Module LS5990-KP30

Master Thesis in MLS (MScArbeit)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each semester

Credit points

30

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Master Molecular Life Science 2023, compulsory, advanced curriculum MLS
  • Master MLS 2018, compulsory, advanced curriculum
  • Master MLS 2016, compulsory, advanced curriculum
  • Master MLS 2009, compulsory, advanced curriculum

Classes and lectures:

  • Colloquium (presentation (incl. preparation), 1 SWS)
  • Authoring of the Master Thesis (self-study, 5 SWS)
  • Practical work (autonomous practical studies , 39 SWS)

Workload:

  • 900 hours research for and write up of a thesis

Contents of teaching:

  • Scientific project in the field of molecular life sciences

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Ability to solve a preformulated more complex scientific problem in a defined period of time and to present and defende the experimental results within the rules of the UzL for GSP and the DFG-guidelines.
  • Basic skills to design and perform their own experiments

Grading through:

  • written exam, oral presentation, and defence of the experiment´s results

Responsible for this module:

  • Studiengangsleitung MLS

Teacher:

  • Institutes and hospitals of the University of Lübeck
  • Alle prüfungsberechtigten Dozentinnen/Dozenten des Studienganges

Literature:

  • : will be announced by the lecturer

Language:

  • English

Notes:

Prerequisites for the module:
- Student are at least in the third semester.
- The modules LS4010-L1 and LS4030-L1 are fully completed
- The other modules of the first two semesters must have been completed in full, except for one.
- One of the training sessions of the internship module is fully completed and the second one is experimentally completed.

Prerequisites for admission to the written examination:
- succesful work on the subject

Module exam:
- LS5990-L1: Master Thesis in MLS, written thesis, 66,66 % module grade
- LS5990-L2: Colloquium about the thesis in MLS, oral defend (english), 60 min (20 min oral presentation), 33,33 % module grade (the arithmetic mean of the two examinators)


If the Master thesis is done externally (outside our university) the student has to choose a licensed lecturer (see PO) of our university as a second instructor who will be First Examiner in the examination.

Language for written thesis: English, on request also German if the examiners and the student are German native speakers and there are special reasons

Last Updated:

10.09.2024