Universität Wien

300084 SE Bachelorseminar for students of the teacher program Biology (2018S)

7.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Es handelt sich um eine prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung, daher Anwesenheitspflicht!

Parallel zur den theoretischen Einheiten, wählen sich die Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen einen wissenschaftlichen Betreuer/ eine wissenschaftliche Betreuerin für ihre Bachelorarbeit und vereinbaren individuell Besprechungstermine zur Unterstützung des Schreibprozesses.

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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).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Attendance at the preparatory meeting (March 7, 5.15 p.m.) is compulsory. Those who do not attend, will be deregistered so that students from the waiting list succeed.

Participants choose a topic for their Bachelor thesis and arrange dates with their scientific adviser in charge to receive support while doing their exposition.

The dates for the presentation and the deadline for the term paper are still to be announced. There will be seven hours of introductory lectures [Sonja Windhager] (further can be added if necessary, in UZA 1, Althanstrasse 14). The dates of these lectures will be scheduled after consulting the participants of this course, likely in the week March 19–March 23.

  • Wednesday 07.03. 17:15 - 18:30 Seminarraum
  • Wednesday 21.03. 17:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
  • Wednesday 18.04. 17:15 - 20:00 Seminarraum
  • Tuesday 19.06. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum (Fakultätszentrum für Biodiversität) Rennweg EG
  • Friday 29.06. 13:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Students acquire knowledge on scientific work in the natural sciences, on how to search for and further process scientific literature, conduct and write up a scientific paper as well as present it. This should enable the prospect teachers keeping up with up to date scientific literature, and supervising and grading pre-scientific papers (Vorwissenschaftliche Arbeiten).

Contents: The seminar intends to convey strategies and a tool-kit for a literature search and a comprehensive literature review on a specific topic. Topics include technical didactics in biology, general zoological and anthropological topics that are also reflected in the school curriculum. The acquired expertise shall be summarized in an integrative way, i.e. not just summarizing the literature, but discussing it critically.

Each students chooses a one of the listed foci for their work. Individual topics will be outlined in the preparatory meeting. Students will be distributed equally among the foci.
Focus Anthropology: small original research study [Sonja Kuderer] oder literature review [Martin Fieder].
Focus Botany and Didactics of Biology (Botany/Ecology) [Michael Kiehn]
Focus Evolution Vertebrata: Water economy of mammals (whales & seals, desert dwellers, steppe dwellers) [Doris Nagel]
Focus Zoology: Systematics of Hexapoda (insects) and mouthparts of apterygote insects; literature review and expert interview. [Harald Krenn]

Method of the course: Introductory lectures including demonstrations in data bases and relevant software to teach the necessary skills to conduct a scientific literature review and present it orally to an audience of specialists; guided empirical work and writing up of a thesis on a specific topic.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written prospectus, presentation, term paper: scientific paper following the rules of the natural sciences.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

A minimum of 50 points is required for the successful completion of the course. The single components are weighted as follows: written prospectus (10 points), presentation (30 points), term paper (60 points).

Examination topics

Continuous assessment of course work (prüfungsimmanent)!

Reading list

Balzert H, Schröder M, Schäfer C (2011) Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, 2. Auflage, W3L AG, Dortmund.

Knisely K (2013). A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology, 4th edition, Sinauer Associates, MA.

Kremer B P (2014) Vom Referat bis zur Examensarbeit: Naturwissenschaftliche Texte perfekt verfassen und gestalten, 4. Auflage, Springer Spektrum, Berlin.

Lamprecht J (1999) Biologische Forschung: Von der Planung bis zur Publikation. Filander Verlag, Fürth.

Weber D (2014) Die erfolgreiche Abschlussarbeit. 2. Auflage, Wiley, Weinheim.

Weiß C (2013) Basiswissen Medizinische Statistik, 6. Auflage, Springer, Berlin.

Association in the course directory

UF BU 12

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