Bachelor's thesis

You must register for the 15EC BA thesis yourself in Osiris.

• Do you wish to start in block 1 or block 2? Please enroll during the course registration period for semester I.
• Do you wish to start in block 3? Please enroll during the course registration period for semester II.

Did you start with the BA History in 2020-21 or earlier and do you still have to write or finish your Bachelor's thesis? Then you have the choice of writing a BA thesis of 7,5EC (course code GE3V18002) or 15EC (course code GE3V23002).

In 2023-2024, you can take these courses in the following blocks:

• Bachelor's thesis 7,5EC: block 1, block 2 and block 4
• Bachelor's thesis 15EC: block 1-2, block 2-3 and block 3-4

The subject of your thesis may be the result of the Specialisation that you followed in your second year. The programme provides a wide range of teachers with different areas of expertise, so there is always a subject that fits your interests. The final moment at which you have to make your choice is prior to the block in which you write the Final Thesis. You will then receive information about the available lecturers and subjects via e-mail and you will be asked to make your choice via a digital form (Formdesk). 

All Bachelor's theses are assessed by two lecturers. If your supervisor is one of the lecturers teaching in the Bachelor's programme, then this person will also be the first assessor (or the 'examiner'). Theses are assessed using an assessment form. If there is a large difference of opinion between the first and second assessors, or if they arrive at a grade 6,5 or lower, a third assessor may be engaged. The third assessor will always work with a separate assessment form.

We take all forms of academic deception very seriously and expect all students to observe the ethical standards of proper academic conduct. When you start writing your thesis, you must submit the Plagiarism awareness declaration form as an acknowledgement that you have read the University's regulations regarding fraud and plagiarism. Lecturers or supervisors will report any suspected cases of fraud or plagiarism to the Board of Examiners. 

In case you are doing research that involves interviewing people, submitting questionnaires or involving people in any other way, you are probably doing human-subject related research. If so, please review the checklist and discuss it with your supervisor. The checklist contains information on privacy, ethics and data management.