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The student's ability to defend his/her own procedures, methodology and critical thinking, which he/she has used in the independent creative activity in writing the master's thesis, will be verified.
The student must submit the master's thesis within the deadline specified in the schedule of the current academic year for the relevant date of the state exam. The master's thesis is submitted in electronic form via AIS. The work must meet the parameters determined by the internal quality system of Comenius University. The provisions of Article 14 of Internal Regulation no. 5/2020 (Study Regulations of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University) apply to the evaluation of the master's thesis.
The supervisor of the final thesis and its opponent will prepare evaluations of the master's thesis and propose a grade in the A-FX grading scale, which the student receives a minimum of three working days before the defence.
Grading scale: 0-59% -FX, 60-67% -E, 68-75% -D, 76-83% -C, 84-91% -B, 92-100% -A
Master's thesis evaluation criteria:
1. The contribution of the master's thesis, the fulfilment of the goals of the thesis in its assignment, and the requirements for the content of the master's thesis given by the internal quality system of Comenius University. The following is assessed: demonstration of knowledge and skills, ability to work creatively in the study program, ability applied in the collection, interpretation, and processing of basic scientific literature; in the case of an empirically oriented master's thesis also mastering the application of theoretical principles in practice and verifiability of hypotheses.
2. Originality of the work (master's thesis must not be plagiarized, must not infringe the copyrights of other authors); the documentation for the defence of the master's thesis also includes protocols of originality from the CRZP and Theses systems, to the results of which the thesis supervisor and the opponent express their opinions in their evaluations.
3. Correctness and accuracy of citation of used information sources, research results of other authors and group authors, correctness of the description of methods and working procedures of other authors or group authors.
4. Compliance of the structure of the master's thesis with the prescribed composition defined by the internal quality system of Comenius University.
5. Respecting the recommended length of the master's thesis (the recommended length of the master's thesis is usually 30 – 40 standard pages = 54,000 to 72,000 characters, including spaces), the adequacy of the length of the thesis is assessed by the thesis supervisor.
6. Linguistic and stylistic level of work and formal adjustments.
The student orally presents the content, achieved goals, and conclusions of the master's thesis, and answers the questions and comments of the thesis supervisor, opponent, or members of the examination committee. The committee will comprehensively evaluate the quality of the master's thesis, assess the method and form of defence, and the student's ability to adequately respond to comments and questions from the evaluations of the thesis supervisor and the opponent. The student receives their final grade based on the average of the assessment of the thesis supervisor and opponent from their evaluations, and the assessment of the examination committee.
Slovak language, the language of the section at which the student submits the Master's thesis
1. The student presents the master's thesis in front of the committee for state exams, the opponent of the master's thesis, and those present.
2. The student responds to comments and questions in the evaluations.
3. The student responds to the questions of the committee for state exams or the questions in a broader debate.
Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100
The student has mastered the basic requirements of writing a scientific text in compliance with the rules of academic ethics, is able to work creatively in the field of study in which he completed the study program, and has adequate knowledge and understanding of the relevant issues. The student can apply his skills in the collection, interpretation, and processing of basic scientific literature, or even in its application in practice, or has the ability to solve a partial task related to the focus of the master's thesis. After a successful defence of the master's thesis, the student is able to logically deal with the theoretical background of the master's thesis and respond to questions relating to the relevant issues.
Literature recommended during Bachelor's and Master's studies in relevant subjects.
The student will pass the language part of the state exam (morphology, lexicology, syntax), which make up 100% of the overall evaluation. Credits for the final exam will not be awarded to students who receive less than 60 % of the evaluation on every separate part of the exam. The final evaluation will be obtained based on the average calculated from all parts of the exam.
Grading scale: 100-90: A, 89-85: B, 84-75: C, 74-70: D, 69-60: E, 59-0: FX.
French language, Slovak language
The content of the state final examination in French is a set of knowledge and skills that students have acquired in the course of studying linguistically oriented subjects. Students must demonstrate
the ability to analyse and interpret a French text correctly and to answer questions relating to its morphosyntactic, lexical and stylistic aspects. They must be able to put knowledge into context and present it at an academic level in cultured French.
Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100
Graduates of the final state examination will demonstrate the ability to analyse morphologically, lexically and syntactically selected linguistic phenomena in a short French essay and also demonstrate the ability to theoretically explain their functioning in French with overlap into Slovak.
Secondary literature recommended during bachelor and master studies in relevant subjects and obligatory source literature according to the lists published in the individual years.
The student will pass both parts of the state exam (history of literature, culture and civilization of France), the evaluation of which constitutes 100% of the overall evaluation. Credits for the final exam will not be awarded to students who receive less than 60 % of the evaluation on every separate part of the exam. The final evaluation will be obtained based on the average calculated from all parts of the exam.
Grading scale: 100-90: A, 89-85: B, 84-75: C, 74-70: D, 69-60: E, 59-0: FX.
French language, Slovak language
The content of the national final examination in French literature and civilisation consists of a set of knowledge and skills that students have acquired in the course of their studies in literature and civilisation-related subjects. Students must demonstrate an orientation towards French literature as well as the history and contemporary political, social and cultural developments in France and the Francophone countries. They must be able to put knowledge into context and present it at an academic level in cultured French.
Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100
The student who passes the state exam demonstrates knowledge of 19th and 20th century French literary history and the culture and civilization of France within the required scope specified in the theses for the state exam corresponding to the scope of the material covered in the courses or designated for individual study. The state exam also includes mastery of the source literature specified in the individual courses throughout the course of study.
According to the information sheets of the completed courses.
Answering questions at the appropriate level corresponding to the profile of the graduate of the study programme.
Slovak, Romanian
The content of the Romanian language final state examination consists of a set of knowledge and skills that students have acquired in the course of studying linguistically oriented subjects. Students must demonstrate the ability to analyse and interpret a Romanian language text correctly and be able to answer questions related to its morphosyntactic, lexical and stylistic levels. They must be able to put it into context and present it at an academic level in sophisticated Romanian language.
The student demonstrates adequate knowledge of Romanian linguistics with emphasis on the work
with the text.
According to information sheets of completed courses
Answering the questions asked at the appropriate level that corresponds to the profile of the graduate of a given study programme.
Slovak, Romanian
The content of the state final examination in Romanian literature and civilisation consists of a set of skills and knowledge that students have acquired in the course of studying literature and civilisation subjects. Students must demonstrate an orientation towards Romanian literature, as well as towards the history and contemporary political, social and cultural developments in Romania. They must be able to put knowledge into context and present it at an academic level in cultured Romanian.
The student must demonstrate adequate knowledge of Romanian literature and civilisation and an overview of contemporary events in Romania.