It is important to familiarise yourself with the assessment criteria and expected standards defined by your university and/or department.
The common standards used for assessing project are as below:
General
- Relevance of chosen topic
- Originality of chosen topic
- Significance of findings
- Degree to which the work is the student’s own work (as opposed to the supervisor)
Report
- Clarity of presentation
- Consistency between different parts of the report
- Degree of insight apparent from the arguments presented to support the decisions made in the project
- Ability to differentiate between others’ thoughts and your own
- Ability to handle references and citations
- General stylistic impression
Defence
- Degree of insight apparent from the arguments presented to support claims and conclusions
- Degree of insight apparent from discussion in response to relevant questions
Other
- How the student performed as opponent
- Fulfilment of deadlines and other formal requirements
