Term papers and Master theses
The Global and Regional History MA students are expected to submit two pieces of written research. The term paper is submitted on the 1st year of study. Below you may find useful guidelines and documents on the term paper.
Guidelines:
Regulations for Term Papers and Theses (University level)
Term paper Guidelines of degree programme "Global and Regional History" (PDF, 754 Kb)
How to Apply for a Term paper topic:
You need to talk about your topic with the supervisor and then make a topic request via LMS Course Themes Module.
Instructions for submitting a topic to the LMS (PDF, 142 Kb)
Please do not forget that your request shall be approved by your Supevisor via his/her LMS account.
Documents:
Term paper topic change form (DOCX, 13 Kb)
Term paper research supervisor change form (DOCX, 13 Kb)
Term paper topic and supervisor change form (DOCX, 13 Kb)
Cover sheet for term paper (DOCX, 15 Kb)
Deadlines for 2020/2021 academic year:
The deadline for the submission of the term paper is 23:59 June 16, 2021.
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Deadline |
Event |
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10 November |
Submission of first-year-paper topics via the LMS system |
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6 December |
Topics are approved by the Programme Academic Council |
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10 January |
First short draft version of the thesis proposal (aka first year paper , with no less than 10 000 characters) is submitted |
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February |
Presentation of your thesis project at the HSE Saint Petersburg Winter School |
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May 11, 17.00 |
Deadline for submitting the request for term paper topic or supervisor change |
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12 May, 23.59 |
Deadline for the fist year paper submission for pre-defence |
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19-22 May |
Pre-defence of the fist year paper |
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16 June, 23.59 |
Deadline for the fist year paper submission to LMS |
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23-26 June |
Defence of the fist year paper paper |
In addition, you may find detailed information on the terms and requirements for the MA thesis in guidelines below:
MA thesis Guidelines of degree programme "Global and Regional History" (DOCX, 55 Кб)