Thesis Guidelines

Assessment Criteria

Please refer to your course handbook for assessment criteria of the XPUB and LB theses. If you lost the copy that was given to you, ask your course coordinator for a PDF of the latest version.

Thesis format

Accompanying the Graduation Project all students write an essay or 'project report' developing ideas related to, or directly arising from the project. This Master thesis is of the length of circa 7,000 - 8,000 words.

You are required to deliver to the MFAD:LB and MFAD:XPUB Administration Office:

3 Hard copies
a low resolution PDF (not above 1.5 megabytes.).
The printed copies should be: A4; text in a point 12 legible typeface (Linux Libertine family is good option); with numbered pages.

The title page should state:

[Your Name]
[Title] 
Thesis submitted to: the Department of [Experimental Publishing or Lens-Based Media],
Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy,
in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the final examination for the degree of:
Master of Arts in Fine Art & Design: [Experimental Publishing or Lens-Based Media].
Adviser: [name]
Second Reader: [name]
Word count: [8000 words MAX excluding appendix and bib]

A Note about the Design/Layout

XPUB

We are not assessing the design of the thesis. The focus is on the text and the research. We strongly recommend that you produce a very standard and neutral page layout. Exceptions should be discussed with and approved by your thesis supervisor. How this text will then be published in the context of your graduation work and research at the end of the year is a distinct matter and will be only relevant at a later stage.

LB

We are not assessing the design of the thesis. However we welcome the extra attention and care you may want to give to your final document.