realised within the period available. Good delimitation of the subject is critical for the success of the undertaking.
Timeline
Begin your actual research project with ample time before the date it must be submitted. Do not postpone the writing too long: begin your writing even while your research is ongoing. Make sound working agreements with your supervisor. If problems should arise with the supervision for which a solution cannot be quickly found, contact the Study coordinator.
Evaluation
In addition to the primary supervisor (first reader), a second reader reviews and assesses the first final draft of the thesis and will work with the supervisor to determine whether the candidate may begin the graduation procedure. The final grade will be based on the definitive version of the thesis and the assessment of both the supervisor and second reader.
Literature on writing a thesis
Literature about writing a thesis, and a number of tips on the steps that one must go through in writing a thesis, can be found at: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/ics/sz/so/scriptie.html (in Dutch). 5.5 Graduation
The intention is that students in the Master’s in Photographic Studies will complete their Master’s examination (the final interview with the supervisor and second reader regarding the Master’s thesis) at the end of August, followed by graduation. The presentation of the diploma would thus take place in the month of September. If you do not graduate at the end of August, the examination regarding the Master’s thesis takes place on the same day the diploma is awarded. As a rule, this Master’s examination lasts about forty-five minutes. The diploma is only presented after a positive evaluation. In either case – whether you graduate in September, or in another month – the thesis is evaluated by the supervisor and a second reader. In principle, the second reader is chosen by the student, after discussion with the supervisor. If you wish to graduate at the end of August, the first version of your thesis (including notes, bibliography, illustrations and other possible appendices) should be submitted in June of the 2009-2010 academic year. This date can only be postponed with the permission of the supervisor. If you are graduating in a different month, you must take into account a period of one month, minimum, between the improved first version and the completion of the definitive version of the Master’s thesis. After the completion of the definitive version it will take a minimum of three weeks before the diploma can be presented. The thesis supervisor receives three copies of the graduation thesis, one for him/herself, one for the thesis archive of the department (in the Print Room, in the University Library),
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