Notice
The Master's program in its previous form was reformed in 2021, with new study and examination regulations coming into force at the same time.It is therefore no longer possible to enroll on the old courses with the examination regulations from 2016.The information on this page only serves as a transition for students of the current form of the Master's programs.
There are only study and examination regulations and a module catalog (sections on the three fields of study geology, geophysics and mineralogy) for the study program.
The degree program was approved at the end of 2011 and published on January 2, 2012. On the web pages it is sometimes referred to as "2011" (e.g., hereExternal link), sometimes as "2012" (e.g., thereExternal link); but they are identical. Its - still valid - study and examination regulations can be found below.
The course offering was revised and put into effect in 2016; formally, this was done by rewriting §7 of the study regulations (module catalog)pdf, 50 kb · de. Teaching has also been carried out according to this module catalog since 2016. The new module catalog is advantageous for you students because the elective offer has been expanded at the expense of the compulsory offer; the new module catalog offers more flexibility.
These are the valid documents of the study program:
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Through the Master's thesis, the candidate should prove that he or she is able to independently work on a problem from his or her subject using scientific methods within a given period of time. The Master's thesis marks the completion of the program. (§11 para. 1 of the examination regulations)
Authorization
The Master's thesis can be registered in the second year of the Master's program in Geosciences at the earliest. It must be started no later than 6 weeks after 90 LP have been achieved.
Request for admission
The application for admission to the Master's thesis (Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy) can be downloaded from the website of the Faculty of Chemical and Geosciences under Applications and Forms de. Please fill out the application and bring it to the examination office at least two weeks before the start of the master thesis. There it will be checked if all requirements for the admission to the master thesis are fulfilled. Please write your name and the names of the first and second supervisor legibly!
Good scientific practice
We urge all students to follow the rules of good scientific practice. These rules are summarized in the memorandum of the German Research Foundationpdf, 691 kb · de.
Assessment
The Master's thesis is independently evaluated by two reviewers.
Levy
The Master's thesis must be submitted to the Examinations Office of the Faculty of Chemical and Geosciences in four hard-bound copies (no ring binding) after 6 months of processing.
Possible extension of the processing time
According to §11 paragraph 4 of theexamination regulationspdf, 83 kb · de, the examination board can extend the deadline for submitting the Master's thesis by a maximum of one month in exceptional cases upon justified request. For students of the younger semesters the new examination regulations (2021) apply.
The informal application has to be submitted in writing by the candidate to the examination board of the MSc Geosciences. The consent of the supervisors must be obtained in advance and documented on the application. The reason for the extension must not be the candidate's own fault. Informal requests should be made at least two weeks before the submission deadline specified in the admission to the thesis. After reviewing the application, the candidate and the examination office will be informed about the decision.
