Master's Thesis Defense
The student has to make a public defense of their Master's Thesis in the presence of an academic board, for an approximate time of 15 minutes. In the presentation, all the support resources that are considered necessary may be used. Once the exposition is over, a round of questions will be opened for the members of the board. The student will have to answer the questions and clarifications raised.
Students have two calls for the public defense of the MT, according to the official schedule that will be published at the relevant dates. For the assessment of the MT, an academic board will be constituted and the place, day and time for the defense will be made public, as well as the complete timetable of defenses.
The fraudulent completion of exams or assessment activities, once confirmed, will result directly in a failing grade in the respective exam session: the student will be graded as "fail" (numerical grade of 0) in the corresponding academic year's exam session, whether the misconduct occurs in the first opportunity or the second. In this regard, their grade will be modified in the first opportunity's record, if necessary.
The assessment critieria reflected on table A-II/1 of the STCW Code, and also reflected in the Quality System, are taken into account to design and perform the assessment.
Links to rules:
https://www.udc.es/export/sites/udc/normativa/_galeria_down/titulos/normativa_grao_mestrado.pdf
http://www.udc.es/export/sites/udc/normativa/_galeria_down/academica/matricula_defensa_fin_grao.pdf