Bachelor Thesis
- Faculty
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
- Version
Version 1 of 20.06.2025.
- Module identifier
22B1935
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
English, German
- ECTS credit points and grading
12.0
- Module frequency
winter and summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
Within the framework of this module, the documentation of the scientific practice project is prepared. This consists of: a) a scientific paper b) a result-oriented presentation with a concluding group discussion (colloquium) with experts (examiners and, if applicable, a specialist audience). The students use the knowledge they have acquired so far to work on a therapy-scientific question in a research and development project in a scientifically sound manner. They present their project results in a scientific manuscript that meets the subject-specific requirements. The evaluation and processing of the results as well as the writing of the written presentation are accompanied by the university with a seminar.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Writing a scientific paper (Bachelor thesis) with regular consultation of teachers and peers.
- Preparing a results-oriented presentation
- Leading a professional discourse on own research and development projects.
- 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 hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 10 Individual coaching Presence or online - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 350 Creation of examinations -
- Graded examination
- Final Degree Thesis and Final Oral Examination
- Remark on the assessment methods
Scientific term paper (Bachelor thesis) and colloquium. The colloquium consists of a project presentation oriented towards scientific lectures as well as a subsequent discussion.
- Exam duration and scope
Bachelor Thesis
- Single work: approx. 60-80 pages
- Group work: approx. 100-120 pages
Colloquium: see general part of the examination regulations
The requirements are specified in the respective event.
- Recommended prior knowledge
Basic knowledge of project planning - basic knowledge of research methodology, quantitative and qualitative procedures - basic knowledge of scientific writing and presenting
- Application and Transfer
Students who have successfully studied this module will be able to prepare and structure the results of a research and development project and present them in an appropriate manner in a scientific manuscript.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students who have successfully studied this module ...
- know the central characteristics and principles of scientific writing and can implement these appropriately in a scientific text.
- can appropriately present a research and development project in a results-oriented presentation.
- can critically deal with the methodology, the results and the development perspectives of a research and development project in a professional discourse.
- Literature
Portney LG & Watkins MP (2009) Foundations of Clinical Research - Application to Practice 3rd Ed. PEARSON; Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
- Applicability in study programs
- Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy B.Sc. (01.03.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Armijo-Olivo, Susan
- Teachers
- Ballenberger, Nikolaus
- Möller, Dirk
- Zalpour, Christoff
- Tampin, Brigitte
- Piekartz, Herman Josef Maria