After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• compare different issues in the fields of resource management and waste management.
• provide critical and analytical questions about lectures.
• enter into a scientific discourse with specialist speakers.
• check results and conclusions for plausibility.
• conduct own literature research in the fields of resource management and waste management.

In the course current issues from the fields of resource management and waste management are presented in specialist lectures by speakers both from TU Wien and external. Experts from science, industry and administration are presenting.

After each lecture a discussion with the auditorium take place. There are 45 minutes each for the lecture as well as for the discussion.

The aim is to get to know different methods, problems and solutions. However, the active discoures strengthens the ability to correctly classify and correlate results of different issues and levels of complexity. 

In the winter semester WS 19/20 the topic of the course is "Smart way to Smart City". A focus is places on the Smart City Framework Strategy of the City of Vienna. And how to achieve their stated goals.

The seminar program is here available.

The following methods are used in the course:

• Specialist lectures on current issues in the fields of resource management and waste management
  
• Discussion with experts on the basis of the lectures
  
• Independent literature research and writing a seminar paper
  

The preliminary discussion to the courses takes place on Tuesday, 1. Oct. 2019, 09:30-10:00, IWR Raum, AD0117, E226 Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management . The participation is not mandatory.

Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper.

Active participation in the discussion

As performance record the students must be present and actively participate in the discussion. In the course a presence of more than 80% of the dates is obligatory.

Submission of a seminar paper

For a selected topic, which is based on one of the lectures held, a short seminar paper (2000-2500 words) has to be submitted. This should take up the topic or a sub-aspect of it and question it critically. In the paper, the essential statements and key points of the lecture should first be briefly summarized. The presentation documents will be provided in the TISS. Furthermore, the issue has to be supplemented or further elaborated and critically discussed. Hence, a literature research and own considerations has to be conducted.

Formal requirements

The paper should comprise 2000-2500 words and has to meet the following formal requirements:

• Title page with your name and matriculation number and a refercene list are mandatory.
• Compliance with the scope without artificial text extensions.
• The paper can be submitted either in German or in English.
• Use uniform and correct citation practice, also for illustrations and information from the presentation documents.  
  

Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper.

Submission

Submit the paper until 15/02/2020 as pdf-Document via email at andreas.gassner(at)tuwien.ac.at

via TISS

No prior knowledge needed.

Guest lectures will be generally in German, some also in English. Students with low German skills can visit the lecture.