300084 SE Bachelorseminar for students of the teacher program Biology (2019W)
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Registration/Deregistration
- Registration is open from Th 05.09.2019 08:00 to Sa 28.09.2019 18:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2019 18:00
Details
Lecturers
- Sonja Windhager
- Martin Fieder
- Christa Hofmann
- Michael Kiehn
- Sylvia Kirchengast
- Harald Krenn
- Sonja Kuderer
- Doris Nagel
- Kerstin Steindl-Kuscher
- Reinhard Zetter
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
This course is equivalent to 300088 SE Bachelorseminar for students of the teacher program Biology (2019W).
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If you have any questions please write an email to sonja.windhager@univie.ac.at. Please do not contact all lecturers individually.
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Kick-off meeting on Wednesday, October 2, 4.00–5.30 p.m. at the Large Seminar Room of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology (Raum 2.001, UZA 1).
Those who do not attend, will be deregistered so that students from the waiting list succeed.
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During the kick-off meeting, participants choose a topic for their Bachelor thesis according to availability and arrange dates with their scientific adviser in charge to receive support while doing their exposition.
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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 are: Wed., October 16, 4 p.m.–6 p.m.; Wed., October 30, 4 p.m.– 6 p.m., November 13, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. They all take place in the Large Seminar Room of the Dept. of Evolutionary Anthropology (Room 2.001, UZA 1)
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
If good scientific practice is violated in any assessment, you will fail to pass the course.
Examination topics
Reading list
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.
Leonhart R. (2010) Datenanalyse mit SPSS. Hogrefe, Wien.
Weber D (2014) Die erfolgreiche Abschlussarbeit. 2. Auflage, Wiley, Weinheim.
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.
Non-binding list of topics below; topics will be assigned during the kick-off meeting.Focus Evolutionary Anthropology: small original research study [Sonja Kuderer, 5 Theses] or literature review [Martin Fieder, 5 Theses], original research study or literature review focusing on human behavioral biology [Sonja Windhager, 5 Theses]
Focus Botany and Didactics of Biology (Botany/Ecology) [Michael Kiehn, 2 Theses]
Focus Zoology: literature review on several topics concerned with insects [Harald Krenn, 3 Theses]
Focus Evolution Vertebrata [Doris Nagel, 5 Theses]
Focus Zoology [Harald Krenn, 3 Theses]
Focus Pollen [Reinhard Zetter, 2 Theses]
Focus Hygienics – Medical Biology [Steindl-Kuscher, 3 Theses]More details on the specific topics on the German version of this page. Please send an email to S. Windhager if you need further translations.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.