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Faculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesInstitute of Geophysics and Meteorology

MN-GM-MASTER

Compulsory: Master Thesis
Identification number

MN-GM-MASTER		 Workload

900 h		 Credit Points

30		 Term

4th semester		 Offered Every

semester		 Start

WiSe and SoSe		 Duration

1 semester
1 Course types
a) Project (Master thesis)
b) Seminar (Master colloquium)		 Contact time

30 h		 Private study
840 h
30 h
2

Module objectives and skills to be acquired

Self-reliant processing of a limited problem of geophysics or meteorology. Application of modern methods as well as the funded written presentation of scientific results.

Acquired skills therefore:

  • Time management
  • Scientific argumentation
  • Ability of argumentation and documentation
  • Deepening of English as a natural scientific foreign language
  • Reading skills
  • Writing skills
3 Module content

The master thesis deals with a limited topic of geophysics and meteorology, worked on independently, that is documented in a written thesis of at most 70 pages.
4 Teaching methods

Project (Master thesis), seminar (Master colloquium)
5 Prerequisites (for the module)

Formal: passed module "Project work"
6 Type of examination
  • Written master thesis (graded, enters with a weight of 75% into the module mark)
  • Presentation of the results of the master thesis in a colloquium (graded, enters with a weight of 25% into the module mark). A passed master thesis is required for admission to the master colloquium.
7 Credits awarded

The module is passed, and the credit points will be awarded, if
  1. the master thesis is passed, and
  2. the master colloquium is passed.
8 Compatibility with other urricula

N/A
9 Proportion of final grade

Weight of the module grade in the overall grade: 60/150 (40 %)
10 Module coordinator

Alexandre Wennmacher
11 Further information

Version: 2023-03-23