The
candidate choosing the thesis degree option should complete
an extended piece of research, working closely with the graduate
faculty member who will direct the thesis and sign the title
page. A proposal for an M.A. thesis is approved by the thesis
advisor and requires no committee approval. The completed thesis,
however, requires the approval of the entire examination committee,
which also serves as the thesis committee. One of the three
members, apart from the advisor (and chairperson) should be
competent in the particular field of the thesis, and at least
two members of the committee shall be from the Department of
Germanic Languages and Literatures.
All
graduate students are expected to write one major term
paper each semester. With the approval of the professor
concerned, a student may expand one of the term papers
into an M.A. thesis during the final semester of work in the
M.A. degree. A maximum of 3 hours in GERM 899 for the revision
of the paper into an M.A. thesis will be allowed. An M.A. thesis
should have a maximum length of 50 pages.
A
complete preliminary version of the M.A. thesis must be submitted
to the examination committee with the student's reading list
no later than 2 weeks prior to the oral examination for the
M.A. degree.
In
addition to the copies of the M.A. thesis required for the Graduate
Division of the College, one bound copy must be turned in to
the Department.
At
least three copies of the final version of the thesis must be
signed by the thesis advisor before binding.
Two unbound copies must be deposited in the Graduate Division,
plus a $25.00 binding fee, not less than one month before the
date on which the degree is to be conferred. The third copy
is kept by the Department.
