After successful completion of the course, students are able to
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of
  # the conecept of science and its whys and whererefors (philosophy of science)
  # research methods (research methodology)
  # the operation of the scientific community
  # ethical issues of science and research
  # citation rules
- autonomously perform a literature search
- command basic skills of
  # reading scientific papers
  # scientific writing
  # correct handling of references and citations
  # scientific presentation

Introduction to science and the operation of the scientific community; based on a self-chosen or a given topic students practice developing a research question, performing a literature search, basic skills of scientific writing, and giving a scientific presentation

Part one:
Introductory lecture (during the first 2 weeks of the semester).

Part two (beginning in the third week of the semester):
Supervision by a professor; regular group meetings -
Performing a literature search; autonomously writing a short seminar paper on a self-chosen or a given topic; presentation of the seminar paper (slides)

Part 1 - Introductory lecture: Dates
optional preliminary meeting: Oct 1, 12-2 p.m. (online; if you have any question re how the course will be run and what will be expected of you, or if you have specific requests, please attend this preliminary meeting) (You will get the Zoom-link for participating in the preliminary meeting via email || TUW-email-address)
lecture 1: Oct 5, 2-4 p.m. ct (CHANGED: Online via Zoom)
lecture 2: Oct 7, 2-4 p.m. ct (CHANGED: Online via Zoom)
lecture 3: Oct 8, 4-6 p.m. ct (CHANGED: Online via Zoom)
lecture 4: Oct 12, 2-4 p.m. ct (CHANGED: Online via Zoom)

test: Oct 16, 12 (noon) - 4 p.m. (in several lecture rooms)

Part 2 - Supervision by a professor; regular group meetings: Dates
Group meetings start October 22; exact dates and schedule are specified by the supervisor of your group and announced here in TISS (in the section "documents") and in TUWEL at the beginning of October

Course enrolment
The course enrolment is a two-step procedure: Students must

• enrol for the course “Scientific Research and Writing” (general enrolment): via TISS (open from September 1 to October 1, 11 a.m.)
• enrol for a specific seminar group of part 2 as well: via TISS (open from October 12 to October 16; further information in the following paragraph)

Enrolment for a specific seminar group of part 2
Please note that having enrolled for the course “Scientific Research and Writing” (general enrolment) via TISS by October 1, 11 a.m. is a prerequisite for enrolling for a specific seminar group of part 2.

There are two different modes of enrolment for the seminar groups of part 2:

• Most seminar groups require an online-registration (Online-Anmeldung) via TISS (see link below: “Register in a Group”); the online registration is open from October 12 to October 16.
• Some few seminar groups require a registration in person (persönliche Anmeldung): Students have to attend a “mandatory informational meeting” (verpflichtende Vorbesprechung / Informationsveranstaltung). For more detailed information regarding these “mandatory informational meetings” (when & where), please see the section “events” of the respective seminar groups (tab groups/“your group”/events).

Please note that the registration for a seminar group of part 2 is a registration under reserve at first. It becomes operative only after having finished part 1 of the course with a positive mark. Students will be informed about the definite confirmation of their registration by October, 22nd at the latest. 


Deadline for completing part 2 of the course
The deadline for completing part 2 of the course is Feb 28th, 2021.

Email address of Prof. Steinhardt (please use exclusively this email address for course-related matters): lehre-steinhardt@media.tuwien.ac.at.

If there are any content-related or organizational questions regarding your seminar group of part 2, please contact your supervising professor directly.

Syllabus
The syllabus of this course will be available for download in the section "documents".

(Subject to modifications in the wake of CoViD-19 safety and protection measures)

Part 1:
Specific tasks during lecture sessions + written exam at the end of part 1
Part 2:
Will be announced on the webpage of the supervising professor in due time

# To succesfully complete the course, students must not fail in any of the two parts of the course.

The grades of each part are weighted as follows when the overall grade of the course is calculated:
Grade of part 1: 17%
Grade of part 2: 83%
(commercially rounded)