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Compulsory Module 1: Tutelage of Scientific Working (10 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After the successful completion of this module, students have been
introduced to the current state of knowledge in the field and know basic
principles of the methods that can be employed in the dissertation.
Students are introduced to the current state of knowledge in the subject and to the main methods in the area of the topic of the dissertation.
Compulsory Module 2: Analysis of Own and External Research Results (10 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After completion of this module, students are familiar with the relevant
literature in their special field. They are able to adequately present their own research results and those of others both visually and orally. Moreover, they have learned to recognize, formulate, and discuss issues and questions of a theoretical or methodological nature; as a result, they can develop their own research strategies.
Compulsory Module 3: Presentation of Own Research Results (10 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After completion of this module, students are able to present research results in national or international forums, to analyze and critically assess their own research performance and that of others, and to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of their own research. Students acquire didactic skills which enable them to clearly present their research results to both laypeople and experts and to explain complicated correlations in a clearly understandable manner.
Presentation of the student's own research findings in the framework of national and/or international conferences and meetings or in the publication in international academic journals; appropriate presentations and publications may not form part of the dissertation according to § 7 Para 3.
Compulsory Module 4: Statistics (4 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After completion of this module, students are able to create complex experimental designs and are familiar with advanced statistical and graphical methods of analysis.
Compulsory Module 5: Scientific Writing (8 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After completion of this module, students have acquired the linguistic skills
required in the international discourse of the natural sciences. Additionally,
students learn about the concept, IMRAD structure, design, and finalization
of English-language publications.
Compulsory Module 6: Scientific Basics/Core Skills of the Thesis Topic (8 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After successful completion of this module, students possess the high level
of subject-specific knowledge necessary for working on the dissertation.
Teaching units amounting to 8 ECTS-Credits are to be completed in line with the thesis agreement as scientific basics/core competences.
Compulsory Module 7: Generic Skills (5 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After successful completion of this module, students possess knowledge,
skills, and competences in selected disciplines beyond the core area of
their dissertation which are important for their future careers.
According to the thesis agreement, teaching units amounting 5 ECTS-Credits are to be completed. One teaching unit is to be completed on the topic of "Equality and Gender". Appropriate teaching units are to be indicated in the course catalogue.
Compulsory Module 8: Doctoral Thesis Defense (5 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of all other modules and positive evaluation of the dissertation
Learning Outcome: Presentation, reflection on, and analysis of the dissertation results in the
overall context of the doctoral study programme; the focus is on
summarizing and explaining results of the research project, on presenting
the increase in knowledge for the discipline, on demonstrating evaluation
and method competences, as well as on presenting the results.
717901
Dissertationseminar on Botany (SE / 1h / 2 ECTS-AP)
Ilse Kranner, Eugen Rott
Ilse Kranner, Eugen Rott
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).