Certification rules 2017/2018 |
§1
The following regulations elaborate on details of the Study Regulations
at the University of Silesia in Katowice.
§2
1. After submitting a Master dissertation approved
by a candidate’s supervisor, the
supervisor and referee are
expected to submit their reports no later that three
days before the date of the exam.
2. The reports are expected to contain a grade
proposal.
3. The reports are expected to be made available to
the candidate.
§3
1. The diploma exam consists of two parts:
(a) defense of the dissertation,
(b) answering the questions asked
by the examination committee.
2. The defense starts with a short report presented
by the candidate. After the part,
where the candidate is expected to
present the main results of his/her
dissertation, he/she is supposed
to comment on the remarks contained in the
referee’s and supervisor’s
reports. Finally, members of the examination committee
may ask additional questions
regarding the dissertation. The first part of the exam
ends after the candidate's
responses.
3. During the second part of the exam the candidate
is expected to answer questions
from two topics he/she chooses
before the exam.
4. Towards the end of the exam:
(a) The supervisor and the referee
propose their final grades for the dissertation,
considering the candidate’s performance during the exam. Their
proposals are
to be
noted in the exam protocol.
(b) The committee agrees on grades for
particular questions answered by the
candidate.
(c) The committee agrees on final grades
awarded for the dissertation and on the
diploma.
5. The committee announces its verdict to the candidate
immediately.
§4
The material covered in each of the
topics chosen by the candidate
for the second part of the exam.
The candidate chooses and declares in advance two from the following
topics based on
the courses offered during the two last semesters: