The thesis raises the claim of a scientific work and as a historical, conceptual or ethnographic examination goes beyond the framework of a project documentation or a workshop report by developing independent and relevant theses for design, economy, society and culture. It is based on profound research and an in-depth, innovative examination of the chosen topic. The length of the work should be between 13,000 and 15,000 words for an individual project. In case of a tandem project, the volume is doubled and lies between 26,000 and 30,000 words. The work should be designed in a suitable format and submitted in printed and digital form. Don't exceed the amount of words!
These are structural standards for your final BA written work.
Organised alphabetically by order of source genre: book, book chapter, journal article, conference article, academic thesis, newspaper article, web article, etc.
Accepted styles: APA, CMS, or other. Important is that you are consistent and homogeneous
throughout after choosing your style.
Provide the source for all references you're making throughout the document, images, data statistics, quotes, arguments supported by theories and case studies.
Citation are made throughout the text by putting in brackets the name of author, year and
page if it's a quote or a precise argument. The name and year then refer to the bibliography at the end.
One Author
(Deleuze 1974: 53)
Two Authors
(Deleuze & Guattari 1973)
More than Two Authors
(Deleuze et al 1974)
All images have to be captioned either directly below the image or in a table of illustrations that list all images used with the page where they're used or the numbers that they have. Images should be captioned with title, year, author of project, author of image (this can be two different authors), where it's been retrieved from and when (website link) or other source. In the case of an art piece, mention the format, the material ("net art", "oil on canvas", etc) and if appropriate where it is hosted (museum, gallery, etc).
You should feature at the beginning acknowledgments, especially if you worked with users and participants, if you benefited from all sorts of support, including your mentors etc..
At the end, if needed, add an annex with additional documents.
Number
your pages.
It's good practice to add a header throughout with the title of your document and the current chapter.
Footnotes should be used sparingly and only if they have a strong added value.
In case of two students authoring the document, please mark clearly each student's contribution with different colors. An effective way in the past was to work in a shared document, e.g. Google Docs. This way the mentors can see clearly who has written what.