Hi guys, my name is Onne. I'm from Estonia
and I'm in the second year of the master Landscape Architecture and Planning.
I'm specialising in land use planning
and in this video, I will show you what writing your master's thesis
In this specialisation looks like.
I chose this master's for three reasons.
First,  the Dutch are really well known for their city planning skills.
Second, this master takes two years,
which is different to many other planning masters in The Netherlands that only take one year.
And finally, the fact that you can study together with Landscape Architects,
is really an unique feature of the master's in Wageningen.
The whole first year is designed
to help you out with preparing for your thesis and for the internship.
In some courses you're specifically going to learn, how to choose a thesis topic,
how to formulate research questions, but also how to actually carry out the research.
So how to do interviews, how to do surveys, and in the end how to analyse the data.
And next to that, you have your optional courses.
In this process you will really learn what you want to study for your thesis.
I chose to write my thesis about mobility and cycling in the cities.
This is an interesting topic for me, because living in The Netherlands,
I have seen how easy it is to cycle to work, to school or even the grocery store.
But back home in Estonia, people mainly cycle for recreation
and cycling to work or school is not that save.
I went to the thesis information meeting, organized by our professors.
That was when I also found out that there is indeed a professor available that focusses on mobility.
My thesis topic focusses especially on
cycling to school in Talinn.
To start of the whole process, I first had to write a research proposal,
and then I had to present it at the starting colloquium.
At this meeting, I explained what my research questions are,
but also what kind of theories I'm going to use
and how exactly I will gather my data.
So far I have travelled to Talinn and done a survey at schools,
but also cycled around myself to observe the situation.
I have also done workshops with parents, children and cycling professionals.
Now I only have a couple of steps left.
First I'm going to fly to Gothenburg in Sweden
and compare their cycling conditions with the ones in Tallin.
And finally, I will write up an advice for the city of Talinn
about how they can get more children to cycle to school.
Now it is time for me to keep writing my workshop results,
and prepare my visit to Gothenburg.
I hope you enjoyed the video
and now have a better idea of what writing your thesis looks like.
If you have any other questions about the programme Landscape Architecture and Planning,
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