The Master thesis (24 CP) is a substantive piece of work that demonstrates a student’s in-depth familiarity with a particular topic from the program’s fields. A typical thesis will provide an original, critical synthesis of existing research, as well as evidence of the student’s ability to carry out independent research, using relevant theoretical and/or empirical methods.
The student’s work on the Master thesis will be facilitated through individual advising by a program faculty member as well as a Master thesis seminar (6 CP), providing opportunity to obtain feedback on the Master thesis project from peers and a wider range of faculty members. The Master thesis is to signal to future employers the student’s ability to carry out independent work on challenging and substantive issues in global finance and/or economic policy analysis.