Attend seminar 1 701-1211-01 in the semester BEFORE your MSc thesis, and seminar 2 701-1211-02 in the semester DURING your MSc thesis semester
Please note that you generally attend the seminar 1 in the semester before your MSc thesis (i.e. 701-1211-01 typically in the 2nd semester after you already spent one semester in courses as preparation) and again (701-1211-02) in the semester during your MSc thesis, as indicated in the curriculum. Both seminars run parallel in each semester! Please only register for one seminar at a time at mystudies.ethz.ch.
We also use this seminar for a critical review of our programme.
Attendance in all classes listed below is mandatory. Performance assessment in seminar 1 (701-1211-01) is an accepted proposal, and in seminar 2 (701-1211-02) an oral presentation & accepted project management documentation. In each seminar 3 ECTS can be acquired (no grades, pass/fail).
Deadlines for MSc-Seminar 1:
11. March 2025: deadline for picking topic
18. April 2025: Pre-submission of Master thesis proposal for in-class work
06. May 2025: First submission of Master thesis proposal
20. May 2025: Reviews back
28. May 2025: final sumission
In this seminar the knowledge exchange between you and the other students is promoted. You attend the seminar twice during your master studies. In the first run (701-1211-01) you write a proposal on a current research subject or your future master thesis project. This aims at strengthening your scientific writing skills and introduces you to a typical publishing/reviewing process. In the second run (701-1211-02) you present the status of your master thesis project.
