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Students are familiar with the basic concepts of scientific working and are able to apply them in practice.

Quality criteria for scientific working, general information on preparing a Bachelor's thesis, literature work, literature survey, structure of a science thesis, writing style, tipps for compiling figures, tables and equations, scientifc presentations.

Lecture with exercises, discussions and presentation of a student project

immanent (continuous): homework, project and written exam

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Balzert H., C. Schäfer, M. Schröder, and U. Kern, 2010: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten. 1st ed., W3L-Verlag, 356 pp. Ebel, H. F. and C. Bliefert, 2004: Vortragen: In Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Medizin. 3d ed., WILEY-VHC, 340 pp.

Ebel, H. F. and C. Bliefert, 2009: Bachelor-, Master- und Doktorarbeit: Anleitung für den naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Nachwuchs. 4th ed., WILEY-VHC, 193 pp.

Samac, K., M. Prenner, and H. Schwetz, 2009: Die Bachelorarbeit an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. 1st ed., UTB, 120 pp.

Schultz, D. M., 2009: Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker & Atmospheric Scientist. American Meteorological Society, 412 pp.