Universität Wien

070250 UE Proposal Workshop Global History and Global Studies - Graduate College 1 (2023W)

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

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: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 17.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 12, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
  • Tuesday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 24.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 07.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 14.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 21.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 28.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 05.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 12.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 09.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 16.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
  • Tuesday 23.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This proposal workshop shall help master students to design their own research project and to write an academic research proposal for their master thesis.

The first long block on 24 October, 9:45am-1pm, is going to set the basis for the development of your own project idea. You will learn about formal criteria, content-related requirements for an academic research proposal, basic information on an appropriate research question, the creation of a corpus, methodological choices and the structure of your future research as well as on time schedules and deadlines.

From 7 November onwards, the weekly sessions (11:30am-1pm) will be divided in two parts: You will receive a training in academic writing (discussion of weekly assignments) and you will be asked to present your research project in class and give feedback to your fellow students.

While the proposal workshop is mandatory for the students of the EMGS master programme, participation is also open to other master students of history.

Assessment and permitted materials

Requirements:
- active participation in the proposal workshop’s discussion (10% = 10 points)
- weekly assignments: writing exercises and query tasks (20% = 20 points)
- oral presentation of the master thesis proposal in class: 10‘ presentation with written handout or PowerPoint presentation (30% = 30 points)
- oral feedback on the thesis proposal of a fellow student in class: 5‘ comment and questions (10% = 10 points)
- written proposal of the master thesis: deadline is 6 January 2024 (30% = 30 points)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements for a valid grading:
- max. 2 absences without valid excuse
- max. 2 missing assignments
- formal criteria for the oral presentation of the thesis proposal are fulfilled
- formal criteria for the oral feedback on a fellow student‘s proposal are fulfilled
- formal criteria for the written research proposal are fulfilled

Assessment standards:
- 90-100 points: 1,0 (very good)
- 75-89 points: 2,0 (good)
- 60-74 points: 3,0 (satisfactory)
- 50-59 points: 4,0 (sufficient)
- 0-49 points: 5,0 (insufficient)

Examination topics

Reading list

Booth, Wayne C. et.al. The Craft of Research. University of Chicago. 2016 (4th edition)
Online available at the UB Wien (University Library) URL: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.uaccess.univie.ac.at/lib/univie/reader.action?docID=4785166

Association in the course directory

SP: Globalgeschichte

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