{"id":430,"date":"2022-01-27T15:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/maesc\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:34:28","slug":"ma-thesis-colloq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/maesc\/ma-thesis-colloq\/","title":{"rendered":"MA thesis & colloq."},"content":{"rendered":"

–> Supervision<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

After the second year students need to select one of three profile areas<\/strong> in which they will write their MA dissertation<\/strong>. Accordingly, a supervisor<\/strong> should be contacted before or early in the 3rd semester because students are advised to register for the research colloquium<\/strong> with the supervisor of their choice. Faculty members who can act as thesis supervisors and\/or second examiners (listed in alphabetical order) are (as of winter term 2025\/26):<\/p>\n

Thesis supervisor or second examiner<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Dr. Anna Auguscik
\n– Prof. Dr. John Bateman i.R.
\n– Prof. Dr. Marcus Callies
\n– Prof. Dr. Sabine Doff
\n– Dr. Inke Du Bois
\n– Dr. Karin Esders
\n– Dr. Tim Giesler
\n– Prof. Dr. Claudia Harsch
\n– Prof. Dr. Ursula Kluwick
\n– Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf
\n– Prof. Dr. Arne Peters
\n– Dr. Joanna Pfingsthorn
\n– Dr. Anke Schulz
\n– Dr. Oluwadunni Talabi
\n– Dr. Paula von Gleich
\n– Dr. Julia Ditter
\n– Dr. Stephan-Alexander Ditze
\n– Dr. Fola Oyebola<\/p>\n

Second examiner<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Stephanie Bergmann
\n– Mx Gaul
\n– Dr. Vanessa Herrmann
\n– Nicole Hober
\n– Franziska Kleine
\n– Corina Wieser-Cox
\n– Jan K\u00fchn
\n– Lena Otto<\/p>\n

–> Module “MaThe” (MA thesis) <\/strong>(\u00a76, (1) exam regulations<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The “MaThe” module (30 CP)<\/a> consists of the thesis itself (27 CP), including a colloquium and an accompanying (ungraded) seminar in the semester you write the thesis (“research seminar\/colloquium”, 3 CP). The time required to complete the thesis is 21 weeks. The examination board may approve a one-time extension of a maximum of 7 weeks upon justified application. The thesis is written as an individual work in English.<\/p>\n

Requirements to register your thesis with the exam office (“Zentrales Pr\u00fcfungsamt”, ZPA)<\/span> <\/strong>(\u00a76, (2) exam regulations)<\/span><\/p>\n