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Module 1: Scientific Literature on Current Research Topics (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Joint reading of significant scientific texts is the basis for presenting, discussing, and critically analyzing selected current topics at the "forefront of research" in geography. Upon successful completion of the module, students have in-depth insights into central research questions of geography. They receive theoretical, methodical, and subject-related input which they can employ for further developing their own research project. Students also enhance their critical judgment of scientific literature.
Module 2: Concept of Doctoral Thesis (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The module serves to present and critically discuss the students' dissertation projects. After the successful completion of the project, students have - in different phases of the research process and in critical discussions with the supervisor of the dissertation project - received important input on the following: theoretical principles, subject specific position, methodical concept, and empirical realization of the research project; this also includes the analysis and interpretation of research results and the way these results are to be processed.
Module 3: Integrative Geography 1 (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: For the subject-specific "Innsbruck" concept of integrative geography the
manifold ecological and socio¿economic manifestations and effects of
global change and their consequences for sustainable development in a
regional context play a central role. The module serves to critically discuss
and develop these questions; this takes place in the regular meetings of the
research center "Global Change - Regional Sustainability". After the
successful completion of the module, students have comprehensive and
detailed insights into the basic questions of an integrative understanding of
geography. This puts them in a position to critically reflect on and position
their own research project in scientific discourse.
Module 4: University Course 1 (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The module requires the students' active participation in a special course on a topic relevant for their research project. Through the - potentially inter-disciplinary - discussion of significant questions with renowned Austrian and international scientists and through continuing education in the area of advanced working techniques, students receive significant subject-related input for positioning their own research project in the field. This course can be completed by participating in a university summer school.
Module 5: Active Participation at a Scientific Conference 1 (10 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The module focuses on the presentation of the student's research results, as a rule in international forums. Corresponding to scientific culture, students learn to expose their research to criticism in subject¿specific and interdisciplinary dialog and, as a consequence, are able to position, analyze, and evaluate their research results in a self-critical manner.
a. Active participation in international scientific discourse at a conference or workshop 1.
b. Active participation in international scientific discourse at a conference or a workshop 2.
Module 6: Generic Skills (5 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After the successful completion of this module, students command 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 work and help them succeed in their future careers.
Courses, as defined in the dissertation agreement, equal to 5 ECTS-Credits must be completed. Additionally, courses are offered which develop didactic skills and competences for subsequent knowledge transfer of the field. Completion of one course from the field of
"Equality and Gender" is recommended. Suitable options are marked in the course catalog.
Module 7: 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 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 method competences, as well as on presenting the results.
Final oral dissertation defense 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).