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Department of Business and Economics
Bachelor

Scientific work

Field of study: Bachelor
Module: Module 11: Scientific work
Lecturer: Manuel Wiesche
Course type tutorial
Scope / Credits: 2 credits
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Table of contents

This course teaches the basics of scientific work as preparation for students who wish to write a seminar paper, Bachelor's or Master's thesis. In order to support them in this, helpful techniques for finding a topic, literature research and analysis are taught in this course. In addition, formalities for writing an academic paper at the professorship are discussed and structuring and citation techniques are explained. The Guidelines for academic work provides an overview.

Participation requirements

For students who have completed the Bachelor's seminar (Module 11) or would like to write a Bachelor's/Master's thesis at the chair, participation in this course is compulsory.

Dates

date Weekday Time of day Place Topics
13.10.2025 Monday - Video 1-3 in moodle Organization and basics of scientific work,
Dealing with scientific literature, literature research
14.10.2025 Tuesday - Video 4-5 in moodle Writing scientific papers,
Overview of research methods
tba Wednesday tba live in Zoom "Subject-specific literature research" (from the University Library)
16.10.2025 Thursday 14:00 -
15:00
live in Zoom Q&A session
20.10.2025 Monday 10:00 -
12:00
Presence, P2-05-416 Literature Review Workshop

The workshop is voluntary for students who are writing a thesis.
Please register by Wednesday, 17.10. by e-mail to Mr. Fabian Helms.

Application form

If you would like to attend our bachelor's seminar or write a thesis at our professorship, please indicate in your application that you would like to participate in the scientific work.

Selected literature

  • Vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., Niehaves, B., Riemer, K., Plattfaut, R., and Cleven, A. 2009. "Reconstructing the Giant: On the Importance of Rigour in Documenting the Literature Search Process," 17th European Conference on Information Systems, Verona, Italy, pp. 2206-2217.
  • Webster, J., and Watson, R. T. 2002. "Analyzing the Past to Prepare for the Future: Writing a Literature Review," MIS Quarterly (26:2), pp. 13-23.