180041 SE Philosophy and Economics Thesis Colloquium (2023S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Mo 13.02.2023 09:00 to Su 19.02.2023 23:59
- Registration is open from Th 23.02.2023 09:00 to Mo 27.02.2023 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
08.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
15.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
22.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
29.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
19.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
26.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
03.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
10.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
17.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
24.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
31.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
07.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
14.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
21.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Wednesday
28.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The colloquium is assessed through four components:1) *Weekly reflections* on your research process. These are marked for completeness, not for correctness: what matters here is that you have seriously thought about the tasks and prepared for the colloquium. *Weight: 20%. Deadline: 12 noon on the day before the respective colloquium session.* Because the tasks are essential preparation /before/ the colloquium, tasks that are late without authorisation count as not completed.
2) *Presentation* of your research project and a selected detail from it, live during the colloquium. The presentation should both give an overview of your overall project, and then present one element of it (e.g. an argument or a model) in detail. The presentation should include slides or a handout that your respondent can use to prepare for the response. *Weight: 40%.* *Deadline: These materials need to be uploaded by 12 noon the day before the presentation.* The desired length of the presentation will be determined at the beginning, depending on the number of colloquium participants and hence presentations per colloquium session.
3) *Response* to a presentation. After the presentation in the colloquium, the respondent briefly explains how they understood the research project, and raises two or more substantive clarificatory questions, critical objections, or suggestions, spelled out in some more detail than is usual for regular comments by the audience. *Weight: 20%.*
4) *Chairing* a presentation and discussion. The chair presides over the presentation, response, and discussion, attending to time keeping of the presenter and discussant, managing the queue of audience questions, and keeping within the overall time allocated to the presentation, response, and discussion. *Weight: 20%.*
2) *Presentation* of your research project and a selected detail from it, live during the colloquium. The presentation should both give an overview of your overall project, and then present one element of it (e.g. an argument or a model) in detail. The presentation should include slides or a handout that your respondent can use to prepare for the response. *Weight: 40%.* *Deadline: These materials need to be uploaded by 12 noon the day before the presentation.* The desired length of the presentation will be determined at the beginning, depending on the number of colloquium participants and hence presentations per colloquium session.
3) *Response* to a presentation. After the presentation in the colloquium, the respondent briefly explains how they understood the research project, and raises two or more substantive clarificatory questions, critical objections, or suggestions, spelled out in some more detail than is usual for regular comments by the audience. *Weight: 20%.*
4) *Chairing* a presentation and discussion. The chair presides over the presentation, response, and discussion, attending to time keeping of the presenter and discussant, managing the queue of audience questions, and keeping within the overall time allocated to the presentation, response, and discussion. *Weight: 20%.*
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Each of the assignments is evaluated on a scale from 1 (“Very Good”) to 5 (“Unsatisfactory”). A positive evaluation requires that you achieve a pass grade (4) in all assessment components, and that you actively attend the seminar. Two unauthorized absences will be excused.Conditional on fulfilling the necessary requirements just mentioned, the final grade, comprised between 1 (“Very good”) and 4 (“Adequate”), is a rounded weighted average of the separate assessment grades. A failure to achieve a pass grade in one of the necessary requirements yields a 5 ("Insufficient").By registering for this course/seminar, you tacitly agree to having all your electronic submissions checked by the plagiarism detection software Turnitin.Detailed assessment criteria for each assignment are posted on Moodle.
Examination topics
Your presentation and weekly tasks must concern independent research towards an MA thesis in philosophy and economics (which may be a thesis you write for a programme other than the Vienna MA in Philosophy and Economics).
Reading list
As the colloquium is about students' work in progress, there is no reading list. Students work with the literature which they find in the course of their thesis research.I recommend David Allen's "Getting Things Done" for helpful impulses for project task management.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Tu 14.03.2023 11:29
- presenting your own research, to an audience not familiar with your project,
- engaging critical questions about your research on the spot,
- chairing group discussions, and
- structuring your research process and dealing with difficulties in independent research.The colloquium is taught and assessed in English, and requires everyone's preparation and contribution to succeed. In preparation of each colloquium, you will complete some short preparatory tasks reflecting on your research process.