After successful completion of the course, students are able to start writing their masterthesis in the field Building Science and Technology.

The goal of this course is encourage the students to systematically develop a proposal for their Master's thesis. This involves the selection of the research area and the research topic. Moreover, the students are to gain confidence in developing the general structure of a fitting research design. A further learning effect is expected to arise in consideration and inclusion of critical feedback provided by the instructors and fellow course participants toward iterative improvement of the proposal quality. At the end of the course an approved proposal and corresponding supervision agreement will be submitted, so that the Master's thesis work can proceed in a procedurally solid manner.

Students explore and articulate ideas for a Master's thesis topic within the topical framework of Building Science & Technology. Each student prepares - in writing -  and presenting a Master's thesis proposal. This document outlines the thesis, its motivation and background, as well as the applied methodology and expected results. The students are expected to modify and improve the proposals based on feedback received.

• Preperation of a master thesis proposal including research question, proposed methods, expected outcome and time- and workplan.
• Critical discussion in class.

*** Please note that successful participation in all the courses of Module 1 (Science and Resaerch Fundamentals)  is a prerequisite for this course

*** Participants are expected to have completed a substantial part of the masters studies in Building Science and Technology, i.e. at least 60 ECTS of the study volume

***Meetings in Winter Term 2020/21 (will all be held via ZOOM or goToMeeting - see TUWEL-course)

• KickOff: 14.10.2020, 15:00 - 17:00
• Review/Discussion: 28.10.2020, 15:00 - 17:00
• First Intermediate Review: 11.11.2020, 15:00 - 17:00
• Review/Discussion: 25.11.2020, 15:00 - 17:00
• Second Intermediate Review: 09.12.2020, 15:00 - 17:00
• Review/Discussion: 16.12.2020, 15:00 - 17:00
• Final Review: 13.01.2021, 15:00 - 17:00

Short-Term Changes will be announced (only) via TISS_Mail. Therefore, please ensure to have all settings done to receive your student-mail emails, and - more important - please read them carefully :).

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• Mandatory presence
• (timely delivery and overwork) of drafts of the research proposal (in different stages)

Students should have passed around 60ects of the Master of Building Science Curriculum!

MODULE: SCIENCE AND RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS (M1)