- Structure
*Formal aspects of referencing
-Footnotes or endnotes
-References and bibliography
Presentation and Lay out
- Table of contents
- General lay-out and typography
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Result Formal Aspects and Presentation
(this part must be evaluated minimally with a 6)
Final evaluation (numerical grade)
Final evaluation (in words)

Supervisor: name…………………2nd Reader:name: ………………….…..

signature: ……………….signature: ………………….

Date: ………………

THIS PART HAS TO BE HANDED IN AT THE STUDENT SERVICES CENTRE (OSC), FACULTY FSW, together with a PDF of the thesis by email

Final grade in consultation with second reader : Written: ………………..

Name supervisor: …...... Ects: 10

Signature supervisor: Name second reader:

………………………………………………… …………………………..……..

Non-Plagiarism / Publication Statement Master’s thesis (discuss with student)

SUPERVISOR:

  1. This Master’s thesis has been analyzed using the anti-plagiarism program Turnitin. The interpretation of the output has not given rise to any indication of plagiarism.
  2. Permission is given for:
  • complete unrestricted publication in the Thesis Repositorium
  • complete restricted publication (Dutch: onder embargo) in the Thesis Repositorium until ______

Supervisor : name:………………….date: …………………….

signature: ……………….place: ……………………

STUDENT:

  1. I declare that I have submitted the same version of the Master’s Thesis on paper to the supervisor and in PDF format via Turnitin.
  2. I give permission to publish my Master’s thesis in the Repository as follows:
  • complete unrestricted publication in the Thesis Repositorium
  • complete restricted publication (Dutch: onder embargo) in the Thesis Repositorium until ______

Student: name: …………………..date: …………………

signature: ………………place: ………………..