After successful completion of the course, students are able to to write his / her master's thesis and critically discuss scientific work. Furthermore, the basics of presentation techniques are practically applied in a scientific context.

At the beginning of the course, the basics of academic work and writing are explained in an introductory unit, in particular in relation to the Master's thesis.

This course involves the following tasks.

Presentation and discussion of the Master thesis proposal (10 min + 10 min discussion). The feedback should help the students to shape the particular topic and to develop a sound "Diplomarbeitsanmeldung".

Students who are still looking out for a suitable topic for their Master thesis are cordially invited to all presentations!

ECTS Breakdown

12h presence at presentation days

25,5 preparation of master thesis talk (master thesis proposal or master thesis final talk) :

 The teaching method is interactive and iterative feedback. Graduate students will receive feedback after their presentations and learn scientific methods and presentation in an iterative manner.

The grading will be based on the individuall submitted master thesis proposal and the quality of the presenations of the master thesis proposal.