Thesis Review Criteria

[Master's degree application thesis review criteria]

Thesis Examination Criteria
Comprehensive Cultural Policy Studies is a new interdisciplinary academic field, and since it places emphasis on training highly specialized professionals in this field, students have diverse needs for practical and academic research areas. Students are provided with two options: an academic master's thesis or the results of research on a specific topic, and each student's seminar advisory committee (a chief examiner and two co-examiners) will review them according to the following criteria.

(1) Academic master's thesis
　
1. Appropriateness of the research topic: The research objective is clear and the topic is set appropriately.
2. Degree of information gathering: The author must have sufficient knowledge of previous research on the topic, and must have properly gathered the data and historical materials necessary for his/her argument.
3. Appropriateness of research methods: The methods used to achieve the research objectives, including the processing, analysis, and interpretation of data, historical materials, works, and examples, must be appropriate and proactive. There must be ideas and points of view that can stand in opposition to previous research, and these must have a certain degree of persuasiveness.
4. Appropriateness of the argument: The argument, including the overall structure, is consistent, and a clear and original conclusion is presented that corresponds to the initial assignment.
5. Ability to write a thesis: The entire text must be supported by solid expressiveness, and the format must be neat in terms of abstract, table of contents, chapter structure, citations, notes, illustrations, etc.
　
(2) Research results on specific topics
Since a "research project on a specific topic" involves research into actual deliverables and the process of creating them, in our department, in addition to ① individual research and ② joint research, it is possible to collaborate with faculty lab and atelier training (second and third year undergraduate students can be invited to participate in project exercises). In light of this, in addition to the academic master's thesis criteria mentioned above, criteria such as the ability to actually promote a project (planning, planning, organizational management, financial management, etc.) can also be a factor in the judgment.