Bachelor Thesis

Faculty

Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences

Version

Version 1 of 13.05.2024.

Module identifier

22B1838

Module level

Bachelor

Language of instruction

English

ECTS credit points and grading

12.0

Module frequency

winter and summer term

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Brief description

The writing of the Bachelor Thesis marks the completion of the student's studies. It integrates the subject-specific and interdisciplinary learning outcomes of the modules of the degree program. Through the content-related examination of the topic, students can demonstrate their scientific and practice-related competencies in an exemplary manner.

Teaching and learning outcomes

Independent academic work on a topic relevant to practice (Bachelor Thesis), including

  • independent organisation and elaboration of the workflow
  • regular consultation with the examiners while work on the dissertation is being carried out
  • inclusion of topic-related sources and academic rudimentary material from judicial decisions and the literature

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 360 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
10Individual coachingPresence-
Lecturer independent learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
350Creation of examinations-
Graded examination
  • Final Degree Thesis and Final Oral Examination
Exam duration and scope

Bachelor thesis: approx. 40-60 pages

Colloquium: in accordance with the general part of the examination regulations

The specific framework conditions and requirements are coordinated between first/second examiners and students.

Recommended prior knowledge

Successful commencement and beginning of the practical project (Academic Project/Scientifically reflected Practical Project)

Knowledge Broadening

Students who successfully complete this module

  • are able to expand on a broad knowledge and practice-related foundation gained during the study programme.
  • have subject and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills in order to bring together theory and practice related to the study programme.
  • are able to adopt critical distance so that appropriate results can be pulled from their analyses.

Knowledge deepening

Students who successfully complete this module

  • develop topic-relevant knowledge enabling achievement and discussion of subject-specific detailed results.
  • are also able to present and defend subject-specific results in an overall context.

Knowledge Understanding

Students who successfully complete this module are able to

  • apply subject-related and interdisciplinary skills acquired during the study programme.
  • assess the results of their project in terms of their practical relevance and
  • convert assessments into recommendations and define possibilities for implementation.

Application and Transfer

Students who successfully complete this module

  • are able to utilise instrumental knowledge acquired in the study programme for the achievement of their project results. i.e. they can
  • collect and interpret necessary data.
  • apply academic methods used within the discipline.
  • make hypotheses and examine them in terms of their accuracy.

Communication and Cooperation

Students who successfully complete this module are able to differentiate, structure and critically assess:

  • the applied methods and procedure,
  • the overall context,
  • the achieved results
  • in both written and verbal form, and in some circumstances also in a foreign language.

Literature

Balzer, Helmut: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Wissenschaft, Quellen, Artefakte, Organisation, Präsentation Brink, Alfred: Anfertigung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten Disterer, Georg: Studienarbeiten schreiben: Seminar-, Bachelor-, Master- und Diplomarbeiten in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften Franck, Norbert: Fit fürs Studium: erfolgreich reden, lesen, schreiben ders.: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten – eine praktische Anleitung ders.: Handbuch Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten Grunwald, Klaus: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Grundlagen zu Herangehensweisen, Darstellungsformen und Regeln Huber, Michael: Keine Angst vor schriftlichen Abschlussarbeiten: Grundlagen wissenschaftlicher Arbeitstechnik Karmasin, Matthias: Die Gestaltung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten: ein Leitfaden für Seminararbeiten, Bachelor-, Master- und Magisterarbeiten, Diplomarbeiten und Dissertationen Lück, Wolfgang: Technik des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens: Seminararbeit, Diplomarbeit, Dissertation Möllers, Thomas M.J.: Juristische Arbeitstechnik und wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Klausur, Hausarbeit, Seminararbeit, Studienarbeit, Staatsexamen, Dissertation Nicol, Natascha: Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben mit Word 2007: formvollendete und normgerechte Examens-, Diplom- und Doktorarbeiten Putzke, Holm: Juristische Arbeiten erfolgreich schreiben: Klausuren, Hausarbeiten, Seminare, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten Rossig, Wolfram E.: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Leitfaden für Haus- und Seminararbeiten, Bachelor- und Masterthesis, Diplom- und Magisterarbeiten, Dissertationen Scheld, Guido A.: Anleitung zur Anfertigung von Praktikums-, Seminar- und Diplomarbeiten sowie Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten Schomerus, Thomas; Söffker, Christiane; Jelinski, Jörg: Erstellen schriftlicher Arbeiten: Regeln und Hinweise für die Gestaltung von Referat, Hausarbeit, Praxisbericht, Diplomarbeit, Bachelorarbeit Sommer, Roy: Schreibkompetenzen: erfolgreich wissenschaftlich schreiben - Klausuren, Seminararbeiten, Examensarbeiten, Bachelor-/Masterarbeiten Stickel-Wolf, Christine: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Lerntechniken: erfolgreich studieren – gewusst wie Stock, Steffen: Erfolg bei Studienarbeiten, Referaten und Prüfungen Töpfer, Arnim: Erfolgreich forschen: ein Leitfaden für Bachelor-, Master-Studierende und Doktoranden in current edition and literature relevant to the particular project

Applicability in study programs

  • International Management
    • International Management, B.A.

    Person responsible for the module
    • Frie, Jan
    Teachers
    • Frie, Jan