I would rather err on the side of being overly wanting and give an A.N., rather than a M.N.
On 10/26/2017 12:55 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm still struggling a bit "leveling" Alexis's thesis. By sheer length, > it is clearly more than a B.N. and would fit for Masters. However > (wearing my academic review hat, seriously I just got out of a review > committee for a RL master's thesis), it's subject matter of the CFJ is > limited in scope - while very-well analyzed, as written it has limited > applicability or generalization outside of carefully analyzing a set of > rules that have now been fixed. > > I'm going to give 24 more hours for discussion - there's currently no > standards for theses in the rules. > > Just by word count, Masters. > by content: B.N., but e has that already, so A.N. > (ais523's suggestion of changing the rules to allow multiple degrees > at each level is a good one, but I don't want to delay the award > further). > > Also: should we consider "academic progression" at all, e.g. "this > would be a masters if you'd filled in the lower degrees first, but > since you haven't, fill in the lower?" > > My apologies, Alexis, if I'm over-thinking this. I'm totally happy > to error upwards in most things and give the higher award, but I'm having > a hard time getting over the "jump" in RL between undergrad and graduate > degree expectations in terms of the research topic being more general than > a specific CFJ. Since this is one of the rare Masters candidates, the > decision sets something of a precedent... > > -G. > > >
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