150163 SE Bachelor's Colloquium (M8) (2020W)

In this course you will be supported in planning and carrying out your BA thesis.

As the first steps of the research activity, from which the thesis should emerge, the topic finding, the limitation of the topic and the formulation of a research-leading question, as well as its embedding in the state of research and theory, are discussed. This is done on the basis of a brief summary of the planned research project, which must be submitted by the date of the first meeting at the latest. You have to choose a topic that you have already dealt with scientifically (e.g. as part of a seminar).

A general explanation and discussion follows to determine a method that corresponds to the research question.

Then the individually selected topics and the formulation of the respective question are discussed, as well as the possibilities and difficulties of corresponding methodological approaches. On this basis, the participants write a research design in which the question, scientific relevance of the question, method, research technique, sources and working hypotheses are presented. The submission takes place no later than two weeks before the presentation date.

In the second part of the course, each student presents his / her research design and, with the help of the feedback from the course leader and the other students (each with a previously assigned peer review), writes the introduction to the work and a preliminary structure. These serve as a starting point and orientation aid for the writing of the bachelor thesis.

Finally, there is individual feedback on the introduction, on the basis of which the work is completed.