Universität Wien

290010 SE Preparatory Seminar for Bachelor Paper in Physical Geography and Geoecology (2025W)

1.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work

In dem Semester in dem Sie die Bachelorarbeit schreiben wollen, müssen Sie sich verpflichtend zu einem Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit anmelden und an diesem auch teilnehmen.
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Tu 09.12. 13:15-14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

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. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Geoecology

30.10.2025 15:00 - 16:30 (2A 310, UZAII)
11.12.2025 15:00 - 16:30 (2A 310, UZAII)
22.01.2026 15:00 - 16:30 (2A 310, UZAII)

  • Tuesday 14.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 28.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 11.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 25.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Tuesday 20.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this course, students can choose topics relevant to the respective Bachelor thesis, if they have not yet done so. The topics will be discussed in the first session. For this session, students have to think about their own topic for the Bachelor thesis. The relevant content will then be decided and each student has to give an oral presentation of the topic. Herein it is most important, that an updated literature review of the topic is presented and that the student determines the relevance of this literature for the own Bachelor thesis.
The overall aim of this course is thus to define the own Bachelor thesis topic, if still necessary, and to exercise the methodology of analysis.

Assessment and permitted materials

The evaluation of this course includes the oral presentation (60% - 12 points), the active participation (30% - 6 points) and the oral review of a presentation of a colleague (10% - 2 points).
Furthermore, please upload your Bachelor thesis via Turnitin in order to do a plagiiarism check.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements:
• Attendance at 80% of the meetings (including the 1. meeting)
• Presenting your concept and discuss it in the plenary
• Review of a colleague's presentation
• Reaching at least 50% (at least 10 points) of the maximum of 20 points.

Assessment criteria:
87,5 – 100 % „Excellent“
75,0 < 87,5 % „Good“
62,5 < 75,0 % „Satisfactory“
50 < 62,5 % „Sufficient“
< 50 % „Insufficient“

Examination topics

Presentation, active participation and oral review

Reading list

Wissenschaftliche Artikel zu den jeweiligen Präsentationsthemen.

Ahrens, V. (2014). Abschlussarbeiten richtig gliedern. UTB.
Skern, T. (2011). Writing Scientific English. UTB.
Baade, J., Gertel, H. & Schlottmann, A. (2021). Wissenschaftlich arbeiten. Ein Leitfaden für Studierende der Geographie. Bern. https://ubdata.univie.ac.at/AC16165112

Association in the course directory

(BA GG 6.2) (BA UF GW 21a)

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