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, lend a beamer).

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)
to start at least 120 ECTS CPs are required
apply at examination office 2 weeks before start (s. downloads)
Duration: 9 weeks
Extension: upon application only possible once for 3 weeks
Hand in 3 print- and 1 digital copies at the examination office (2 for reviewers, 2 for the archive)
after max. 3 weeks reviewers reports must be arrived
find a colloquiums date with both reviewers
apply for the colloqium at the examination office(2 weeks before, s. downloads)
before starting the colloquium: bring the protocoll-form from the examination office
failed? The bachelor thesis can be repeated once with a different subject.