The graduation project is a crucial teaching component for achieving educational goals and a key step in improving undergraduates' knowledge, abilities, and overall quality. It plays an irreplaceable role in cultivating students' pursuit of truth, strengthening their social awareness, providing basic training in scientific research, and enhancing their comprehensive practical abilities and qualities. It is an important manifestation of the integration of education with productive labor and social practice, and a vital practical link in cultivating students' innovative abilities, practical skills, and entrepreneurial spirit. Furthermore, the quality of the graduation project is an important basis for measuring teaching standards and for students' graduation and degree qualification certification. Doing a good job in the graduation project is of great significance for improving the overall quality of undergraduate graduates. Therefore, in light of the professional characteristics of the School of Art, the following regulations are formulated for the graduation project work.

(I) Objectives and Requirements

The basic teaching objective of the graduation project is to cultivate students' ability to comprehensively apply their knowledge and skills to analyze and solve practical problems, to initially form a system design awareness integrating technology, economics, environment, market, and management, to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical abilities, as well as a serious and rigorous scientific attitude and a meticulous and pragmatic work style.

The graduation project should last no less than 12 weeks (including the defense and grading), and practical project training in enterprises is encouraged. Graduation projects should emphasize cultivating students' innovative awareness and developing the following basic abilities:

1. The ability to acquire, analyze, and synthesize data and information;

2. The ability to demonstrate, analyze, and compare solutions;

3. Practical skills;

4. The ability to use networks and computers (including information retrieval, computer graphics, data processing, and basic software applications);

5. The ability to write design reports and present and disseminate creative ideas.

(II) Topic Selection

Graduation project topics should primarily fall into three categories: conceptual design, special research, and actual enterprise projects. Emphasis should vary depending on the major, but overall, the three categories should be kept within an appropriate proportion consistent with the nature of the major, and should adhere to the following principles:

1. The topic must align with the major's training objectives and basic teaching requirements, reflecting the comprehensive training content of the major, and providing students with well-rounded development.

2. The topic should, as far as possible, integrate with production, research, and enterprise production tasks, promoting the organic integration of teaching, research, and production.

3. Topic selection should adhere to the principle of individualized instruction. It is essential to emphasize both the training of students' basic abilities and the full utilization of their initiative and creativity. Students should be encouraged to choose their own topics, and interdisciplinary projects combining their own discipline with other disciplines should also be encouraged to be selected. This will allow students' interests and strengths to be fully developed, leading to greater improvement in their knowledge and skills.

4. Topics should strive to enable students to comprehensively apply their theoretical knowledge and skills, and to cultivate their independent working abilities.

5. The workload and difficulty of topics should be appropriate, allowing students to complete them under the guidance of their instructors and achieve suitable interim results.

6. The principle of "one topic per student" should be a crucial guideline in topic selection. For projects completed collaboratively by multiple students or in collaboration with graduate students, the content and requirements for each student's independent work must be clearly defined to ensure that everyone receives comprehensive training and possesses their own unique strengths. Subtitles should be included in the topic design to indicate the key tasks for each student.

7. For graduation projects conducted at external institutions, the external institution may propose the topic, but the topic review process must be conducted according to regulations.

8. The procedures and standardization requirements for topic selection and review. (1) Topic Selection

Graduation project topics are generally proposed in writing by the supervising teacher (or submitted by the student and reviewed by the supervising teacher), explaining the significance, purpose, requirements, main content, innovative points, and work plan. After discussion and approval by the department (discipline group), the topic is submitted to the dean of the college for final approval. After the topic plan is announced to students, they submit their preferred topics based on their own circumstances and interests. Supervising teachers provide opinions based on students' learning progress and the difficulty level of the topic. The department (discipline group) then coordinates and balances the final allocation of topics.

(2) Completing the Graduation Project Task Sheet

After determining the topic, the supervising teacher should complete the graduation project task sheet. In addition to outlining the overall work content and providing necessary materials and data, the task sheet must specify clear work requirements, including the word count of the opening report, foreign language translation, foreign language abstract, and design report, as well as the content and quantity of drawings. A work schedule for each stage of the graduation project should be planned (generally in weekly units), and a list of at least five recommended reference books should be provided. The task sheet must be reviewed and signed by the department (discipline group) and the dean of the college. The graduation project assignment is the first written document presented between the supervisor and the student. It is the most important guiding document determining whether the student's graduation project can proceed smoothly. Furthermore, it serves as a model for cultivating students' rigorous work style and writing skills. Therefore, supervisors must carefully choose their words when filling it out, ensuring clear descriptions, explicit requirements, neatness, and compliance with regulations, truly making it an important basis for students' work and a model for writing.

(3) The assignment must be given to students before the start of the graduation project. Simultaneously, the arrangements for the topic, supervisor, and students should be filled in the "Graduation Project Statistics Table," and submitted to the Practical Teaching Section of the Academic Affairs Office by the college's academic affairs assistant within two weeks of the start of the graduation project.

(4) Once the assignment is approved, the supervisor may not arbitrarily change it. If changes are necessary due to special circumstances, the supervisor must submit a written report explaining the reasons for the change, obtain approval from the department (discipline group), and then submit it to the dean of the college's academic affairs department for final approval.

(III) Format of Graduation Project Deliverables

1. Project Proposal: Includes work task analysis, literature review, and specific work plan.

2. The following presentation slides are required for the design work:

No fewer than three slides, each containing the design concept, design analysis, and design effect.

3. Design model (prototype), printed materials (proof draft), video clips, or other digital media works.

4. Graduation design report (see the relevant instructions in the "Southeast University Undergraduate Graduation Design (Thesis) Writing Specifications")

(1) Cover: The cover should include the Chinese and foreign language title of the project, the Chinese and foreign language authors' names, department, major, and student ID.

(2) Inside front cover: Must use the university's standardized format.

(3) Table of Contents

(4) Schedule

(5) Chinese and foreign language abstract: Should concisely describe the main content and characteristics of the design; the text should be brief.

(6) Chinese and foreign language keywords (theme terms): Based on the design concept or creative idea, select 3 to 5 keywords. (7) Introduction (Topic Overview)

(8) Research and Analysis (Collection, Organization, and Analysis of Data or Materials)

(9) Design and Creation Process (Design Conception, Concept Establishment, Design Sketches, Design Scheme Renderings, Design Analysis, Detail Sketches, Design Drawings, Design Models, Design Evaluation and Presentation. Or, Creative Concept, Script, Storyboard, Character Design Analysis and Production, Scene Design Analysis and Production, Original Animation Design Analysis and Production, Post-Production Analysis, Renderings, Design Experience)

(10) Design Experience: Includes Chinese and foreign language titles, main text, etc. The word count should be at least 3000 words.

(11) References

(12) Acknowledgments and Appendix

(13) The graduation design report should be bound separately.

The total word count of the design report should be approximately 10,000 Chinese characters. The graduation design report should be bound separately, A4 size, vertical format.

5. Find relevant professional materials, pictures, and literature (at least 15 articles), of which 5 should be recommended by the teacher. A translation of approximately 5000 words of English materials related to the design task (with original texts showing reading history) is required.

6. A summary of the graduation project work.

7. Graduation Project Requirements

(1) Based on a thorough understanding of the task content and requirements, write an opening report through literature review, investigation, and scheme demonstration. Then conduct research, design, and development, including data processing, analysis and summarization, and data organization, in accordance with the requirements of the task book, and write a graduation project report, independently completing all tasks of the graduation project;

(2) The final submission of the graduation project includes a display panel of the design work, the graduation project report, and physical objects such as models, prototypes, printed materials, short videos, or other digital media works. For the Industrial Design major, the Product Design and Environmental Art Design directions should focus on producing models or prototypes; for the Graphic Design direction, the final printed materials should be the main physical objects; for the Animation major, short videos or other digital media works should be the main physical objects.

(IV) Responsibilities and Roles of Instructors

The teaching of the graduation project is subject to the responsibility of the instructor. Each instructor is fully responsible for the teaching activities throughout the entire graduation project stage. 1. Qualifications of Supervisors

① Supervisors should be lecturers or above (including lecturers) or equivalent. Junior-level supervisors generally do not supervise graduation projects alone, but can assist the supervisor. Supervisors are assigned by the department (or discipline group), reviewed by the dean of the college, and filed with the Academic Affairs Office.

② For graduation projects conducted off-campus, a collaborative supervision model can be adopted, inviting researchers with intermediate or higher professional titles from collaborating institutions to serve as supervisors. However, a lecturer or above in the relevant major should still serve as a supervisor to monitor the progress and requirements of the thesis work and coordinate related issues.

2. Responsibilities of Supervisors

① Supervisors should be role models, educate and nurture students, and set high standards for them. They should always prioritize student development, avoiding a situation where application is emphasized over training.

② Supervisors should emphasize cultivating students' independent work ability, problem-solving skills, and innovative abilities, as well as guiding their design thinking and scientific research methods. They should focus on inspiring and guiding students, and pay attention to mobilizing their initiative, creativity, and enthusiasm.

3. Specific Tasks of Supervising Instructors:

① Select a research topic and complete the task assignment in a standardized manner;

② Review and approve the student's proposed research report, and revise the translation and foreign language abstract;

③ Regularly discuss and exchange ideas with students, answer their questions, provide guidance, and check their progress and quality;

④ Guide students in their graduation projects and ensure the correct writing and careful review of their graduation project reports;

⑤ At the end of the graduation project phase, check the students' work completion according to the requirements of the graduation project deliverables; conduct a preliminary review of students' eligibility for the defense and write evaluation comments;

⑥ Participate in the graduation project defense;

⑦ Guide students in preparing a professional summary of their graduation project and write comments based on the students' work attitude, work ability, and the quality of the graduation project report;

⑧ Check all materials and deliverables of the students' graduation projects, list them on the document folder, and organize and archive them according to the school's requirements.

4. Number of Students and Guidance Time

To ensure the quality of graduation projects, each supervising instructor should generally supervise no more than 6 students. Exceptions require the approval of the dean of the academic department. Supervising instructors should provide guidance to students for no less than 5 hours per week. If a supervising teacher needs to travel for work, a trip of two weeks or less requires approval from the Dean of Academic Affairs; trips exceeding two weeks require approval from the Academic Affairs Office. The teacher must assign tasks to students in advance or delegate guidance to another person.

5. Teachers supervising graduation projects for the first time should receive pre-service training.

(V) Requirements for Students

Graduation projects are characterized by practicality, comprehensiveness, and exploratory nature, providing comprehensive training and practical opportunities to inspire students' intelligence and cultivate their abilities. Therefore, to achieve the teaching objectives of graduation projects, clear requirements must be set for students:

1. Strive to learn, study diligently, be innovative, and practice diligently, completing the tasks stipulated in the assignment on time and with high quality.

2. Respect teachers, cooperate with each other, humbly accept guidance and inspection from supervising teachers and relevant research personnel, and regularly report the progress and plans of the graduation project to the supervising teacher.

3. Complete the assigned tasks independently, fully utilize initiative and creativity, be realistic, and avoid falsification or plagiarism.

4. Strictly adhere to discipline and conduct graduation projects at the school or designated location. Any absence due to personal reasons or illness must be requested from the supervisor in advance; graduation projects conducted off-campus require the corresponding procedures. Otherwise, it will be considered absenteeism. Students who are absent three times during random checks will have their grade lowered by one level. Students whose accumulated absences reach or exceed one-quarter of the entire process will be disqualified from the defense and will be considered failing.

Students who fail their graduation project will be issued a certificate of completion. If a student wishes to retake the course, they can submit an application in a timely manner. With the approval of the Dean of Academic Affairs, the retake procedures will be completed at the Academic Affairs Office, and the course will be scheduled during the next graduation project period.

5. Conserve materials, take good care of tools and equipment, and strictly abide by operating procedures and relevant studio regulations. Ensure safety; turn off power and water sources when leaving the work site.

6. Be diligent in your work, clean regularly, and maintain a clean working environment.

7. The graduation project report must meet the requirements for deliverables and writing; otherwise, the student will not be eligible for the defense.

8. Graduation project results and materials should be submitted to the supervisor for safekeeping in a timely manner. Upon completion, students should assist the supervisor in archiving the materials. Students are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all technical information involved in their graduation project and may not exchange or transfer it to external parties without permission. The graduation project report may be published with the supervisor's consent.

(VI) Defense

1. A defense is mandatory upon completion of the graduation project. Before the defense, the college/department (discipline group) must review the student's eligibility for defense; this task is the responsibility of the supervising teacher.

2. Each major shall establish a defense committee, under which defense groups shall be formed. The defense committee shall consist of the dean of academic affairs, the department head, and the group leader of the defense group, and shall be responsible for reviewing and supervising the entire process of determining the graduation project grade. The defense group should ideally consist of 5-7 members, who should be equivalent to lecturers or above and possess strong professional and work abilities. If external personnel are invited to participate, prior approval from the dean of academic affairs is required.

3. Before the defense begins, the defense committee shall organize the acceptance of the student's completed presentation slides, models, etc., and the review of the graduation project report. The review of the graduation project report shall be conducted separately by the supervising teacher and the reviewing teacher. The supervising teacher shall comprehensively evaluate the student's work attitude, work ability, and the level of results throughout the entire graduation project; the reviewing teacher shall focus on the quality and level of the graduation project report. After the review is completed, the review results will be entered into the "Graduation Project Review Form," and the score will be entered into the "Graduation Project Grade Evaluation Form." Simultaneously, the defense panel should prepare questions of varying difficulty based on the content and requirements of the project, focusing on relevant basic concepts and theories. These questions will be asked during the defense, and the scores will be entered into the "Graduation Project Grade Evaluation Form."

4. Defense Time: Student presentation 15-20 minutes, teacher questions approximately 20 minutes.

5. Graduation projects eligible for an "Excellent" grade must be submitted by the student, recommended by the supervisor and reviewer, and defended in a large group within the major or college.

6. After the defense, the defense panel will provide a written evaluation of the student's graduation project and defense performance, assign a grade, and combine the scores from the supervisor, reviewer, and defense panel to give a final grade and sign it.

(VII) Grade Assessment

1. The graduation project should be based on the student's independent completion of tasks, the level of the results, independent work ability and innovative spirit, work attitude and style, and the defense performance. 1. Various factors should be excluded from influencing the final grade, and the student's past performance or the supervisor's level should not be used to determine the student's grade.

2. Graduation project grades are generally calculated on a percentage basis (Excellent, Good, Average, Pass, Fail, see Table 1 below), combined with comments. The supervisor, reviewer, and defense panel will each assess the grade, with the three scores weighted at 4:2:4 in the total grade. The final grade is obtained after summing and converting the scores. (See Section X, Graduation Project Grading Table)

Table 1: Correspondence between Percentage and Five-Level Grading System

Percentage System

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69

Below 59

Five-Level System

Excellent

Good

Average

Pass

Fail

3. Grading must adhere to standards. The proportion of "Excellent" grades is generally controlled at around 15%, not exceeding 20%, and the proportion of "Average" and below grades should generally not be lower than 25%. If there are any changes, the relevant regulations of the school for that year shall prevail. Students with poor work attitude or who fail to complete assigned tasks should be graded strictly, and standards should not be lowered.

4. Grading Criteria

① Excellent: Successfully completed the tasks specified in the assignment, demonstrating unique insights and innovations in certain areas; the graduation project report is complete and clearly organized; the analysis and argumentation are reliable and rigorous, and the conclusions are reasonable; the completed hardware and software meet or exceed the specified performance indicators, and the documentation is complete and standardized; strong independent work ability; clear concepts and correct answers to questions during the defense.

② Good: Able to complete the tasks specified in the assignment; the graduation project report is complete and clearly organized; the analysis and argumentation are basically correct, and the conclusions are reasonable; the completed hardware and software basically meet the specified performance indicators, and the documentation is complete and standardized; some independent work ability; relatively clear concepts and correct answers to questions during the defense.

③ Average: Able to generally complete the tasks specified in the assignment; the graduation project report is basically complete, and the conclusions are basically reasonable; the completed hardware and software can meet the specified performance indicators; the documentation is basically complete and basically conforms to the standards; work ability has improved; able to answer the main questions raised during the defense, and basically correctly.

④ Pass: The tasks stipulated in the assignment are basically completed; the quality of the graduation design report is average, with some fundamental errors; the completed hardware and software performance is poor; the explanation during the defense is not clear enough, and the answers to questions are inaccurate or contain several errors.

⑤ Fail: The tasks stipulated in the assignment are not completed; the graduation design report contains fundamental errors; plagiarism exists; the completed hardware and software performance is poor; the concepts are unclear during the defense.

5. After all defenses are completed, the graduation design grades will be reviewed by the defense committee, approved by the dean of the college, and then filed with the Academic Affairs Office. Individual grades exceeding the control range should be explained and approved by the Academic Affairs Office. The university's graduation design inspection team will conduct focused inspections on these.

(VIII) Standardized and Institutionalized Management of Graduation Theses (Designs)

The organization and management of graduation designs should be standardized and institutionalized, mainly including the following aspects:

1. 1. Graduation Project Mobilization

Before the commencement of graduation projects, departments, colleges, and individual majors must conduct mobilization meetings, offering lectures on successful graduation projects, guiding and organizing students to carefully study the "Regulations for Graduation Project Work," clarifying the purpose and significance, responsibilities and requirements, and understanding the process, methods, and standardized requirements of graduation projects.

2. Graduation Project Inspection

Inspections are conducted in three stages: topic selection and proposal, mid-term review, and defense evaluation.

Topic Selection and Proposal Stage: Each major focuses on checking the attendance of supervising teachers, the implementation of the project, whether the necessary conditions for the project are met, whether the task assignment is completed according to requirements, whether it has been distributed to each student on time, and the implementation and progress of the proposal work.

Mid-Term Stage: Departments organize mid-term inspections of graduation projects, focusing on academic atmosphere, work progress, teacher guidance, and difficulties and problems encountered in the graduation project work, and taking effective measures to solve existing problems. Departments will use various methods to understand the mid-term inspection results and assist in resolving related issues. Instructors can conduct mid-term evaluations of students and submit lists of outstanding and underperforming students to the department (discipline group) for reference in evaluating grades and as key assessment targets. Each college/department should compile mid-term evaluation forms (student and faculty forms) and provide them to the university's expert group for review during the graduation project review.

Defense and Scoring Stage: Before the defense, each major should review students' eligibility for defense. Based on the task book and the "Regulations," the completion status of students' projects should be checked, and the software and hardware results should be accepted. After the defense, the department's teaching director or graduation project working group should review the grade evaluation for each major and submit the relevant forms to the Practical Teaching Section of the Academic Affairs Office within two days after the stipulated deadline. Materials returned by the university's Practical Teaching Section that do not meet the requirements will be adjusted.

3. Selection of Outstanding Graduation Projects at the University

The college selects 3% of each graduating class's graduation projects as outstanding graduation projects at the university level. In addition to meeting the scoring criteria for "outstanding" in the "Graduation Project Work Regulations," outstanding graduation projects at the university level are required to have a certain degree of creativity and practical value.

Applications for Outstanding Graduation Projects are nominated and initially evaluated by the college. Applicants must complete the "Application Form for Outstanding Graduation Project" and submit it to the college's expert panel for review and acceptance during the graduation project inspection period. The university will commend students whose graduation projects are awarded outstanding status.

Materials for the selected Outstanding Graduation Projects must be submitted to the university archives for preservation by September 1st of the same year.

4. Graduation Project Summary

After the completion of the graduation project, each department must prepare a written summary. The summary should include: basic information about the graduation project (including completion of the task assignment, results, grade evaluation, information on outstanding instructors and students, main work experience, etc.), the college's implementation of the "Graduation Project Work Regulations" and the main problems encountered, the college's effective methods for improving the quality of graduation projects, and opinions and suggestions on the graduation project work. The graduation project summary must be submitted to the Practical Teaching Section no later than the first week of the short semester.

5. Preservation of Graduation Project Materials

Graduation project reports, presentation slides, and software and hardware results will be preserved by the college/department for a period of three years. Outstanding graduation projects will be sent to the university archives for preservation.

This regulation shall come into effect on the date of its promulgation. Any previously promulgated regulations concerning graduation projects that are inconsistent with this regulation shall be superseded by this regulation.