• Independently formulate and justify research questions.
• Select, combine and apply relevant concepts and theories in relation to specified research questions.
• Select and use relevant quantitative or qualitative methods to answer such research questions.
• Identify and use relevant scholarly literature.
• Formulate and present (orally and in writing) coherently argued answers, combining theory, methodology and data, to the research question posed.
• Reflect critically on the choice of methods and data as well as the quality of the answers produced.

This capstone project is the conclusion of the BSc in international Business and Politics. It is an independent project, written with a faculty advisor, and students can pursue their own interests within the broad area of international business and politics. Projects can pursue a purely theoretical question, or they can focus on an action- or policy-oriented problem, or they can pose problems that combine such elements.

Approximately 3 weeks before hand-in a bachelor student conference is held. It is intended to help you to critically reflect upon the content and set-up of your thesis, allow you to practice presenting the main ideas of your thesis to an audience talking about methodological, theoretical and analytical matters in a coherent way. You are expected to participate in the bachelor student conference

Number of hours allocated for supervision:

7 hours for 1 student (40 pages)

12 hours for 2 students (60 pages)

16 hours for 3 students (70 pages)

18 hours for 4 students (80 pages)