Ma Thesis Proposal Template printable pdf download

Ma Thesis Proposal Template

MIREES – MASTER’S IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND

STUDIES ON EASTERN EUROPE

MA THESIS PROPOSAL TEMPLATE

Student’s Name

e-mail address

date

THESIS PROPOSAL:

Title…….

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Please summarize in two to three paragraphs your thesis proposal. Include all key aspects that

you have elaborated upon: topic, problem, objectives, literature, research questions, methods,

and relevance of your study.

1. THE TOPIC / PROBLEM

2. LITERATURE REVIEW: PREVIOUS WORK ON THE TOPIC

The literature review should explain how your research topic is related to significant literature

and current trends in your field. What has been written about this topic before? What have

you read and by whom? What are the existing relevant debates, theories and findings? What

are the key ideas, theories, concepts, and findings in the current literature on that topic, and

those specific problems? The literature review should demonstrate that you are aware of

relevant research in your field of study.

3. THEORETICAL CONCERNS / SITUATING THE STUDY IN THE FIELD

Here, you should position your study in relation to the reviewed literature. Also, here you

should state your basic ideas about the topic. What has been overlooked in the existing studies

and theories in relation to the topic and the research problem of interest to you? Are there any

new factors, ideas, problems, concepts, etc. that you think should be considered and added to

the debate?

4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND THE WORKING HYPOTHESIS

Questions:

Working Hypothesis:

5. METHODOLOGY

Ma Thesis Proposal Template