Guidelines for assessment and grading
Here you will find grading scales for UiO.
Following are guidelines for evaluating a Master thesis in Informatics. The following should be taken into consideration:
- The ability to focus on an area
- The ability to handle the material independently
- The ability to communicate and arrange the material, written presentation and the use of references and sources.
- Originality, not necessarily that the results are worth publishing, but the ideas behind, cleverness, an unexpected elegance etc.
Failed thesis
If the thesis handed in along with the oral presentation is considered as failed, it can be handed in a revised edition, and re-presented. A thesis handed the grade A-E cannot be re-submitted.
To be able to submit the master's thesis in a revised form, the original thesis must meet all structural requirements for an approved master's thesis so that it can be assessed according to the descriptions in the grading guidelines (see Regulations concerning courses, course groups and degrees at MN-faculty ยง 5.3.7). In addition your supervisor and external censor must state in a written agreement that it is possible to submit a revised copy within 6 weeks for a short thesis (30 ECTS), and within 3 months for a long thesis (60 ECTS). A new deadline must be presented in this process.
If the revised thesis is still considered as failed or has not been handed in within the agreed deadline, you will lose their admission to the program, and have to reapply to the master program to be able to write a new thesis. You must also submit an application for approval of the theoretical curriculum.
Finish your theoretical curriculum
As a general rule, you must finish the courses that are part of your master's degree (theoretical curriculum) the semester before you submit your thesis. To be able to have your final master's exam, all the courses needs to be completed.
Retaking a course your final semester?
After you have received the final grade of your master thesis, you cannot improve grades for courses that are part of your master's degree. If you retake a course and get a different grade, this can be documented on an additonal transcript of records issued by the faculty.