Final Dissertation & Oral Defence

Code Cours
2223-ISTC-M5A-UE29-MEMECRSO
Language of instruction
French, English
Teaching content
UE29
Training officer(s)
F.DRICI, M.GHASSEMI
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
- Reading and understanding skills in the language(s) of the exploited resources.
- Following formal writing norms.
- Writing a document complying with the usual French grammar and spelling rules.
- Complying with deadlines when turning in assignments for each stage.
- Maintaining a regular contact with your dissertation supervisor (tutor).
- Exploiting local resources (university library, etc.) and remote resources (other libraries).
- Speaking in public following specific instructions (length and style of the presentation).
- Creating a visual sum-up presentation (computer tools such as PowerPoint).
Goal
- Integrating reflection into an overall context (social, intellectual, professional).
- Identifying and formulating a relevant question, considering this context.
- Specifying and formulating a research question.
- Developing and presenting a consistent argumentation, clearly and precisely.
- Developing this argumentation in a fluent, intelligible, accurate style.
- Formulating and presenting a number of results / conclusions within a text.
- Offering possible answers to the initial question.
- Replacing the work in its original overall context.
- Summarising the dissertation orally and defending it in public.

This course develops the following professional skills:
- Understanding, analysing and interpreting one’s environment (general knowledge), including the global context.
- Designing and presenting a through-the-line communication strategy: drawing it up, presenting and defending it (being able to justify the choices made).
- Applying “principles” to every action: diligence, autonomy, interdisciplinarity, innovation, inventiveness.
- Being able to lead a team and manage projects from start to finish, including in an international context.
Presentation
- Research methodology.
- Question presentation.
- Dissertation methodology.
- Oral defence methodology.
- Work schedule.

Follow-up through a mentoring system with regular appointments.

Modalités

Forms of instruction
- Research methodology. - Question presentation. - Dissertation methodology. - Oral defence methodology. - Work schedule. Follow-up through a mentoring system with regular appointments.
Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Face to face
6,00
Independent study
Travail personnel indicatif 164,00
Overall student workload 170,00
Evaluation
Students write a final dissertation and defend it orally (overall length 45 minutes).

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