Detailed GUC Bachelor Project Regulations can be found here.
Objectives:
As per GUC Study Regulations for the faculties of Engineering, students enrolled in the 8th semester of studies are expected to work on preparing the Bachelor Thesis as part of their Bachelor programme. The objectives of the Bachelor Programme have been derived from the general so-called Dublin Objectives for Bachelor Programmes . Students who have finished a Bachelor programme should be able to:1. Show that they have knowledge of the most recent developments in their academic field;
2. Use their knowledge and insights (including methodological skills) to address practical issues in their field;
3. Give a well-balanced assessment of their own work from an academic angle, from the practical side and from the ethical perspective;
4. Communicate (both orally and in writing) their ideas and insights to a mixed public; 5. Work independently.
Duration:
The bachelor thesis is the final part of the Bachelor Programme. The duration of the Bachelor Thesis should not exceed three months starting from the registration date. This could be translated into 12 weeks/420 hours/35 hours per week.For force majeure, the time to work on the thesis may be extended once up to three months. The application has to obligatorily be put in two weeks before the deadline for submission. Independently, extensions for the time to work on the thesis may be granted several times and for more than 3 months in case of illness. It is necessary to put in an application along with a qualified medical certificate. A thesis marked 'not sufficient' may be redone once within a year with a new topic.
Assessment:
The assessment of the Bachelor Thesis consists of three parts:
- The progress during the three months of work.
- The technical content of the thesis as such. The thesis has
to be written in English.
- The final colloquium. This consists of a 40 minutes presentation
of the research conducted along with the results achieved followed
by discussion.
The assessment will be done by the internal supervisor, taking
into account the academic opinion of a reviewer. The grade will
be given on a scale from 0.7 to 5 (German Grading Scale). The
Bachelor thesis can only be successfully completed after receiving
a grade better than 3.3.
Students who will miss two sessions (without an approved excuse)
from the weekly meetings will be warned and notified officially.
Students who will miss four sessions (without an approved excuse)
will be dropped from the Bachelor thesis and the thesis will be
graded with 5.0 (fail).
To be able to take part in the final presentations, students should
achieve at least 50% out of~ the 40 marks for the work done throughout
the project's period. The thesis must be repeated either immediately
or after finalizing the courses of the ninth and tenth terms.
The student can not graduate if the bachelor thesis is graded
with 5.0 (fail).