Universität Wien

070137 SE BA-Seminar - Historical science under the sign of digitization (2024S)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course takes place in hybrid form, i.e. there are units in face-to-face and digital form.
THE APPLICABLE ARE THE DATES IN THE FIRST LV UNIT ON March 7th. BE CALLED AND, IF APPLICABLE. CAN BE SUPPLEMENTED DURING THE SEMESTER. ON ALL OTHER DATES - SUCH AS LISTED ONLINE HERE - NO ONLINE MEETINGS OR IN-PERSON APPOINTMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE!
The dates presented in the first course unit as part of the course schedule are decisive. These dates are published on the Moodle page of the course: on the one hand on the slides for the first unit, and on the other hand in the structure of the specific page itself, which lists all the dates (and the topic of the respective session).
The Moodle page for this course will be activated for registered students after the meeting on March 7th.

  • Thursday 07.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 14.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 21.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 11.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 18.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 25.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 02.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 16.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 23.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 06.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 13.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 20.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Thursday 27.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 30 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The historical sciences produce certainties that are valid until they are displaced by other certainties. Are these constructed certainties therefore “false”? At the same time, fictions also produce concepts of reality that can claim the status of a certainty, a “reality” – or are assigned it. If the credo “What is effective is real!” is true, can fictions replace scientific certainties? How can scientific legitimacy – using the example of historical science – be established against this background? And how illegitimate is a view of reality that becomes socially effective?
The course offers students the opportunity to examine the dividing lines between scientific findings and powerful fictions (fake news/conspiracy theories/counterworlds, etc.) as part of a BA thesis. to identify and evaluate.
The course teaches the curricular competencies based on the topics chosen by the students themselves. The aim of the course is to profile digital sources in their potential as historical sources - and to make students understand their own digitally structured power of creating realities.

Assessment and permitted materials

The performance is achieved through regular home exercises (sometimes in group work), active participation in the online or Attendance sessions, a presentation of the work (online or face-to-face), a comment on other works (in a block event) and a final thesis are proven. The recognizable independence of the research work is important for assessing performance. For self-selected topic suggestions, it is necessary to formulate a meaningful thesis (not a question!), outline the source material to be worked on, justify a suitable methodology and classify it in the relevant state of research. These requirements are checked by the teacher and their implementation by the students is communicated verbally and/or by email in writing during the meetings.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in all online and face-to-face appointments and timely submission (Moodle) of the planned and explained proof of achievement (30%) (see above). Recognizable evidence of independent thinking (30%) and work as well as recognizable, independent source work (40%) are necessary to successfully complete the course. These requirements are checked by the teacher and their implementation by the students is communicated verbally and/or by email in writing during the meetings.
The subject of the BA thesis is to illustrate the scientific process logic using the example of working on a self-selected scientific topic.
For the percentage weighting of the various partial achievements - ALL partial achievements must be completed successfully in order to successfully complete the SE - please note the following list:
Attendance at all meetings and participation: 19%
1. Exposé: 19%%
2. Exposé: 19%%
Comments and scientific dialogue as part of the block event: 24%
BA thesis: 19%
In order to successfully complete it, you must take part in all units - this especially applies to the 4-hour block event! An unexcused absence from a unit and a negative assessment/not completed partial performance will result in deregistration from the course and a negative assessment. Absence from a unit is only possible in the case of a proven, medically certified illness or proven participation in an examination in another course.

Examination topics

A self-selected topic from the course's topic complex in an oral and written presentation. The regulations for pi-LVs apply.

Reading list

The literature is thematically and in terms of its scope based on the individual topic. As a general basis, Moodle provides:
Martin Tschigger among others: Theory of History, Wiebaden 2019 (Springer).
Stefan Zahlmann: The reality of stones, Weitra 2021 (Provincial Publishing House).
In view of the complex individual topics, topic-related literature references are provided throughout the semester.

Association in the course directory

BA Geschichte (V2019): PM7 - BA-Seminar (10 ECTS)
BEd UF GP12: BA-Seminar für GP (9 ECTS)

Last modified: Tu 05.03.2024 21:25