05-BMG-BT1 Bachelor Thesis Module

During the last year of their Bachelor, students start to develop a topic for their Bachelor Thesis, usually in close collaboration with a working group at the Department of Geosciences or with one of the cooperating research institutes like AWI or MARUM. The Bachelor Thesis summarizes the results of a marine geoscientific project that students carry out under the guidance of a supervisor. The Thesis can deal with field-studies or laboratory experiments as well as with external projects, for example in cooperation with industry partners. Integral parts of the thesis are literature research, data collection and interpretation and a written scientific report. The students present and defend their work in a 45-minutes colloquium.

1) The student can develop a geoscientific question in form of a project under the guidance of a supervisor
2) The student indipendently performs the typical processes of a scientific work, like literature research, data collection and -interpretation
3) The student can present, summarize and discuss her/his work clearly in written form considering the criteria of good scientific practice
4) The student can present scientifically and defend her/his results in a 45 minutes colloquium

The student has achieved at least 120 CP before beginning the Bachelor Thesis

Tutorial(s): -

0.0 h presence time
320.0 h self-study
40.0 h exam workload

360 h total workload

module exam

exam elements: 2
SL: 0

75 % bachelor thesis
25 % colloquium

Dependent on the topic of the thesis.

Students have 9 weeks to complete their Bachelor Thesis. An extension of 3 weeks is possible only once upon previous application. Students must register their Thesis at the examination office 2 weeks before beginning. They find autonomously 2 examiners. Students are responsible to submit 3 printed and 1 digital copies of their Thesis (2 for the examiners, 1 print and 1 digital copy for the archive). The reports of the examiners are available after max. 3 weeks. Students arrange a date for the colloquium with both examiners and inform the examination office 2 weeks in advance. Students bring to the colloquium the minutes-form from the examination office. In case of a failed Bachelor Thesis Module, the Bachelor Thesis can be repeated once with a different topic. For further details please see the following documents: Registration Bachelor Thesis, Examiners rules Bachelor Thesis, Guidelines Bachelor Thesis, Evaluation sheet Bachelor Thesis, Declaration AT-BPO, Application Bachelor colloquium.