Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS) (OSS-NYT-VUE+PROJ)10 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS))
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS))

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • Nailing your Thesis (PROJ)
    (Sonstige Lehrveranstaltung, 2 SWS, Dirk Riehle)
  • Nailing your Thesis (VUE)
    (Vorlesung mit Übung, 4 SWS, Dirk Riehle, Mo, 10:00 - 13:00, Raum n.V.; Livestream)

Inhalt:

IN WS 2020/21 THERE WILL NO NYT PROJECTS HENCE NO OSS-NYT-PROJ AND OSS-NYT-VUE-PROJ MODULE.

This course teaches students how to perform scientific research for their final thesis or a research paper. The goal is to prepare students for a Bachelor or Master research thesis.

The course covers the following topics:

• Science and society

• The research process

• Theory building research

• Theory validation research

• Writing a research thesis/paper

• The scientific community

Students can choose one or both of two components:

• VUE (lecture + exercise), 4 SWS, 5 ECTS. VUE combines lectures with homework and exercises. VUE is run as a 3h block.

• PROJ (small research project), 2 SWS, 5 ECTS. In PROJ, students perform a small research project, either individually or in teams. The available projects will be presented at the beginning of the course. Students perform the research, write a paper, and hold a presentation about their work.

Schedule and sign-up are available at https://oss.cs.fau.de/oss-nyt-course. Please sign up for the course on StudOn (available through previous link) as soon as possible.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

• Understand how to perform research

• Understand how to write a research thesis

Literatur:

See https://oss.cs.fau.de/oss-nyt-course

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. Berufspädagogik Technik (Master of Education)
   (Po-Vers. 2020w | TechFak | Berufspädagogik Technik (Master of Education) | Gesamtkonto | Unterrichtsfach (Zweitfach) inkl. Fachdidaktik | Informatik | Praktikum Informatik | Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS))
2. Berufspädagogik Technik (Master of Education)
   (Po-Vers. 2020w | TechFak | Berufspädagogik Technik (Master of Education) | Gesamtkonto | Unterrichtsfach (Zweitfach) inkl. Fachdidaktik | Informatik | Praktikum Informatik | Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS))

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS) (Prüfungsnummer: 917928)

(englischer Titel: Nailing your Thesis (VUE+PROJ 10-ECTS))

Prüfungsleistung, Praktikumsleistung, benotet

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:

• Class quizzes: 5% (Every week except first week. Each quiz takes 10 min.)

• Homework assignments: 20% (Every week except first week)

• Project work: 20% (Graded by deliverables, see course slides)

• Project presentation: 5% (Once, 15 min.)

• Final project report: 25% (Once)

• Oral exam: 25% (Once, 30 min. Can be dropped, if you and we agree)

Erstablegung: WS 2020/2021

1. Prüfer:

Dirk Riehle