Courses



Compulsory Modules (60 ECTS-Credits)
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Module 3: Interdisciplinary Forum for PhD Candidates (4 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students are capable of presenting research projects and results and are acquainted with the issues of interdisciplinary questions.
Module 4: Reflection on Research (5 ECTS-Credits) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Competence in planning research projects including a written presentation; reflected knowledge and a prospectus of the student's dissertation.
In the first year of the doctoral programme, a comprehensive description of the planned dissertation has to be compiled. This includes the central question, methods, objectives, literature, and time schedule of the project.
Module 6: Culture and Society (2 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students know different theories of cultural studies and the arts, both in terms of their own discipline and with regard to interdisciplinary research.
Module 8: Research Application (10 ECTS-Credits) (no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: (Post-)scientific processing of research projects and research topics; didactic skills in the context of a concrete assignments.
The module serves to prepare graduates for their future occupational careers. Especially suitable options include excursions where participants assume assistant teaching functions, exhibition projects or projects of monument preservation, as well as "pedagogic" projects which present musical performances (workshops, concert series, festivals etc.) to an audience on a high didactic level.
Module 10: 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 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 methodical competences, as well as on presenting results.
Final oral dissertation defense taken before 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).