REVIEW
scientific supervisor on the final qualifying work of a 4th year student of the main undergraduate educational program of St. Petersburg State University SV.5034.* “International Relations” in the direction of 41.03.05 International Relations
PENG XUE
on the topic: “The problem of land desertification in China and ways to solve it”

1. Assessing the quality of work:
No. 
pp. Evaluation criteria
 (codes of tested competencies according to the curriculum) Assessment points: 
• excellent, A (5.0)
• good, B (4.5)
• good, C (4.0)
• satisfactory, D (3.5)
• satisfactory, E (3.0)
• unsatisfactory, F (0.0) Comments on the assessment
(required for those criteria for which there are comments)
1. Relevance of the issue (PKA-3, PKA-5, PKP-4) excellent, A (5.0)	
2. Correctness of goal setting, interconnectedness of goals and objectives (PKA-2, PKA-3, PKA-5, PKA-6, PKP-4) excellent, A (5.0)	
3. The degree of development of the source base and the quality of criticism of sources (PKA-4, PKA-7, PKA-8, PKP-5) excellent, A (5.0)	
4. Completeness and variety of the list of used literature (PKA-2, PKA-7, PKA-8, PKP-4, PKP-5) excellent, A (5.0)
5. Compliance of research methods with the stated goal and objectives (PKA-8) (optional) excellent, A (5.0)	
6. Compliance of the test results with the stated goal and objectives (PKA-3, PKA-5, PKA-6, PKP-4, PKP-5, PKP-6) excellent, A (5.0)	
7. The quality of text design (PKA-7, PKP-5, PKP-7) excellent, A (5.0)	
8. Responsibility and thoroughness of the student during the work on the thesis (PKP-5, PKP-6) excellent, A (5.0) It should be noted that the author of the thesis is serious and responsible towards its writing.
Average rating: excellent, A (5.0)

2. Conclusion/recommendations to the members of the State Examination Committee: Peng Xue’s thesis on the topic: “The problem of land desertification in the PRC and ways to solve it” generally meets the requirements and can be accepted for protection.

3. Recommended grade (ECTS): excellent, A (5.0)

05/28/2024
Associate Professor, Department of World Politics
Ermolina M.A.