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Students are to write a detailed description of the planned dissertation. This description includes the research issue, methodology, aims, literature and the time schedule of the project.
Compulsory Module 1: Dissertational Concept (5 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Having thoroughly researched (relevant literature, discussion with the dissertation committee and experts) students have set-up a written concept for the dissertation, present it in an audito-rium and defend it in scientific discourse.
COURSES
Courses amounting to a total of 5 ECTS-Credits are to be completed as specified in the doctoral thesis agreement. A course dealing with gender and equality is recommended.
Compulsory Module 2: Generic Skills (5 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: After successful completion of this module, students have theoretical and practical skills and abilities in selected disciplines, including methods and generic abilities that help them to conduct scientific research independently and to achieve their future goals.
For further information about courses click COURSES.One or several courses dealing with basics/core skills and amounting to a total of 5 ECTS-Credits are to be completed as specified in the doctoral thesis agreement.
Compulsory Module 3: Scientific Basics/Core Skills of the Thesis Topic (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: After successful completion of this module, students possess the high-level core skills nec-essary for the doctoral thesis.
Es sind eine oder mehrere Lehrveranstaltungen im Umfang von insgesamt
5 ECTS-AP gemäß Festlegung in der Dissertationsvereinbarung als wissenschaftliche Grundlagen/Kernkompetenzen zum Dissertationsthema zu absolvieren.
Compulsory Module 4: Participation in Scientific Discourse (5 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: After successful completion of this module, students possess the abilities to actively partici-pate in scientific discourse.
Presentation of the student's own research results in guest lectures and/or at conferences and/or through progress reports and/or at workshops and/or in competitions, and/or through articles in journals.
Compulsory Module 5: Doctoral Seminar (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory module 1
Learning Outcome: The ability to see one's own dissertation in relation to others, to present previous research and future goals to fellow doctoral candidates in an understandable fashion, to reflect on this work in discussions, and to incorporate the latest findings of the discipline into one's own work.
Compulsory Module 6: Doctoral Thesis Defense (5 ECTS-Credits)
(no courses)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of all other modules and the doctoral thesis
Learning Outcome: Students can present their findings competently. The focus is on summary and presentation of the results of the research, the knowledge added to the relevant discipline, the signifi-cance of the findings for society, skills in evaluation and methodology, and presentation abilities.
Public defense of the doctoral thesis that concludes the programme of study, held as an oral examination in front of a board consisting of three examiners. 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).