Thesis (Part-time)

This course requires the completion of a 15,000 word research thesis. Students research a topic of importance to diplomacy in consultation with their supervisor. The thesis is to be completed part-time over two consecutive semesters. The thesis will develop students' research, writing and argumentation skills on an issue of importance to them and to diplomacy as a practice and field of study. Students are invited to formulate a research question that guides their project and which is of central research interest to academics in the field of diplomacy. Students should consider an intellectual question, problem or issue which can be presented in the expected academic format. Students are expected to be energetic self-starters, work independently and challenge analytical obstacles as they arise. At certain stages of the writing process, students will receive feedback on their progress from a thesis supervisor . While the supervisor will not comment on the thesis in its entirety, it is expected that students will apply any given feedback to subsequent chapters of the thesis. Two weeks prior to submission, students will have the opportunity to present their research design and findings to faculty, and receive further suggestions for improvement.