Grading Sheet

Master Thesis Bachelor/SemesterThesis

Student/Supervisor:

Topic:

Criteria (Weight)Comments / Grade
I Content (1⁄2)
1.1 Preparation and implementation
Difficulty of the topic
very challenging
challenging
normal
slightly easy
easy
Technical expertise of the student
competent, knows what he is talking about
mostly competent, with minor uncertainties
the student of shows uncertainties
the expertise of the student was insufficient
Completeness of the implementation
all goals were accomplished, the program is working
the important goals were accomplished
some important goals were not reached
most of the goals were not reached
x
1⁄3
1.2 Quality and Creativity
the finished work is of high quality and very creative
the work is creative and of sufficient quality
the work shows little creativity and has shortcomings
creativity and quality are insufficient
x
1⁄6
II Procedural method (1⁄4)
2.1 Independent work
most of the problems were solved by the student
average independence
supervisor often had to help
x
1⁄8
2.2 Scientific work (making hypotheses, documentation, interpretation of experiments etc.)
all statements and equations are correct
the work contains minor mistakes
the work contains substantial mistakes
x
1⁄8
III Presentation (1⁄4)
3.1 Report
clear structure, and well written report
minor improvements are possible
significant corrections would be necessary
the report is difficult to understand
x
1⁄8
3.2 Talk
Optical quality of the slides, structure, arrangement
clear structure
minor improvements are possible
significant corrections would be necessary
the slides are unclear
Quality of language, comprehensibility
clear formulations, motivating
understandable
difficult to understand
x
1⁄8
FINAL GRADE

Grading Guidelines: Master Theses

6.0 / Work and results are equivalent to publication quality of international workshops/conferences
5.5 / thesis quality significantly exceeds expectations
5.0 / thesis meets expectations
4.5 / thesis partially meets expectations, minor deficits
4.0 / thesis meets minimal quality requirements; it has major deficits and it is clearly below expectations
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Grading Guidelines: Semester Theses

6.0 / Outstanding quality; thesis quality significantly exceeds expectations; original contribution by the student
5.5 / Problem solved in a very good way; student has expanded the original question
5.0 / Problem has been solved; expectations are met but not surpassed
4.5 / Problem solved with minor deficits; expectations fulfilled with deficits in some details
4.0 / Problem just solved (marginal solution); expectations only partially met; major deficits