MASTER'S THESIS PROPOSAL DEFENSE PROCEDURE
- After 2 semesters and the completion of 30 credits, students register for the master's thesis proposal defense according to the announcement from academic affairs. Students must be proactive in registering their thesis topic and proposing their supervisor (based on the attached list of suggested topics and supervision quotas, or by independently contacting a supervisor who meets the standards regarding academic rank, degree, and specialization).
- Students who register for a topic and contact a supervisor must work with the supervisor to develop a complete proposal.
- Students draft the proposal according to the template and contact their supervisor for feedback and revisions. The proposal needs to focus on clarifying the novelty, scientific and practical significance, history of the issue, theoretical basis and research methods, sources of materials and documents, as well as the tentative outline and subsections.
- Students register the topic name and supervisor via the link sent by academic affairs.
- After completing the proposal, students obtain the supervisor's signature confirming their agreement to supervise and submit it to the Faculty as a soft copy via email: ch.qhqt@gmail.com and 4 printed hard copies (1 original with the signatures of both the student and the supervisor + 3 copies).
- According to school regulations, students submitting their master's thesis proposal for review must include 01 set of Research Ethics documents (soft copy and signed hard copy) following the forms on the Research Ethics Council website: https://hcmussh.edu.vn/erb/van-ban-bieu-mau
- Presentation format: On the day of the defense, students will present in the order listed. Each student will briefly present their research orientation and the proposed structure of the thesis (approximately 10 minutes - PPT presentation).
- The Council will provide comments on the proposal and the compatibility between the registered topic and the proposed supervisor.
- Students need to take notes on the feedback from the subcommittee members for use during the revision process.
- Each student MUST attend the entire proposal defense session.
AFTER THE DEFENSE DAY:
- Not passed: You will be required to revise and defend in the next session with the following cohort (the Faculty will notify you later).
- Passed: Within 3 weeks, students must revise the proposal based on the Council's feedback and coordinate with their supervisor.
After 3 weeks:
+ Students (individually) fill out the information in the form sent by academic affairs.
+ A class representative collects the Master's Thesis Topic Registration Form (signed by the student and supervisor) from each student, or students submit it directly to the Faculty academic affairs office.
- Once the Decision on assigning the master's thesis topic is issued, students contact the academic affairs office to collect the decision. Each student keeps one copy and sends another to their supervisor (or the faculty academic affairs office will scan it and send the soft copy to the student, who will then forward it to their supervisor, while the Faculty retains the hard copy to prevent loss).
