The first examiner must be a member of the Department of Social Sciences with a doctorate.
Persons who do not belong to Goethe University can also be appointed as second reviewers by the examination board. This must be applied for to the examination committee.
With the approval of the chairperson of the examination committee, the Master's thesis can also be written at an institution outside the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, e.g. the Institute for Social Research, the Sigmund Freud Institute or the Institute for Social-Ecological Research. In this case, the topic must be set in consultation with a member of the professorial group of the responsible subject.
You can find useful advice on how to write your thesis and all nescessary forms in the download area under your field of study.
The following groups of persons are entitled to supervise a thesis in the MA Sociology:
- Professors
- Research assistants who have been commissioned with the independent performance of teaching duties
- Assistant lecturers and lecturers for special tasks
- Private lecturers
- Associate professors
- Honorary professors
- Emeritus professors
- You can find an Overview of possible topics for theses projects in the download area under your field of study.
