Academic Research and Writing

Second cycle of study, master’s

The participants:
• can describe the principles governing scholarly work
• can apply these principles to a specific project
• can write a research proposal and align the problem statement, research question, and methodological approach with one another

Students enter the course with the following prerequisites:
- Basic principles and techniques of academic research and writing at the bachelor’s level
- Ability to write shorter academic papers, such as a bachelor’s thesis

- Advanced knowledge of scholarly research practices
- Development of techniques and rules for scholarly research in data analysis, including inferential statistics
- Practical application of the knowledge outlined above
- Discussion and critical examination of the research methodology of a master’s thesis
- Review and discussion of possible topics and hypotheses

- Atteslander, P. (2010): Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 13. Auflage, ESV
- Eco, U. (2003): Wie man eine wissenschaftliche Abschlussarbeit schreibt. 10. Auflage, C.F. Müller
-Theuerkauf, J. (2012): Schreiben im Ingenieurstudium: Effektiv und effizient zu Bachelor-, Master- und Doktorarbeit. 1. Auflage,
von Judith, UTB Verlag, ISBN: 978-3825236441
- Karmasin M.; Ribing, R. (2011): Die Gestaltung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten. 6. Auflage, facultas WUV
- Leopold-Wildburger, U.; Schütze, J. (2002): Verfassen und Vortragen: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und Vorträge leicht gemacht. Springer

seminar paper

German

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The following methods are employed:

- Lecture with discussion
- Interactive workshop

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