LFU:online

The acquisition of key qualifications needed for the successful completion of pro-seminars and seminars; knowledge and practical use of subject-specific working methods as well as the fundamental rules of academic work.

Training in basic skills and techniques of scientific working; practical exercises and examples of 'Guided Reading' and 'Guided Writing' - reading comprehension of texts, development of clear subjects and guiding questions for theses, dealing with excerpts and producing different types of texts; acquisition of different presentation techniques and introduction to the structure of introductory seminar courses and seminars.

Formal lectures, brief oral presentations, teamwork, discussion.

Course with continuous performance assessment: attendance at all sessions, oral presentation, reading and short written papers.

Online-enrollment required, starting on Sept. 1, 2015.