Forms for the Master's Degree Programme North American Studies

Application for Admission to the Master’s Thesis

Procedure

Before applying to commence your thesis, please read all of the following steps carefully.

Please note!

If you intend to write an interdisciplinary thesis, or if a review by an external examiner is necessary for other reasons, a written approval must be obtained from the respective Examination Board BEFORE applying to commence your thesis. The application for admission to the master’s thesis must be accompanied by the written approval.

1. Applying for admission to the master’s thesis

Admission to the final thesis can be applied for by e-mail to the Examination Office of the Faculty of Philosophy.
Please send us a scan of your photo ID as a PDF and the names of your first and second examiners to Pruefungsamt@phil.uni-hannover.de.
2. Assignment of the topic

After the Academic Examination Office has checked the admission requirements, you submit the admission email to the first examiner of the thesis for the topic issue. He/she will issue the topic by e-mail to you, with the Examination Office in cc.
The deadline for submitting the thesis is set by the Academic Examination Office within the framework of the examination regulations and can be viewed via the online service for students (via the "Info about registered examinations" function).
3. Declaration of originality

Please note, that when submitting the master’s thesis, it must be declared in writing that

a)       the work was completed independently,

b)       no sources or means other than those indicated were used,

c)        all passages of the work that make reference to other sources, whether through direct quotation or paraphrasing, have been indicated accordingly, and

d)       the paper has not previously been submitted to an examining authority in the same or a similar form.

This declaration must be part of both bound copies of the thesis.
4. Number of copies and where to submit your thesis

(Kopie 5)

The first and the second examiner should each receive a bound copy and an electronic version of the thesis. Submission will be confirmed by the receiving member of staff using the form “Confirmation of Thesis Submission”. This form must be promptly submitted to the Examination Office.

Exception: Students of the bachelor's degree programme Social Sciences and the master's degree programme Sociology must submit two bound copies of their thesis to the Examination Office. Both copies will be date-stamped by the Examination Office. The student must then submit the copies to the examiners.