THESIS LIMITATION, REQUIREMENT, AND ASSIGNMENT
B. Requirement and Assignment 1. Students
a. Requirements for Proposing Thesis Title
To submit a thesis proposal, the student should meet the following requirements
1) An undergraduate student who has completed and passed a minimum of 110 Credit with GPA ≥ 2,75.
2) Has passed the Research Methodology Course b. Student Right and Obligation
The student right and obligation during taking thesis as follows:
1) Students reserve the right to choose the supervisor candidates who have interesting expertise and already claimed approval from them.
2) Students reserve the right to be supervised in thesis completion continuously from choosing title until declared passed the thesis exam as well as the scientific article ready to be uploaded.
3) Students reserve the right to use the facilities provided by the faculty and university under the regulation applied.
4) Students are obliged to conduct the research properly and write the thesis as well as the scientific article under the applicable writing system.
5) Students are obliged to submit the thesis validated by the supervisor and acknowledge by the Study Program Coordinator in the required number set by the Head of Sub Academic and Student Affairs, Supervisor, Library, and related parties in the form of softcopy and hardcopy.
6) Students are obliged to submit a scientific article approved by the supervisor to the Head of Sub Academic Student Affairs in the form of softcopy and hardcopy.
2. Research Supervisor a. Supervisor Requirements
The supervisor consists of 2 (two) lecturers with the following criteria:
1) Supervisor I (one) at least having a functional position as an instructor who has related expertise and assigned by the Dean's decree. Supervisor, I could be in the same/lower functional position than supervisor II.
2) The maximum number of supervised students is 10 (ten) students each semester or considering the student ratio of each study program.
3) If needed, the thesis supervisor could be from other faculties or universities.
b. Supervisor Assignment
The procedure of supervisor determination should follow these steps (SOP Number 012/UN.55.10/HK.06/2019):
1) Students ask the availability of the candidate of supervisor I and supervisor II by enclosing the Problem Identification Sheet (Appendix 3a.1., Form A1) using the Candidate Supervisor Approval Sheet (Appendix 3a.2., Form A2).
2) Submit the proposed supervisor I and II to the study program by attaching the draft of Title Proposing Sheet (Appendix 3a.3., Form A3).
3) The study program staff check the proposed supervisor. If it is agreed, then the Supervisor Recommendation Letter will be submitted to the Dean through the Academic and Student Affairs. If it is declined, the form will be returned to the student to be resubmitted.
4) The head of Academic and Student Affairs creat Decree for Supervisor draft and submit it to the Vice Dean I to be verified.
5) Vice Dean I check the Supervisor Decree draft If it is approved, he will put an initial sign to the decree. If not, return it to the Head of Academic and Student Affairs to be reviewed.
6) Supervisor Decree Draft which is approved and initially signed by the Vice Dean I will be signed by the Dean.
7) Dean transfers the Supervisor Decree to the administrative staffs. to be registered and given to every supervisor.
8) Administrative Staff registers the Supervisor Decree and gives them to every supervisor and student.
c. Changing Supervisor
The procedure in changing the thesis supervisor as follows:
1) Changing the supervisor is only possible under the following conditions:
a) The assigned and appointed thesis supervisors are assigned to study or having training in which the duration is more than 3 (three) months. The changing of supervisor under this condition is only applied for the students who have not conducted their proposal seminars yet. If the students are going to conduct thesis exam, they should not change the supervisor unless (1) requested by the respected supervisors, (2) the supervisors cannot accommodate the online consultation session, (3) both of the supervisor are assigned to study at the same time or participating in training, or (4) the training make every supervisor cannot attend the final exam.
b) The supervisor is not able to perform the task optimally more than 3 months or less intensive in doing the consultation with the students so it will hinder the thesis writing process. The supervisor can be changed after being noticed before by the Study Program Coordinator and after that, in fact, he/she still ignore their responsibility as the supervisor.
c) Any other things that can hinder the consultation session such as the supervisor is being in severe illness and/or pass away.
2) The changing of supervisor should be agreed by the Study Program Coordinator and verified by the Dean.
3) If the Supervisor I is happened to be changed, the Supervisor II (who meet the requirements to be Supervisor I) can be appointed as Supervisor I.
4) The new supervisor should be able to supervise the students after agreed/assigned by the Vice Dean I.
d. Supervisor Assignment
The main task of the supervisor including:
1) Guide the students that they could develop the thesis proposal, research instrument, and write their research findings in the form of a thesis and article based on scientific principles. The writing format and technique of the thesis and article should follow the thesis writing guideline book FTTE Universitas Sulawesi Barat.
2) Facilitate and guide students to make a scientific paper in the form of a thesis and article that is original or not a plagiarism product (copied) from other's works.
3) Give suggestions and complete the student's work that is examined when the examination is undergoing.
4) Give score and final decision on the examination result as well as the seminar/exam.
3. Examiner Team
a. The Examiner Team Prerequisite
The examiner team in research proposal seminar consists of 2 (two) lecturers with the minimal requirement having a functional position as an instructor that comply with the expertise (for Examiner I) and validated by the Dean's decision
While the thesis examination evaluation performed by the Supervisor I (one) and 3 other examiners as well as Supervisor II (dua) as the following details:
1) The faculty member (Dean, Vice Dean I, or Vice Dean II) becomes a member of the examiner team in the thesis exam.
2) Examiner team on proposal seminar.
3) The supervisor also acts as the examiner in the thesis exam.
b. Examiner Team Determination
The procedure of examiner team determination should be in accordance with the following steps (SOP Number 014/UN.55.10/HK.06/2019):
1) The administrative staff makes the list of research proposal seminar participants.
2) The study program verifies the list of seminar participants and determines the
3) Head of Academic and Student Affairs makes the decree draft that will be verified by Vice Dean I.
4) Vice Dean I checks the decree draft, then signs it if agreed to be validated by the Dean. If not, return it to the Head of Academic and Student Affairs to be reviewed.
5) The dean signs the decree for the examiners.
6) The Head of Academic and Student Affairs gives the decree to the Admin Staff.
7) Admin Staff documents the decree and gives it to every examiner.
c. Changing the Examiner
The procedure in changing the thesis examiner as follows:
1) Changing examiner is only possible under the following conditions:
a) The assigned thesis examiner, assigned to study or participating in the training.
b) The examiner is in serious illness and/or pass away.
c) The examiner who confirms to be absent on the exam/seminar schedule, unless the student decides to change the exam/seminar schedule.
d) Examiner is on duty task or urgent activity that cannot be left which has the same schedule with the student's exam/seminar.
2) Changing examiner can be done at the exam/seminar day only for point 1)b) and d).
3) Under certain conditions, students can have an independent after-exam session with the examiner through some agreement between the Head/Secretary of the Session, Supervisor, and Examiner.
4) The changing of the examiner should be agreed by the Study Program Coordinator and verified by the Dean.
5) If the Examiner I is happened to be changed, the Examiner II (who meet the requirements to be Examiner I) can be appointed as Examiner I.
6) The new examiner is on duty after agreed/assigned by Vice Dean I.
d. Examiner Team Assignment
The main task of the examiner team including:
1) Check the paper that will be examined.
2) Test the understanding level of the examined students on their work.
3) Test the level of knowledge of the students that examined the content/knowledge in the examined document.
4) Asking various questions related to the content/knowledge in the proposal/research finding that is examined.
5) Give suggestions and complete the student's work that is examined when the examination is undergoing.
6) Give the score and final decision of the examination result and exam.
4. Research Instrument Validator
Research Instrument Validator could be the lecturer, expert, or even the practitioner who is experienced in their field. The instrument validator should meet the following requirements.
a. Validator who is the lecturer has an educational background and/or research experience which is related to students' research theme/problems.
b. Validator who is expert or practitioner has the experience related to students' research theme/problems.
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