Information for the Master Thesis in M. A. Linguistics and Web Technology

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Information for the Master Thesis in

M. A. Linguistics and Web Technology

January 14

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Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures –

Examinations Office

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Introduction

• These slides will be online at:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/pruefamt/mastudiengaenge/malwt

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General information

• Procedures and laws apply, even if you do not know them –

so it’s best to know them!

• Email:

– only use your official

@students.uni-marburg

-email

address

– check your mail regularly or have it forwarded to an account you

do check

– the Marburg email will no longer work after you graduate, so we

also need your private address to be able to contact you in the

future

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Studien- und Prüfungsordnung –

Rules and Regulations of the course of study

• every course of study has a

Studien- und Prüfungsordnung (StPO)

• when a StPO is changed it only affects

new students, you keep the one you

enrolled under

• it regulates aspects from course content

to how to write your M.A. thesis!

• every StPO is available online:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/administration/amtlich/94_2010.pdf

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Possible problems and errors

rule of thumb:

• errors do not correct themselves!

• if something does not work, take action immediately!

• too late is too late!

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Table of Modules – Modulkonkordanz

• a list of all examinations (written exam, oral presentation, online

project &c.) of a course of study

• useful tool to navigate between the Studienordnung and the online

grade database (HIS-POS)

• the Table of Modules for the M.

A. Linguistics and Web Technology

is online at:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/pruefamt/Formulare/konkordanzmalwt.pdf

• makes communication about examinations unambiguous

• does not refer to seminars or seminar-codes

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Example from the table of modules

examination

number (ID)

exact name of module

(or part thereof)

credit points awarded

for each part

prerequisites

for participation

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Registration for the M.A.-Thesis

• registration for the thesis is mandatory

• you have to use the forms provided by the examinations office

the procedure can be a bit complicated

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starting the process

• find an advisor for your thesis

• find a second advisor

• the second advisor does not have to be a professor

they can also be someone who:

– has at least an M.A. themselves

– works at a university

– has taught the subject before

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Registration forms

• the registration documents are online:

English:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/pruefamt/Formulare/meldung-ma-lwt-en.pdf

German:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/pruefamt/Formulare/meldung-ma-lwt.pdf

• do not fill in these forms by hand!

• have your advisors sign page 2 (both) and page 3 (only first advisor)

• give page 4 to your first advisor

(he will send it to the examinations office)

now: a closer look at the registration forms

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Fachbereich Fremdsprachliche Philologien

Prüfungsamt

The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Examinations Office

Registration documents for the module MA1 Master Thesis

in the M. A. Linguistics and Web Technology

(StPO v. 10.02.2010)

Please fill in the enclosed application forms completely. Do not write by hand – use a pdf-viewer (e. g. Acrobat, Okular, Preview) and fill in on screen!1

Do not forget to have both of your advisors sign the application form.

Hand in the completed registration documents at the Examinations Office in person during our opening hours. For the current opening hours please see:http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/pruefamt/kontaktpafb10.

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Application for the admission to the module Masterarbeit – M. A. Linguistics and Web Technology 2 / 6

An den/die

Vorsitzende/n des Prüfungsausschusses

M. A. Linguistics and Web Technology

des Fachbereichs 10 Fremdsprachliche Philologien Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6 D

D-35032 Marburg

Application for admission to the module MA1 Master Thesis

Do not fill in by hand!

I. Personal Information

Last name: First name(s):

Gender: Nationality:

Date of birth: City and country of birth: Matriculation number at Marburg University:

Number of semesters in current program: Total number of university semesters:2

The first semester in the current programme was: Address during semester:

Home address:

Phone: Mobile:

e-Mail (university): @students.uni-marburg.de e-Mail (private):

II. Masterarbeit

Hiermit erkläre ich mich zur Übernahme der Prüfung bereit:

Agreement of advisor and second advisor to grade the M. A. Thesis: Advisor: Second advisor:

. . . . (Signature of advisor) (Signature of second advisor)

III. BAföG-Recipient

Please check one. I have received student aid according to the German BAföG3 YES NO

IV. Declaration

I agree to the storage and processing of my personal data for the purpose of organising the examinations pro-cedure of the module MA1 Master Thesis. I understand that communication with the Examinations Office will be conducted primarily via email. Only the email-address provided by the University of Marburg may be used. If my M. A. Thesis includes a digital version, I agree that this digital version is forwarded to my advisors as well.

. . . . (Date) (Signature of the candidate)

2_{Yes, this does include any semesters you have studied at any other university before. Including any previous Bachelor’s degrees as well as}

your current course of study.

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Candidate:

Attachment to the application for admission for the module MA1 Master Thesis in the M. A. Linguistics and Web

Technology:

Requirements for admission

Please provide your advisor with a Transcript of Records so she/he can check that you fulfill the admission criteria and that all grades are entered (correctly) in the database. If the admission criteria are fulfilled your advisor will be able to sign this page.

Voraussetzung für die Zulassung zum Modul Thesis ist der Erwerb von mindestens 60 Leistungspunkten aus abgeschlossenen Modulen des Studiengangs. LP, die in noch nicht abgeschlossenen Modulen erworben wurden, zählen hierbei nicht.

To be admitted for the Thesis module, a total of at least 60 credit points (LP) must have been awarded from completed modules in the M. A. program. Credit points from modules that are not yet completed do not count for this purpose.

Bestätigung der Betreuerin/des Betreuers

Hiermit bestätige ichrechtsverbindlich, dass ich die ordnungsgemäße Erfüllung der

Zulassungsvoraussetzun-gen anhand eines mir vorgelegten Transcript of Records geprüft habe. Die Kandidatin/der Kandidat erfüllt die Voraussetzungen zur Zulassung zum Modul MA1 Master Thesis gemäss § 11 der Studien- und Prüfungsordnung und kann zur Teilnahme am Modul MA1 Master Thesis zugelassen werden.

I hereby confirm in legally binding form that I have checked the fulfillment of the requirements for admission on the basis of a Transcript of Records. The candidate fulfills the requirements for admission to the module MA1 Master Thesis in accordance with § 11 of the Studien- und Prüfungsordnung and can be admitted to the module MA1 Master Thesis.

. . . . (Date) (Signature of advisor )

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Please hand this page to the advisor of your Master’s Thesis!

Kandidat/Kandidatin, Candidate: HAUSPOST Philipps-Universität Marburg Fachbereich 10 – Prüfungsamt Wilhelm-Röpke-Str. 6d D-35032 Marburg

THEMENSTELLUNG FÜR DIE MASTERARBEIT Topic for the Master’s

Thesis

Hinweis für den Betreuer / die Betreuerin, Notes to the Advisor:

Das Thema muss innerhalb einer Frist vonvier Monaten bearbeitet werden können, und dabei einem

Um-fang haben von:bis zu 80 Seiten (alternativ: Web-Projekt zusammen mit einer Projektbeschreibung von bis zu 20 Seiten auf einem externen Datenträger) (anderthalbzeiliger Abstand, 12-Punkt-Schrift).

Bitte senden Sie das Thema in einem verschlossenen und gestempelten Umschlag (per Hauspost) an das Prüfungsamt des Fachbereichs 10, Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6d, D-35032 Marburg.

Geben Sie diesen Umschlag mit dem Thema nicht zur Weiterleitung an den Kandidaten/die Kandi-datin aus!

Das Thema wird ausschließlich erst nach der Zulassung zur Arbeit durch den Vorsitzenden des Prüfungsausschusses auf dem Prüfungsamt ausgegeben. Weiteres regelt § 11 der StPO.

The topic has to be able to be completed withinfour months, within a scope of: up to 80 (alternatively: web-project including a project description of up to 20 pages on an external medium) pages (line

spacing of one-and-one-half times, 12pt font).

Please send the topic in a closed and sealed envelope to: Prüfungsamt des Fachbereichs 10, Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße 6d, D-35032 Marburg.

Do not give this envelope to the candidate! Not even if they promise to bring it to the Examinations Office unopened.

The candidate will receive the topic from the Chair of the Examinations Board at the Examinations Office after they have been formally admitted to the Module. The procedure is regulated by § 11 of the Studien-und Prüfungsordnung(terms and regulations of the course of study).

. . . . . . . . . . . . Bitte deutlich schreiben. Falls das Thema Sonderzeichen o. ä. enthält, senden Sie dieses bitte auch per Email an das Prüfungsamt.

Please write clearly. If the topic contains special characters of any kind, please send it to the Examinations Office via email as well.

. . . . (Datum), (Date) (Unterschrift des Betreuers / der Betreuerin), (Signature of Advisor)

I hereby confirm that the topic of the Master’ Thesis has been handed over to me by the Examinations Office. . . . . (Date), (Date) (Unterschrift der Kandidatin / des Kandidaten), (Signature of Candidate)

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Template for the title page of the Master’s Thesis in the M. A. Linguistics

and Web Technology

<

Topic of your Master’s Thesis

a

>

Master’s Thesis in

Linguistics and Web Technology

presented to the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures at the Philipps-Universität Marburg

by

> your first name, last name <

from > your place of birth (country of birth) <

Marburg, > current year <

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Template for the declaration

Please attach this declaration at the end of your thesis. You cannot hand in your thesis at the Examinations office if you do not include this statement. Do not forget to sign it.

I hereby declare that my Master’s Thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (M. A.) with the title:

. . . .

>title of your thesis as assigned by the Examinations Office<

. . . . is entirely my own work and does not involve any additional human assistance. I also confirm that it has not been submitted for credit before, neither as a whole nor in part and neither by myself nor by any other person. No resources or aids other than those cited have been used. All quotations and paraphrases but also information and ideas that have been taken from sources used are cited appropriately with the corresponding bibliographical references provided. The same is true of all drawings, sketches, pictures and the like that appear in the text, as well as of all Internet resources used. I am aware that in case of being found guilty of plagiarism, I shall bear the costs of any ensuing legal disputes as well as any additional sanctions.

. . . . (city) (date) (your signature)

Further notes for candidates

The thesis must comprise: up to 80 (alternatively: web-project including a project description of up to 20 pages on an external medium) pages (line spacing of one-and-one-half times, 12pt font).

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further procedure

• hand in the registration forms at the examinations office

• we will prepare your documents

• we’ll send you an email as soon as you can come and pick up your

letter of admission to the M.A. thesis

• come to examinations office (during opening hours)

• there we will give you your topic,

you can start working on your thesis

• from that moment: time is running

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problems with the topic assigned?

• if you have a problem working on the topic you have been assigned:

– you can return the topic within the first 2 weeks

• you then get a new topic from your advisor

(and a new deadline date)

• can be done only once

• if you only need to change a detail in your topic

(spelling, capitalization, italics &c.)

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handing in your thesis

• you have to hand in on the day stated on your letter of admission at

the very latest!

1 day later: you will be graded “fail” automatically

• hand in 2 copies of thesis, if digital elements: 2 data carriers

• during opening hours of examinations office (Block D, 7

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floor)

• thesis has to be bound (softcover is ok, binder is not ok)

• title has to be exactly! as stated on form from your advisor

no “working title”

• thesis and data carriers remain on file at examinations office

(for 5 years)

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handing in your thesis via postal mail

• if you cannot hand in your thesis in person you can send it

via postal mail (not via email!)

• 2 copies etc. as before

• your risk!

if thesis does not arrive, you fail

• send as registered letter with personal delivery

(„Übergabeeinschreiben“)

• keep receipt from post office

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after handing in the thesis

after you have handed in your thesis:

• your advisors write a report on your thesis

(within 4 weeks of you handing in)

• after that: oral exam

• as soon as ALL your grades have been entered into the

online-system, we can start on your degree certificate

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Degree certificate and other documents

• preparing degree certificates usually take 8 weeks after handing in

the thesis IF:

– all grades have been entered into the system

– no other problems arise

• if you need anything earlier → contact us immediately

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Picking up your degree certificate

• we will contact you as soon as you can pick up your documents at

the examinations office

• handing out documents: only to you in person

• sending documents via postal mail: only as exception

– your risk:

there is only ever 1 original, any further duplicate copies

(i.e „Zweitschrift“) will cost you €50,- each

– you have to pay for all postal fees:

we need an envelope with correct amount of stamps addressed

to yourself

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Exam ceremony

• every semester:

exam ceremony in the great hall of the old university building

• all graduates are invited

• there may be problems receiving the invitation,

you are invited anyway

• you can bring as many guests as you like,

all guests have to be registered in advance with the examinations

office

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Accessing your file

• you have the right to access your file at the examinations office

and to read your advisors’ reports

• if you’d like to do that:

– file a written request with the examinations office (email is ok)

(„Antrag auf Akteneinsicht“)

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Questions?

do you have any questions concerning

• the procedure?

• any documents?

• your rights and obligations?

• … ?

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Further information

• These slides will be online at:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb10/pruefamt/mastudiengaenge/malwt

• Table of Modules of the M.

A. Linguistics and Web Technology

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