To get acquainted with scientific literature and methodology.

Seminar on selected topics in the area of media informatics.

Didactic background: In the course of the seminar and through individual monitoring, students will be familiarized with the procedure of literature research, critical assessment and follow-up work by writing a seminar paper. Although approaches will depend on the selected topic of the paper, students should focus on scientific literature in English. Another important aspect of this seminar will be the practicing of students' presentation skills.

Preliminary meeting: Thursday, March 14th 2019, 8-10 am, seminar room 188/2 (Favoritenstrasse 9-11, 4th floor, staircase 3, green area), attendance is mandatory. The final presentations are expected to be held on June 18th 2019. The exact timing will be announced when the number of participants is known. Further dates will be announced in this first meeting.

This course represents 3 ECTS (= 75 hours) and approximately 12 hours of these require compulsory attendance (for the final presentations, preliminary meeting, etc.).  The remaining hours are intended for the creation and completion of your written paper and presentation slides as well as individual supervision (including feedback on the seminar papers and presentations).

Handing in a seminar paper and delivering a presentation at the end of the semester.

For the preliminary meeting, attendance is obligatory.

In order to attend this seminar, a Bachelor's degree is a prerequisite as well as a working knowledge of the concepts covered in the seminar The Basic Principles of Scientific Work ("Grundlagen methodischen Arbeitens", LV 188.328) or any equivalent course. In order to refresh your knowledge of these concepts, students are encouraged to review the documentation available on http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/courses/gma/nachlese.html  before writing the seminar paper.