Assessment of the thesis (bachelor)

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Grading of the thesis
Assessment criteria literature review)
Assessment criteria MaRBLe

Grading of the thesis

The bachelor’s thesis is graded by averaging the grades given by the supervisor and the second anonymous assessor. Both grades, based on all aspects, must be at least 6.0 and the
difference between the grades of the supervisor and the second assessor may not be more than 2.0 points.

The supervisor’s grade is based on the quality of both versions of your thesis. Supervisor and student have no role in selecting this anonymous second assessor, nor are they to correspond with this person. Both assessors fill in an electronic assessment form with concise feedback on your final version. The average grade is final.

No later than 11 June 2025 the final grade is published and concise feedback on the final thesis is available for students (except for extended deadlines).

Note: this date also applies to theses that were submitted earlier than the final deadline of 28 April 2025 13:00.

Assessment criteria

The Bachelor thesis is assessed on a number of criteria. Assessors mark those criteria that are constructive in providing the student with concise feedback on the final version of the bachelor thesis. Response options for assessors are: poor, unsatisfactory, marginal fail, sufficient, good and very good.
Only one of the aspects may be deemed insufficient in order to receive a pass for the thesis.

Criteria Literature Review (applies to most bachelor students, unless you are part of MaRBLe)

Abstract

Concise and accurately reflects the aims, results, discussion and conclusion of the paper

Introduction and problem statement

Problem/topic: Concrete, clear and guiding
Introduction: representative and relevant tothe problem/topic
Argumentation of its broader societal/theoretical relevance
Structure moves from broad outline to a more narrow and specific question/aim

Middle sections

Correct definition of concepts and core constructs
Literature and theory are relevant

Discussion and conclusions

Structure: moving from a specific discussion of the study results to its broader implications
Reformulation of the research question or primary aim of the paper
Summary of the main findings
Discussion of limitations, implications, and recommendations for further research

Literature

Representative and relevant forthe given topic and central question ofthe paper
Adequate referencing (i.e., APA style)

Form

Coherent structure and narrative
A clear division between primary and secondary aims
Intelligible and objective research language
Appearance and clarity ofthe organization ofthe paper (TOC, page numbers, et cetera)
Adequate line of argumentation and reasoning

Overall impression and comments: open question
Grade: 1-10

Criteria thesis for MarBLE participants

Abstract

Concise and accurately reflects the aims, results, discussion and conclusion of the paper

Introduction and problem statement

Problem/topic: Concrete, clear and guiding
Introduction: representative and relevant tothe problem/topic
Argumentation of its broader societal/theoretical relevance
Structure moves from broad outline to a more narrow and specific question/aim

Method

Adequate for answering the research question
Correct operational definition of the core constructs
The research method is justified

Results

Correct description of the statistical analyses and data
Correct interpretation of findings