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Bachelor Thesis History (2025/2026: Period 1+Period 2)
Course aim
After completing the BA thesis, you will be able to:
- independently find and assess relevant scholarly articles and historical sources;
- independently define your own thesis topic;
- independently formulate a clear research question;
- independently conduct research based on primary and other sources and anchored in the historiography;
- independently operationalise research;
- critically analyse primary sources and literature in relation to the research question;
- draw academically valid conclusions and formulate well-founded viewpoints on the basis of secondary literature and primary sources;
- present the results of your research in writing at an academic level;
- assess research results built on recent scholarship;
- give and receive feedback (peer review) on parts of research papers.
Course content
Entry requirements
Before you start your thesis, you need to have finished at least 30 EC on level 3, among which Research Seminar A.
The Bachelor thesis History is the individual completion of the Bachelor of History. The final dissertation may stem from the theme of your Specialisation, but is at all times an independent product. In the first block of your thesis you will work on an outline for the final thesis; an outline of sufficient quality is a precondition for further participation in the thesis process.
Please note: you only enroll for one starting block.
The thesis should include:
- a clearly defined and well argued research question;
- an elaboration of the main question into sub-questions;
- an explanation of the theoretical/analytical framework;
- a reflection on the method used and its operationalization;
- a critical justification and appreciation of the empirical material used (primary sources);
- an argument presenting the empirical material and relating it to the problem or question;
- a conclusion, briefly summarizing and analyzing the research results, connected to the research question;
- a bibliography and a notes section.
Before you start your thesis, you need to have finished at least 30 EC on level 3, among which Research Seminar A.
The Bachelor thesis History is the individual completion of the Bachelor of History. The final dissertation may stem from the theme of your Specialisation, but is at all times an independent product. In the first block of your thesis you will work on an outline for the final thesis; an outline of sufficient quality is a precondition for further participation in the thesis process.
Please note: you only enroll for one starting block.
The thesis should include:
- a clearly defined and well argued research question;
- an elaboration of the main question into sub-questions;
- an explanation of the theoretical/analytical framework;
- a reflection on the method used and its operationalization;
- a critical justification and appreciation of the empirical material used (primary sources);
- an argument presenting the empirical material and relating it to the problem or question;
- a conclusion, briefly summarizing and analyzing the research results, connected to the research question;
- a bibliography and a notes section.
Instructional formats
Seminar
Examination
Bachelor's thesis
Required | Weight 100% | Minimum grade 6.0 | ECTS 15
Entry requirements and preknowledge
Entry Requirements
You must have at least 30 credits for the category 3 (Bachelor Advanced) and at least one of the following course modules must be completed:
- [GE3V21001] Research Seminar A. Foundations of Europe
- [GE3V21003] Research Seminar A. Political Conflict in Modern Europe
- [GE3V21005] Research Seminar A. The Power of Culture
- [GE3V21007] Research Seminar A. Challenges of Modern Society
- [GE3V21009] Research Seminar A. Europe in the World
- [GE3V21011] Research Seminar A. Globalisation and World Order
- [GE3V21013] Research Seminar A. Conflict, Violence and Security
Preknowledge
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Languages
- English
Course Iterations
Related studies
Exams
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Required Materials
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WNB
Recommended Materials
No information available on the recommended literature
Coördinator
| dr. E.C. Braat | e.c.braat@uu.nl |
Lecturers
Enrolment
Attention: this course is not open to students from other faculties, so subsidiary students can't enroll for this course.
Enrollment
From Monday 2 June 2025 up to and including Friday 20 June 2025
Late enrollment
From Monday 18 August 2025 up to and including Tuesday 19 August 2025
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