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Academic Research

Niveau

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

Students are able to:
• formulate research questions in an appropriate manner.
• plan methodical approaches to answering research questions.
• research, evaluate and quote from specialist literature.
• plan and carry out a relatively short piece of academic writing of medium complexity.

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

• In the introductory course on academic research, the main aim is to familiarize students with the special features, rules and principles of science and academic research. The focus here is on learning hermeneutic text analysis to control team processes; basic elements of moderation
• Students are prepared to write seminar papers independently and at a high academic level. This preparation includes a focus on dealing with literature as well as discussions about the quality of academic research - especially the concepts of intellectual honesty and intersubjective comprehensibility.

Recommended specialist literature

• Sandberg (2013): Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten von Abbildung bis Zitat, 2. Aufl., Oldenbourg Verlag München
• Bänsch (2003): Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Seminar- und Diplomarbeiten, 8.Aufl., Oldenbourg Verlag München
• Chalmers (2007): Wege der Wissenschaft: Einführung in die wissenschaftstheorie, 6. Aufl., Springer Verlag Berlin
• Eco (2010): Wie man eine wissenschaftliche Abschlussarbeit schreibt, 13. Aufl., UTB Facultas Universitätsverlag Stuttgart
• Karmasin, Ribing (2010): Die Gestaltung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten, 5. Aufl., UTB Facultas Universitätsverlag Stuttgart
• Leopold-Wildburger, Schütz (2010): Verfassen und Vortragen: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und Vorträge leicht gemacht, 2. Aufl., Springer Verlag Berlin
• Rössl (Hg.) (2008): Die Diplomarbeit in der Betriebswirtschaftslehre: Ein Leitfaden zur Erstellung einer Laureatsarbeit, Bachelorarbeit, Diplomarbeit, Masterarbeit, Dissertation, 4. Auflage, Facultas WUV Universtiätsverlag Wien

Assessment methods and criteria

Final presentation, final exam

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

1.5

Share of e-learning in %

20

Semester hours per week

1.0

Planned teaching and learning method

Lecture

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Prof. (FH) Dr. Claudia Van der Vorst, MBA

Academic year

First year of studies

Key figure of the course/module

vzISK3

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable