STARTING A THESIS
When a student does not meet the criteria, but nevertheless wants to be allowed to start, he must contact the programme management. The examination board has given a mandate to the programme director to judge requests from students in this matter.
The requirements according to the EER for BSc and MSc are cited below:
EER BSc Art 2.1
The programme consists of 180 credits.
a) The programme consists of a core programme of 120 credits, a minor phase of 30 credits and a graduation phase totalling at least 15 credits.
d) Before the start of a study unit, the student must meet the prior knowledge prerequisites for that study unit, as described in the Osiris Course Catalogue.
h) In principle, the second semester of the third year of studies is devoted to the graduation phase, which comprises a minimum of 15 credits.
i) The student must have completed the core of the bachelor’s programme to be admitted to the graduation phase.
j) The examination board1 is authorised in individual cases to deviate from paragraph d, f, h and i, if strict adherence to those provisions would result in an unacceptable delay in study progress. In consultation with the study adviser, the student may submit a proposal to the examination board for this.
EER MSc Art. 2.1
2. The standard study load of each programme is specified in the programme-specific part.
3. Before the start of a study unit, the student must meet the prior knowledge prerequisites for that study unit as described in the Osiris Course Catalogue.
4. In the programme-specific part, the programme director can set requirements as to which and/or the number of study units the student must have completed in order to be admitted to the graduation phase.
5. The examination board1 is authorised in individual cases to deviate from paragraphs 3 and 4 above, if strict adherence to those provisions would result in an unacceptable delay in study progress. In consultation with the study adviser, the student may submit a proposal to the examination board.
[1] It is important that the student is still able to achieve the final attainment levels of the programme. In light of this consideration, this authorisation has been formally conferred to the examination board, as they are the ones to ensure that a student who achieves the final attainment is able to graduate.