Master's thesis

The second semester of the second year is expected to be devoted fully to the Master’s thesis. The Master’s thesis (45 credits) is preferably written within the scope of specialization determined by your combination of topics.

The thesis is an independent piece of scientific work performed under supervision. In the summer period between the first and second years the candidates are given the opportunity to return to their home countries to do fieldwork if this is necessary for the completion of their theses.

EXAMPLES OF MASTER'S THESIS TOPICS:

• Some previous students have written their theses on the following topics:
• Serial Verb Constructions in Akan
• Akan Verbal Body-Part Idioms
• The discourse of advertising in Ghanaian Written advertisement: A pragmatic approach
• Some aspects of Asante phonology. An autosegmental analysis