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Niveau

1. Study cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The students:
• have a basic understanding of the necessity of science, research and publishing in the scientific community.
• understand how the state of research on a particular topic is determined.
• can formulate research questions clearly and appropriately to the topic.
• know different methods for answering research questions and can select the one that is relevant to the topic.
• have an overview of where to research which specialist literature and how to evalu-ate it as well as how it is used appropriately in the text (critical reflection, citation style).
• have the knowledge to create a scientific work of medium complexity and manage-able volume

Prerequisites for the course

none

Course content

• Characteristics, rules and basic principles of science and scientific work
• Scientific theory and methodological principles of scientific research
• Overview of the research method observation, questioning, content analysis and experiment
• Using word processing programs to write formally correct scientific papers
• Overview of databases and other ways to find literature sources

Recommended specialist literature

• Ebster, Claus; Stalzer, Lieselotte.: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler. UTB (in the current edition)
• Nicol, Natascha; Albrecht, Rolf: Scientific work with Word. Addison Wesley (in the current edition)
• 1-2 recent articles from professional journals

Assessment methods and criteria

Portfolio

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

1

Share of e-learning in %

15

Semester hours per week

1.0

Planned teaching and learning method

Blended Learning

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Prof. (FH) Dr. Peter Dietrich

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

IBS.VZB.02.06

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

none