Excerpt from source: Professor Graeme Wright, Dean (Curtin Graduate Studies)lecture "How to pass your thesis with flying colours", Sem 2 2009.
1. Criteria to examine a doctoral thesis:
The thesis should demonstrate that the candidate has:
a) adequately surveyed literature relevant to the thesis;
b) adequate skills in the gathering and critical analysis of information and report presentation;
c) demonstrated the capacity to conceive, design and carry to completion independant research; and
d) made a substantial, original and significant contribution to the knowledge or understanding in the field of study (PhD's Thesis)
*d)made a substantial contribution to the knowledge or understanding in the field of study (Master's Thesis)
2. Thesis examiners select only one of the five recommendations below:
A - The thesis be classified as PASSED with no requirement for correction other than minor typographical or editoral matters. The Chairperson of Thesis Comittee will require that the candidate correct such errors as pointed out by the Examiner; or
B1 - The thesis be classified as PASSED after the candidate has made minor textual and/or structural amendments to the satisfaction of the Chairperson of Thesis Comittee as outlined in the Examiner's report; or
B2 - The thesis be classified as PASSED provided the candidate has revised specific sections of the thesis to the satisfaction of the Chairperson of Thesis Comittee as outlined in the Examiner's report. The examiner may specify this category for a thesis which requires substantive revisions that will not change the substantive conclusions of the thesis; or
C - The thesis be SUBMITTED IN A REVISED FORM FOR RE-EXAMINATION by the original Examiner after further research, rewriting, re-organisation, and/or reconceptualisation . The Examiner may specify this category for a thesis which requires major, substantive amendments. In the report the Examiner shall provide detailed guidance to the candidate to assist revision; or
D- The thesis be classified as FAILED, without right to resubmit the thesis, on the basis that a significant amount of additional research works and/or major substantive revision will not raise the thesis to an acceptable standard.
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