Universität Wien

200196 SE Bachelor thesis (2021S)

11.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work
REMOTE
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, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Due to the current Covid-19 situation, this course will take place as digital teaching until further notice.
*** IMPORTANT NOTES ON THE LECTURE DATES / TIMES***:
1) This lecture course takes place online each Thursday 9:45-12:15. However, students are encouraged to keep all Thursdays free until 13.00, as the time between 12:15 and 13:00 will be dedicated to work within the groups in breakout rooms on BigBlueButton.
2) On Thursday 17.6.2021, the lecture will take place 9:45-13:30 (obligatory for all students - oral group presentations)
3) The last lecture will take place on ***MONDAY 21.6.2021*** 9:45-11:15 (there will be no lecture on Thursday 24.6.)

  • Thursday 11.03. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 18.03. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 25.03. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 15.04. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 22.04. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 29.04. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 06.05. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 20.05. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 27.05. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 10.06. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 17.06. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital
  • Thursday 24.06. 09:45 - 14:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

YOU NEED TO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR "FACHLITERATURSEMINAR" DURING WINTER SEMESTER TO ATTEND THIS COURSE.
Aims: Students gain practical experience in scientific research by planning and conducting an empirical study, analyzing the results and writing them up in the form of a Bachelor thesis.
Since the skills to develop the theoretical background were trained during the Fachliteraturseminar last semester, this course will focus on the following topics:
1) The practical preparation and planning of an empirical online study,
2) the data collection,
3) the data analysis and hypothesis testing, and
4) the writing of the scientific report in line with the Bachelor thesis guidelines.

Assessment and permitted materials

Option A: empirical Bachelor thesis
30% of grading will rate your active participation in your group project, in class and on Moodle.
10% of grading will rate the oral group presentation at the end of the semester
30% of grading will rate the quality of the part common to your whole group in your Bachelor thesis.
30% of grading will rate the quality of the part of Bachelor thesis you wrote on your own.
If your group decided there is no group part, the individual part will count as 40% and the coherence of the whole thesis will count as 20%.
Option B: theoretical Bachelor thesis (maximum one student per group allowed)
10% of grading will rate your active participation in class and on Moodle
10% of grading will rate the individual oral presentation at the end of the semester
80% of grading will rate your Bachelor thesis

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

YOU NEED TO HAVE FOLLOWED OUR SCIENTIFIC READING COURSE DURING WINTER SEMESTER 2020/21 TO ATTEND THIS COURSE.
The final list of participants in this semester's lecture course will be decided during the first online lecture on Thursday 11.3.2021 at 9:45 o'clock.
You will work in groups of 4-5 students, which have already been formed last semester. You can switch to another group if you find another student willing to swap.
The final version of the bachelor thesis can be handed in either by 15th July or by 15th September 2021. The earlier deadline (15.7.) must be met if you wish to apply for a Master program already the following semester.
Expected length is 35.000-40.000 letters including spaces; title page, abstract, appendix and references list not included.

Examination topics

Each group will decide democratically which of the following 2 ways they want to use to write the bachelor thesis:
1) Group writes Method & Results & Appendix sections together (group part) and Abstract & Introduction & Discussion sections are written individually. [Recommended by teachers]
2 Each member focuses on a specific sub-question/hypothesis and thus writes a sub-part of each section. [Coordinate well to make the whole thesis coherent! ]

Reading list

Will be communicated during the course

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:19