Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies

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1 Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies Asian Languages and Cultures Master s course Second cycle, 30 credits Spring semester 2019

2 Contact information Staff Professor Jaqueline Berndt Phone: Professor Sonja Häussler Tel: Senior Lecturer, docent Gabriel Jonsson Tel: Senior Lecturer Ewa Machotka Phone: Doctoral student Iain Sands Tel: The Department Visiting Address Kräftriket, buildning 4 (Roslagsvägen 101:4) Stockholm Postal Address Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies Stockholm University Stockholm Student Office Visiting address: Kräftriket 4a Phone: Fax: exp.asien@su.se Website Head of Department Alberto Tiscornia Phone: alberto.tiscornia@su.se Director of Studies Hanna Kritz Phone: hanna.kritz@su.se Assistant Director of Studies Johan Fresk Phone: johan.fresk@su.se

3 Kursplan för kurs på avancerad nivå Asiens språk och kulturer - masterkurs Asian Languages and Cultures - Master's course 30.0 Högskolepoäng 30.0 ECTS credits Kurskod: JK0500 Gäller från: VT 2019 Fastställd: Ändrad: Institution Institutionen för Asien- Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier Huvudområde: Fördjupning: Asiens språk och kulturer A2E - Avancerad nivå, innehåller examensarbete för masterexamen Beslut Denna kursplan är inrättad av Humanistiska fakultetsnämnden och fastställd av institutionsstyrelsen vid Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier , och senast reviderad Förkunskapskrav och andra villkor för tillträde till kursen Antagen till Masterprogram i Asienstudier samt 75 hp inom programmet varav minst 30 hp inom huvudområdet Asiens språk och kulturer. Kursens uppläggning Provkod Benämning Högskolepoäng JK05 Masteruppsats 30 Kursens innehåll Kursen innehåller examensarbete för Masterprogrammet i Asienstudier. Kursen ger studenten fördjupade kunskaper om att skriva ett vetenskapligt arbete samt utvecklar förmågan att självständigt och kritiskt utföra en vetenskaplig studie. Examensarbetets inriktning bestäms av kursansvarig lärare efter samråd med studenten, handledare och examinator. Kursen leder, tillsammans med 90hp inom programmet, till en masterexamen i Asiens språk och kulturer. Förväntade studieresultat För godkänt resultat på ska studenten - självständigt kunna identifiera, formulera och lösa problem utifrån kunskap om tillämpliga metoder inom området - kunna utforma syfte och frågeställning, kontextualisera dessa med avseende på tidigare forskning - kunna redogöra för samt motivera sina val av källor, teori och metod - muntligt och skriftligt kunna redogöra för och diskutera examensarbetets syfte och resultat - genomföra ett examensarbete inom den givna tidsramen omfattande sidor baserat på minst 50 sidor japansk, kinesisk eller koreansk källtext beroende på vald språkinriktning Undervisning Undervisningen består av seminarier, gruppövningar samt individuell handledning. Sidan 1/3

4 Närvaro på all undervisning är obligatorisk. Undervisningen sker på engelska. Kurskrav: en muntlig presentation, gruppövningar samt 2 skriftliga uppgifter. För mer detaljerad information hänvisas till kursbeskrivningen. Kursbeskrivningen finns tillgänglig senast en månad före kursstart. Kunskapskontroll och examination a. Delkursen Masteruppsats examineras genom ett skriftligt examensarbete samt försvar av det egna arbetet vid ett uppsatsseminarium. Principerna för sammanvägning av de enskilda examinationsuppgifterna framgår av betygskriterierna. För mer detaljerad information hänvisas till kursbeskrivningen. Kursbeskrivningen finns tillgänglig senast en månad före kursstart. b. Betygsättning sker enligt en sjugradig målrelaterad betygsskala: A = Utmärkt, B = Mycket bra, C = Bra, D = Tillfredsställande, E = Tillräckligt, Fx = Otillräckligt och F = Helt otillräckligt. c. De skriftliga betygskriterierna meddelas studenterna vid kursstart. Meddelade målrelaterade betygskriterier är bindande. d. För att få slutbetyg på kursen krävs lägst betyget E på examensarbetet och försvaret av det egna arbetet. e. För varje kurstillfälle ska minst två examinationstillfällen finnas under aktuell termin. Minst ett examinationstillfälle ska dessutom erbjudas den termin eller det år som kurstillfälle saknas. Studerande som fått lägst betyget E på prov där sjugradig betygsskala tillämpas får inte genomgå förnyat prov för högre betyg. Studerande som fått betyget Fx eller F på prov två gånger i rad av en och samma examinator har rätt att få en annan examinator utsedd vid nästkommande prov, om inte särskilda skäl talar emot det. Framställan om detta ska göras till institutionsstyrelsen. f. Möjlighet till komplettering av betyg Fx upp till godkänt betyg ges inte på denna kurs. g. Student som påbörjar examensarbetet har rätt till sammanlagt minst fem timmar handledartid. h. Vid betygssättning av examensarbetet kommer följande bedömningsgrunder att användas: förståelse av den förelagda uppgiften, genomförandet av den teoretiska uppgiften, kunskap om den teoretiska bakgrunden, tolkning och analys av resultaten, självständighet, förmåga att hålla den fastställda tidsplanen för arbetet samt försvarandet av arbetet. i. Byte av handledare kan ske vid särskilda omständigheter. Begäran om ett sådant byte, med motivering, ska alltid göras hos institutionsstyrelsen. Byte av examinator kan endast ske efter att studenten blivit underkänd på ett prov. Se ovan under e) där reglerna för detta anges. j. Studenten som under det aktuella kurstillfället inte blir klar i tid med ett påbörjat examensarbete har inte rätt till mer handledartid. Dock har studenten alltid rätt att få sitt examensarbete bedömt vid efterföljande examinationstillfälle. Övergångsbestämmelser När kursplanen är upphävd har studenten rätt att examineras en gång per termin enligt föreliggande kursplan under en avvecklingsperiod på tre terminer. Begränsningar Kursen får inte tillgodoräknas i examen samtidigt med sådan inom eller utom landet genomgången och godkänd kurs, vars innehåll helt eller delvis överensstämmer med innehållet i kursen. Sidan 2/3

5 Övrigt Kursen ingår i Masterprogram i Asienstudier (HMASO). Kurslitteratur Litteratur för examensarbete väljs i samråd med handledare. Sidan 3/3

6 Asian Languages and Cultures Master s course, 30 credits Teacher Ewa Machotka [ewa.machotka@su.se] Phone: Course contents Master Classes, a series of seminars and individual consultations, runs through the whole semester until the submission of the MA Thesis. Master Classes do not replace individual supervision but complement it. The objective is to provide a constructive environment in which the students develop practical research skills and engage in discussions with their peers in order to receive feedback and support throughout the whole thesis writing process. Course requirements The seminars will be held once a month and attendance is mandatory. Individual consultations are not mandatory and need to be booked at least one week in advance via mail [ewa.machotka@su.se]. Details are specified in the weekly schedule below. Course requirements include: 1. Oral presentation 2. In-class exercises 3. Two short written assignments Learning outcomes Master Classes take a hands-on approach and aim at enhancing performance and developing practical skills: research skills, writing skills and presentation skills as well as an ability to offer and receive a constructive feedback. In order to pass the course, students are expected to be able to: individually identify, formulate and solve problems based on knowledge about suitable methods within the area formulate a purpose and a research question, and contextualise these with regards to previous research account for and motivate their source, theory and method choices account for and discuss the purpose and results of their thesis, orally and in written text

7 write a pages thesis within the given period of time, based on a minimum of 50 pages Japanese, Chinese or Korean source text depending on the chosen language orientation Teaching and examination Instruction is given in the form of seminars, group exercises and individual supervision. Asian Langauges and Cultures Master s course is examined through a written master s thesis and an oral defence of the thesis. Course literature The course literature is chosen in consultation with the MA thesis supervisor. Detailed schedule For days, dates and location, please refer to the webpage For an up-to-date schedule as well as any changes to the schedule, please refer to TimeEdit. A) Group sessions (mandatory): Session 1: MA Thesis Protocol, Plagiarism and Time Management Goal: In this session, we ll discuss the procedures and regulations that guide the students throughout their MA thesis writing process. We ll focus on The MA Thesis Protocol and The Master s Thesis Assessment (posted on Athena). We ll also talk about Plagiarism and how to avoid it. And we ll share some practical tips on productivity and time management, and discuss practical tools that help to manage stress and finish MA thesis on time. Session 2: Skill training I: Review of an Exemplary Thesis Goal: In this session, we ll review two examples of MA thesis in order to practice critical reading skills and understand what differentiates an excellent thesis from a problematic thesis. You ll be asked to read and asses two theses (posted on Athena) before the class. Please refer to The Master s Thesis Assessment to conduct this assignment.

8 Session 3: Skill training II: Giving/Taking Feedback on a Writing Sample Goal: In this session, we ll practice the skill of giving and receiving feedback. You ll review your colleagues writing samples. One week before this session, each student will be asked to upload to Athena one writing sample (e.g. thesis chapter, max. 20 pages) of her/his thesis, which will be reviewed in class by other students (assigned beforehand). Session 4: Skill training III: Oral Presentation/MA Defence Goal: In this session, we ll practice the skill of presenting your research to public, answering questions and defending your hypothesis. This is to prepare you for your MA Thesis defence. Each student will be asked to prepare 5 min presentation on their research project accompanied by a short summary (ca. 500 words) posted on Athena at least 3 days before the class. Each presentation and summary which will be reviewed by two opponents (assigned beforehand). Each opponent will have 3 min. to give feedback on the presentation and ask at least 3 questions. B) Individual Consultations (not mandatory, please book via mail in advance): Venue: Dr. Ewa Machotka s office, Kräftriket 4A, room no 207 Time: March 5 th, April 2 nd, May 7 rd, May 21 st,

9 Examinations, rules and student influence Examination The form of examination for the course you are following is given in the syllabus and the course description; you will find both in the course compendium and on the home page. Many courses have written examinations that are taken in an examination hall at the end of the course. Other courses have take-home examinations, oral examinations or other examination assignments. NB! Only students who have registered to take the examination may take it! If you show up to the examination without having registered, you may not take the exam! To register, log in to student- Ladok ( If you have any problems, contact the student expedition. Special guidelines apply to examinations and they are the same for the whole of Stockholm University. See the Rule book, Book 2 Rules for examination hall exams At a written exam in an examination hall the invigilator s instructions apply. All students are obliged to follow the rules and instructions given by the invigilator and to show a valid ID card and any material they may have brought with them. Placing: Each student must sit where there is an examination paper put out or where the invigilator indicates a seat. It is not permitted to move the examination paper. Leaving the examination hall: It is forbidden to leave the examination hall before 30 minutes after the exam has begun. Coming late: Students who come more than 30 minutes late to an examination may not take part in the exam if another student has left the examination hall. Coming late does not entitle a student to extended examination time. Personal belongings: Outer clothing and bags are to be placed where the invigilator indicates. Paper: Examination answers may only be written on the paper that is handed out. This also applies to rough drafts. Aids: At exams where aids such as dictionaries are allowed, the invigilator will check that there are no notes in the books. Ban on speaking: It is forbidden for examination candidates to speak with each other or use mobile telephones after the exam has started. This also applies to visits to the bathrooms. Breaks and bathroom visits: When an examination lasts more than five hours, there will a 30-minute break. The invigilator will indicate

10 which bathrooms may be used and students must follow the invigilator s instructions. Handing-in: Examination candidates are forbidden to take their answer papers out of the examination hall. They must be handed personally to the invigilator. Note that even a blank answer paper must be handed to the invigilator before the student leaves the room. Identification: When handing in the exam papers to the invigilator, students must show a valid ID 1. Students must also write their signature at the place marked when handing their paper in if the invigilator requires it. Cheating: Students who are suspected of cheating may continue to do the exam if they show and hand over a prohibited aid. The invigilator will offer the student a permitted aid in exchange. Any cheating and/or disturbing behaviour will be dealt with after a report from the Head of Department/Director of Studies by the University Vice-Chancellor as a disciplinary matter. Take-home examinations Just as with a written exam in an examination hall, a take-home exam must always be written independently unless otherwise specified in the course description. In most cases, take-home exams are handed in via the Athena course portal. See the instructions in the course description. For more details about how to use sources and references in your takehome exam, see the document entitled Formal matters, using references and quotations. Special needs If you are in some way disabled, which means that you need special support and/or aids, always contact Service for disabled students (studentstod@su.se or ) in good time before the course starts. You should then contact the Director of Studies at the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies (hanna.kritz@su.se for Japanese, Chinese and Korean, or martin.safstrom@su.se for Arabic and Middle Eastern studies). Available assistance includes, for example, adapting rooms, course textbooks as talking books, note-taking assistance, mentor support, extended time for exams and so on. 1 Types of ID that are accepted are: a driving licence, a passport and a valid ID card. A police report that is not more than three months old showing that the candidate s ID has been stolen or lost is also accepted. Foreign IDs are also accepted, preferably a passport and ID card, provided that the ID document does not need to be translated for the candidate to be identified.

11 Course Evaluation After the completion of a course, as a student you have the right to express your opinions and experience of the course in the form of a course evaluation. Course evaluations are given anonymously in connection with exams or the last lesson of a course. Course evaluations are answered digitally via computer, mobile phone or the like. A link to the course evaluation is sent to your address and must normally be answered within one week. The result of the course evaluations is then available for you as a student in a file in the Student Office shortly after a course has been completed. If for some reason you have not been able to fill in a course evaluation for a course you have taken, you can get in touch with the Student Office (exp.asien@su.se). Formalities: source criticism and plagiarism Source criticism Remember always to be critical of the sources you use and choose them carefully. It is always important to be able to explain why you chose a certain source. Being critical of your sources is particularly important when you use information taken from the Internet. Check, for example, who wrote the information on the home page you use, why the home page has been created (e.g. for propaganda purposes). At Skolverket (The Swedish National Agency for Education) you will find some simple questions you can use to judge whether a home page is reliable. See Wikipedia is an example of a home page that is not considered a reliable source when you write an essay or a take-home exam. The reason is that voluntary contributors from all over the world have written the information found there. That means that the contents are open and free and everyone is able to add and take away information from Wikipedia. For more books on thinking critically, see for example: Pernilla Hultén, Kritiskt tänkande, Malmö: Liber Förlag, 2007 Thorsten Thurén, Källkritik, Stockholm, Liber AB, 2005

12 Writing an essay There are many books and online guides you can use for support when you write your essay. Even though the requirements may vary a little from one supervisor to another, there is a great deal that is common to all essay writing at the university. Stockholm University Library has a guide for essay writing: The Library also offers help in English: In Swedish there is also Att skriva en bra uppsats, Rienecker & Jörgensen (Nordli, Harald transl.) Lund: Liber Förlag, 2004 See also Olle Josephson and Arne Jarrick, Från tanke till text, en språkhandbok för uppsatsskrivande studenter, Lund: Studentlitteratur, Plagiarism You may certainly study together with your student friends, but remember that examination assignments and essays are normally done independently unless otherwise indicated in the course description. When your examination assignment or your essay is to be handed in, it is important that you work independently. You are not permitted to plagiarise from a student colleague, a book or an Internet source. Plagiarism means using something that someone else has written without giving the source. Since much of what you write as a university student is based on previous research, you will need to use other sources. That is why it is very important that you are careful about where you get your information. (Read more about this under Formalities, references and quotations below. You may feel uncertain about how you should deal with plagiarism; in that case, you can always ask the teacher who runs your course. You can also look at Gothenburg University s anti-plagiarism guide: See also URKUND s Plagiarism Handbook (in Swedish): Co-operation with a number of universities in Sweden including Linköping University and Umeå University has resulted in the site Skrivguiden where you can get support for your academic writing:

13 In many cases, it is misunderstanding that leads to suspicions of cheating, so it is extra important that you are careful always to state the sources you have used. Urkund The Urkund program checks all examination assignments in the form of take-home exams and essays before they are given to the teacher for correction. Urkund is a text-matching tool that compares your information with that of other students, and with books and Internet sources. If a teacher suspects some form of cheating, she or he is obliged to report it to the Director of Studies or the equivalent at the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies, who in turn has to report the suspicion to the Disciplinary Committee at Stockholm University. It is the Disciplinary Committee that decides whether or not something is to be regarded as cheating, not the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies, which only reports a suspicion of cheating. The reason for this is to ensure that the student who is suspected of cheating will get a fair hearing. Formalities: references and quotations When you write an examination assignment in the form of an essay or a take-home exam, it is important that you are careful to report the sources you have used in your work. This is done by giving references, in the form of notes and a list of sources. There are many books about the way to deal with references, both at the library and on the Internet. Below you will find a summary of some of the things that are important to bear in mind concerning references. When you write an examination assignment (a BA or MA thesis) you should also take into account what applies to your particular course. See the description of the course you are taking. References in texts, different models There are various models for dealing with references in texts. Two commonly used ones are the Harvard Model and the Oxford Model.

14 The Harvard Model means that you refer directly in the text, while the Oxford Model means that you refer in a footnote (see the examples below). Neither of these models is right or wrong, but in your particular field there may be a tradition of using one or the other. It is important for you to be consistent in your choice of model, so that you always choose to refer in, for example, footnotes if that is what you decide on. Quotations, about the use of notes Quotations are commonly used in texts. Quoting means that you reproduce verbatim something that someone else has said or written. A quotation must always be given exactly, even if it contains spelling mistakes. After the quotation you must always state where it comes from. You do this directly afterwards, either in a footnote or in brackets, depending on the model you have chosen. If there is a spelling mistake in the quotation, you can indicate it with [sic] directly after the spelling mistake to show that that you are not the one who has made the mistake. If the spelling mistake is particularly serious, you can write [sic!]. A reference after a quotation according to the Harvard Model can look like this: A reasonable requirement for a scientific conceptual apparatus is that it is possible to use it in practice. (Persson & Sahlin, 2013:205). A reference after a quotation in the form of a footnote according to the Oxford Model can look like this: A reasonable requirement for a scientific conceptual apparatus is that it is possible to use it in practice. 2 Long quotations If a quotation is short, as in the examples above, it is placed directly in the text. If the quotation is a long one, it should be placed in a paragraph of its own, for example: För den franske litteratur- och kulturteoretikern Roland Barthes är det centralt att berättarinstansen skiljs ifrån författarens och berättelsens subjekt (1988). Den som talar i berättelsen är inte den som skriver i verkliga livet. Och den som skriver är inte den som är. Det finns enligt Barthes två olika sorters berättarpositioner: berättaren som personlig eller opersonlig berättarinstans. Detta motsvarar inte givet skillnaden mellan en berättare i första respektive tredje person. En berättelse kan 2 Johannes Persson & Nils-Eric Sahlin. Vetenskapsteori för sanningssökare: Fri Tanke Förlag, 2013, 205.

15 skrivas i tredje person och ändå vara personlig. 3 or (Johansson, 2005:39). Note that the quotation above is placed in a paragraph of its own, with an empty line at the beginning and at the end, and that it has a margin on both sides. A quotation of this kind need not have quotation marks at the beginning and end. Quotations within quotations If the person you quote has in turn quoted someone else, this should be shown within single quotation marks, for example: Finally, upon reaching the attractive landscapes in Mitava, he writes: The countryside here is much prettier than Livonia, through which one would not regret to travel with his eyes half closed. 4 4 or (Lewis, 1995:57). Referring to the same author and work immediately after each other If you quote or refer to the same author and work immediately after each other, you need not rewrite the whole reference. Instead, write ibid if it also refers to the same page. If it refers to another page in the same work and by the same author, write ibid, Summary A summary is an account of an author s text in your own words. This makes it possible for you to choose what you feel is central or what you feel is most relevant for your assignment. If you insert your own opinions or suppositions, you must be very sure to indicate that. You need not use quotation marks in a summary but you must indicate the reference so that the reader can find the source. Put the reference in brackets in the text or in the form of a footnote (see above). List of References/Bibliography The List of References, also called Bibliography, is the list of books and articles you have used when writing your examination assignment. The List of References must always be given at the end and if you like you can divide it into Primary and Secondary Sources, or Internet-based material, Articles, Interviews and so on if you have used such material. 3 Anna Johansson. Narrativ teori och metod. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2005, S. Mark Lewis, Modes of Historical Discourse in J.G Herder and N.M Karamzin. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1995, Ibid means in the same place and is an abbreviation of the Latin ibidem

16 The List of References must be in alphabetical order according to the author s family name and may look like this: Hamori, Andras, On the Art of Medieval Arabic Literature, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. If you have used two or more books by the same author, you need not write the author s name more than once. Note that the books should be arranged chronologically. It may look like this: Mernessi, Fatima. Women and Islam. An Historical and Theological Enquiry. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers , Women s Rebellion & Islamic Memory. London and New Jersey: Zed Books Chapters in a book When you refer to a whole book, you need not give the number of pages, but if you use one chapter in an anthology, you should give the page numbers in your bibliography, for example: Lee, Peter & Ashby, Rosalyn. Progression in Historical Understanding among Students Ages 7-14, Knowing, Teaching & Learning History. National and International Perspectives, edited by Peter N. Stearns, Peter Seixas and Sam Wineburg, New York and London: New York University Press pp Articles If your source is an article, it may look like this in your bibliography: Kessy, Emanuel Thomas. The Transition from The Later Stone Age to Iron Age in Kondoa, Central Tanzania, in The African Archaeological Review. Vol. 30 No. 3 September 2013, pp Internet sources If your source is a page from the Internet, for example from a work of reference, there is often a note on how to refer to it on the same page. What distinguishes an Internet source from a printed source is that you indicate when you have read the page. Reading tips on the Internet