General information on the Master's thesis
Length: 80 pages (= 2,500 keystrokes per page)
Processing time from registration
Literature-based paper: 15 weeks
Empirical work: 19 weeks (after approval by the examination board)
Correction period for examiners: 3 months
Registration deadline within the subject area:
Start of preparatory service in May:
Literature-based work: by the beginning of September
Empirical work: by the beginning of August
Start of preparatory service in November:
Literature-based work: by the beginning of March
Empirical work: until the beginning of February
Examiners:
Anke Hußmann (first and second supervision)
Thomas Breucker (second supervision)
Verena Butschkau (second supervisor)
Further information
Empirical work
Qualitative
Quantitative
Mixed Methods Design
Systematic review
Before the first contact
Please read our general information.
Think about possible topics and prepare an exposé.
Then contact the person you would like to be supervised in your work.
Before registering your work
After the initial interview, you will develop a structured outline and plan your work.
To register your work
You will need a "Laufzettel", which you must submit to the Central Examination Administration Team 5 to register your work. When you hand in the routing slip, your paper is officially registered and the processing period begins. The routing slip must be submitted to Team 5 within 7 days after it has been signed by the first supervisor.
Please remember that in the case of an extension of the processing time by 4 weeks for an empirical paper, approval by the examination board is required.
During the processing period
Now you start writing your paper. Please refer to the general information here for the duration of the processing period.
Submitting the thesis
You submit your work digitally via ExaBase.
For the evaluation of the work
The correction period is 3 months, after which your grade will be sent to the examination administration.
To register for the preparatory service in NRW
You can submit your Master's certificate for the preparatory service in NRW to the district government by 15 April / 15 October at the latest.
The exposé or proposal is the starting point of a systematically planned scientific work. In preparation for an initial discussion about your MA thesis with a supervisor from our department, please write an exposé (length: 1 page) that outlines the core of your topic. This forms the basis for further exchange and concrete planning.
General information on theses can be found in the Examination FAQ.
From an administrative point of view, if you have any questions about the examination regulations for the teacher training programmes, please contact the colleagues in Examination Administration - Team 5.
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