Bachelor Program Marine Geosciences
Bachelor Thesis
Bachelor Program Marine Geosciences
Bachelor Thesis
Information on the thesis
During the last bachelor-year students start developing ideas for their Bachelor thesis, usually in close collaboration with a research group at the Department of Geosciences or one of the co-operating research institutions (AWI, MARUM, etc.). Supervised by a course lecturer each student will perform an independent scientific project and prepare a written essay.
The thesis work may be a field study, a laboratory experiment, or a project outside the university, e.g. in collaboration with industry. The thesis preparation also includes literature research, data preparation and interpretation, optional modelling and simulations, and finally the written thesis. The guidelines (see downloads) should be taken into account when composing the work necessarily.
In a final colloquium, the student has to present and defend his or her thesis. The colloquium will last around 45 minutes and should be organized by the student (find a date, reserve a room via the office for study affairs and career perspectives FB 5).
Checklist
- define thesis subject
- find a supervisor (external supervision possible, then usually a colleague from the Geosciences Department serves as the 1rst reviewer)
- find 2 reviewers (only course lectureres, but from different research groups)
- Prerequisite: at least 120 CP
- Submit the application for approval of the Bachelor Thesis (s. Links and Downloads) electronically to the Examination Office (zpa-fb5@uni-bremen.de)
- Once the application has been processed, students will receive a letter of admission by mail from the Examination Office
- Duration of the Bachelor Thesis: 9 weeks
- Extension: upon application only possible once for 3 weeks
- Submission of the Bachelor Thesis exclusively as a PDF version on a suitable data carrier (USB stick). Attachments in other media formats are permitted (e.g., video files). Please remember the filled form Declarations (s. Links and Downloads)
- the reviewers reports must be submitted (zpa-fb5@uni-bremen.de) within a maximum of 3 weeks
- find a colloquiums date with both reviewers
- register for the colloqium at the examination office (zpa-fb5@uni-bremen.de) 2 weeks before (s. Links and Downloads)
- Colloquium: bring to the colloquium the form Colloquium Protocoll (s. Links and Downloads)
- failed? The bachelor thesis can be repeated once with a different subject.
Learning Outcomes, Targeted Competencies:
- The student can develop a geoscientific question in form of a project under the guidance of a supervisor
- The student indipendently performs the typical processes of a scientific work, like literature research, data collection and -interpretation
- The student can present, summarize and discuss her/his work clearly in written form considering the criteria of good scientific practice
- The student can present scientifically and defend her/his results in a 45 minutes colloquium
Prior Knowledge
The student has achieved at least 120 CP before beginning the Bachelor Thesis
Course Type
Bachelor Thesis (BA) 0.0 SWS ( 0.0 h)
Workload
0.0 h presence time
320.0 h self-study
40.0 h exam workload
360 h total workload
Exam Type
module exam
Examination
exam elements: 2
SL: 0
75 % bachelor thesis
25 % colloquium
Literature
Dependent on the topic of the thesis.
Basic Data
05-BMG-BT1
9 weeks / 12 CP
Links and Downloads
Contact - NEW!
Study program officer
Dr. Torsten Bickert
MARUM1 3070
ZPA-Team (acting): zpa-fb5@uni-bremen.de
Study program officer
Dr. Torsten Bickert
MARUM1 3070
ZPA-Team (acting): zpa-fb5@uni-bremen.de