Check formal requirements before you start writing your thesis.
Writing your thesis proves, that you have successfully finished your basic education, you are able to understand and analyze scholarly works and you became a critical, logical thinker. Take into consideration your efficiency, your daily routine when you calculate the time of writing, in order to:
Writing period in itself is not so long, but preparing (collecting literature, research, consultations) might take months. To complete a thesis you might need less time (some weeks), but:
It is a crucial point which documents you use. You may know that sources offered by the library assures that you find qualified documents quickly and efficiently. Reading a good article takes as much time as reading a low-level one. Check this site.
Using references in a text, verbatim or as a paraphrase, is very important, because:
If you are in doubt, check this FAQ.
As it is stated in CUB’s Code of Ethics: „Plagiarism is committed by anyone who uses external sources in his/her work while failing to comply with professional expectations and rules or to use correct references.” (CUB, Code of Ethics, 2011)
At Corvinus, the Ouriginal text similarity checker is used.
As a result of checking, it shows the percentage of texts which can be found also in other sources and it also specifies them. If this number is relatively high, it does not mean automatically plagiarism, your supervisor will decide about it.
Before the final submission you have the possibility to upload your thesis unlimited times to test it. Here is a short description how to analyze your result.
CUB’s anti-plagiarism regulation is availabe among university regulations, search on the linked site for anti-plagiarism using Ctrl+F.
Join online to our thesis writing training if you need help in choosing a topic, selecting and evaluating sources, improving your searching skills or if you are lost in references. It is open for Corvinus MSc, BSc students, training language is English. Length of training is about 60 minutes.
Join our regular English-language consultation sessions. Come with your individual problem in topics like sources, searching, anti-plagiarism, references. These sessions are offered for Corvinus MSc, BSc students.
Students Training! This 4-part training for members of the Corvinus community will help you become better at communicating your ideas in writing in an academic setting, whether at undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate level.
Outline of the training:
Lesson 1 (10th March, 2022, 3pm to 4 pm)
The basics of successful academic writing (relevant topic, clear claim, good structure, clarity, simplicity, audience assessment).
How to use an appropriate style (grammar, vocabulary, text organisation, spelling and punctuation, tone and approach).
Lesson 2 (17th March, 2022, 3pm to 4 pm)
How to have an efficient structure (main claim, thesis and support, arguments and counterarguments, introduction, main discussion and conclusion, acknowledgements, further topics for research, limitations, methodology).
Lesson 3 (24th March, 2022, 3pm to 4 pm)
The different genres of academic writing (BA thesis, MA thesis, PhD thesis, peer-reviewed journal article, conference abstract, conference presentation, conference poster): similarities and differences in purpose, structure, style, length and content.
Lesson 4 (31st March, 2022, 3pm to 4 pm)
Technical and visual formatting: page layout and numbering, title hierarchy, font sizes and font type, paragraph formatting, spacing etc. The advantages and disadvantages of word processors (such as MS Word) and document preparation systems (such as LaTeX).
The aim of these consultation sessions is to help members of the Corvinus community (from undergrad to PhD student and lecturer level) in effectively communicating their ideas in writing in an academic setting in the English language. Participants are encouraged to bring drafts of their ongoing writing projects and they will receive expert advice on how to improve their writing in terms of structure, argumentation, style and language. We offer advice on term papers, BA and MA thesis, PhD dissertations, conference abstracts and scientific papers.