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Compulsory Module 1: PhD Project (6 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The objective of this module is for students and dissertation supervisors to
guide the dissertation projects from the first project idea to confrontation
with the current state of scientific discussion and the reflection on suitable
theoretical approaches and methods. After the successful completion of
this module, students are capable of assessing their own research project
critically and structuring it clearly. At the same time, students train skills in
communicating research questions and results appropriately.
Compulsory Module 2: Methods of Social Research and Statistics (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Having completed this module, students are acquainted with the specific
research methods traditionally employed in qualitative and quantitative research. They are aware of their strengths and weaknesses and are able to understand and critically assess empirical evidence produced by means of these methods. Moreover, they are capable of planning, carrying out, and evaluating studies according to scientific standards.
Compulsory Module 3: Generic Skills (15 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After the successful completion of this module, students have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and competences in selected disciplines, as well as methods and general skills which empower them to pursue independent scientific activities and help them succeed in their future careers.
As defined in the dissertation agreement, courses equal
to 15 ECTS-Credits have to be completed. One course
must be taken from the field of "Equality and Gender".
Suitable options are marked in the course catalog.
Courses are offered which develop didactic skills,
competences for subsequent knowledge transfer within
the field including the use of new media, insight into
research ethics, and which promote inter¿disciplinary thinking.
Compulsory Module 4: Presentation of own Research Results (14 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After the 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 experts and to explain complicated correlations in a clearly understandable manner.
Presentation of the student's own research results in the
form of an accepted or already accomplished publication
in a (reviewed) journal or the presentation of the
student's research results at a scientific conference in the
field of the social sciences.
Compulsory Module 5: Doctoral Thesis Defense (Rigorosum) (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 dissertation results in the overall context of the doctoral programme; the focus is on summarizing and explaining the 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.
Final oral dissertation defense in front of an examination
board.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).