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Scientific work

Niveau

Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

Students can
- formulate research questions appropriately
- plan methodical procedures to answer research questions
- research, evaluate, and cite specialist literature
- carry out and write a scientific paper of medium complexity and manageable scope

Prerequisites for the course

none

Course content

The main aim of the introductory course on scientific work is to familiarize students with the special features, rules, and basic principles of science and scientific work. The focus here is on learning and understanding deductive and inductive methods and the empirical procedures for gaining knowledge.
Students are prepared to write seminar papers independently and in accordance with the usual standards of scientific work. This preparation includes a focus on dealing with literature as well as discussions regarding the quality of academ-ic co-workers - the concepts of intellectual honesty and intersubjective comprehensibility are of particular importance here.

Recommended specialist literature

- Bänsch, Axel: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Seminar- und Diplomarbeiten. - München [u.a.]: Oldenbourg, 2009
- Chalmers, Alan: Wege der Wissenschaft.- Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer, 2007
- Eco, Umberto: Wie man eine wissenschaftliche Abschlussarbeit schreibt.- UTB Facultas Universitätsverlag, 2010
- Karmasin, Matthias; Ribing, Rainer. Die Gestaltung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten. 6. Auflage, facultas.wuv / UTB, Wien, 2011.
- Leopold-Wildburger, Ulrika; Schütze, Jörg. Verfassen und Vortragen: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und Vorträge leicht gemacht. Springer, Berlin et al., 2002

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminar paper

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

2

Share of e-learning in %

20

Semester hours per week

1.0

Planned teaching and learning method

Lecture with discussion and examples

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

STGL

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

KOMP1

Type of course/module

seminar-degree

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

-