The grading certificate of a course is based on approx. 10 minute oral test, immediately after the end of the course duration. In the test, knowledge on the summary of the course taught during the entire semester will be examined. In case of an elective subject, which involves student presentations, the graded or ungraded performance measurement will base on the individual presentation. In this case the oral test will not be held.

Presentation: the group presentation/ report of duration of 30 minutes, plus 15 minutes discussion time is required for graded or ungraded certificates. Usually a group should consist of 2 persons. The presentation topic and time will be announced and can be taken out from the table. The successful presentation depends on some important conditions:

The duration of presentation should be exactly 30 minutes and not over. The presentation should represent the research area in general and it should be clearly explained and at certain necessary points it should be described with a deep scientific understanding.

The main criteria for measuring in this case are level of understanding, completeness, correctness and a comprehensive presentation. Both team members should allow half of the presenting duration to each other. The presentation procedures and media (Power Point, Board, Overhead-Projector) can be chosen at convenience. In this case, the chosen procedure is not a measure of the quality of presentation. The presentation in English is appreciated and will carry a special bonus point.

After the presentation, the 15-minutes discussion time is allowed for the audience to put questions, place comments or any remarks. The more exact and complete the answers are, the better will be the evaluation on the discussion.

An electronic form of the presentation should be made available (ppt, pdf, etc.), on CD/ Memory-Stick at secretary 3. OG., Building C 6.3 or can be sent to secretary.hartmann@mx.uni-saarland.de before the presentation, so that it can be shown on the website for other lecture participants.