Thesis

Research Ethics Education Program

From 2023, the Waseda Moodle “Introduction to Research Ethics” will be replaced by the following.

JSPS [eL CoRE](e-Learning Course on Research Ethics)

Master’s course: “For Helping Graduate Students Understand Research Ethics via Case Examples”
Doctoral course: “Understanding Research Ethics Through Case Examples ―The Attitude of the Conscientious Scientist”

In principle, the course must be taken by the end of the first year, and is a condition for submission of the thesis.

*Completion of the course will be considered as having passed the comprehension test and received the Certificate of Completion (PDF).

Master's Thesis

Information on procedures and how to write master’s thesis.

*This page is for students in Global Japanese Literary and Cultural Studies (Global-J) Course.
For other students , please check the page after switching the language to Japanese.

The details about the submission will be posted on
3. Announcement
as needed.

1. About Master’s Program (master’s degree)

A master’s degree (in literature) is granted to those who have been enrolled in the Master’s Program of this Graduate School for 2 years or longer but not exceeding 4 years, have earned 32 or more credits for the required subjects, have taken a required research seminar, and have passed a master’s thesis review and examination.
* As for the period of enrollment, however, those with extraordinary academic achievements only have to meet the requirement of 1 year or longer enrollment if approval is obtained from the Steering Committee of this Graduate School.

2. Flow of Master’s Thesis Submission

*For M2 or above students.Details of each procedure will be posted as needed in the Announcement section at the bottom of the page.

1. Submit a master’s thesis plan
2. Submit topic notification
3. Submit master’s thesis and master’s thesis outline
4. Final examination

The volume of a master’s thesis outline should be as specified for your course (An outline written in a language other than Japanese must be accompanied by a Japanese translation).
Final examination is an interview by the supervisor and two secondary reviewers after submission of the thesis.