Erstkorrektor

18:08 Mar 13, 2009 

yes david you are right, it could be called a referre.
But a supervisor /professor , a person who is referred to for information about character etc is listed as a reference contact. I do not want to dispute your use of "referee" but in my over 20 years of working here in canada, the term referee is only used for a person who settles a dispute and has do render a decision. the term referee used in the context here, would cause confusion by the reader.

09:38 Mar 13, 2009 

I have entered my reply into my answer below, as there is more space :-)

09:27 Mar 13, 2009 

Geisteswissenschaften are the humanities. As I understand the situation, a Diplomarbeit is a piece of writing done for a Diplom, which comes closest to a degree. This is followed by a Magisterarbeit for a Magister, i.e. M.A. or M.Sc. and a Doktorarbeit is a PhD. thesis.

09:25 Mar 13, 2009 

A "referee" is also a person who provides a reference (i.e. for a job application) who may well -- under certain circumstances -- be an academic such as your (former) supervisor/professor.

08:41 Mar 13, 2009 

To answer your question about Magisterarbeit: Magisterarbeit is a similar degree as Diplomarbeit, but in different faculties: Sciences usually have "Diplom" and Geisteswissenschaften (I do not know the English term) like history have "Magister".

08:39 Mar 13, 2009 

I've never heard of the term referee being used in university, college.
referee is usally, at least were I live, used when there is a dispute of some sort or in sport.

08:34 Mar 13, 2009 

I've never come across that term in academia before.

08:28 Mar 13, 2009 

As so often (always) the system is so different, there is no way of making a direct comparison.

08:20 Mar 13, 2009 

Are you sure he is not called first opponent?

08:06 Mar 13, 2009 

in Germany, before they established Bachelor here as well. A Doktorarbeit (PhD) is sort of optional.

08:04 Mar 13, 2009 

from a different university, if there is no other professor for the same subject, writes the second one, and the mean grade results in the final grade, together with the exam. Diplomarbeit is not undergraduate, this used to be the final university exam

08:02 Mar 13, 2009 

For a Diplomarbeit, it is the same procedure in Germany as for a Doktorarbeit, there is a first and a second referee. The supervisor (or his/her professor) writes the first review, and another professor, usually from the same university, but sometimes

07:33 Mar 13, 2009 

I'm a little confused. I don't think there is either a "person who writes the second review about" nor a "first referee" or "second referee" for an undergraduate dissertation, is there? Not in British academia as I experienced it, in any case. So would this be the supervisor and the other (external) examiner? That sounds more applicable to a PhD than an undergraduate dissertation.

07:19 Mar 13, 2009 

Hello David, I do not know the translation, but the "Erstkorrektor" is the same as the "Erstgutachter" of a thesis, he usually also is the supervisor. The second "Korrektor" is the person who writes the second review about the thesis. I hope that helps!

07:09 Mar 13, 2009 

Of course, the question applies equally to Erst and Zweitkorrektor.