ModulbezeichnungOSS-NYT (Nailing your Thesis)
Dozenten
Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle, M.B.A.
Inhalt
This course teaches you how to perform research. According to most Prüfungsordnungen your Bachelor or Master theses have to be scientific work, and this class teaches you how to do it. The class consists of a weekly lecture (2 SWS) with associated exercises (2 SWS), totaling 5 ECTS. If students pick up one of the offered research projects, total effort doubles to 10 ECTS.
The lecture part covers the following topics:
What is science?
The research process
Exploratory research
Confirmatory research
Writing a thesis/paper
The scientific community
The exercise associated with the lecture involves reading, writing, and evaluating weekly homework, but no research project.
Students can pick up a research project for an additional 5 ECTS. Students perform the research and write a (short) research paper.
Taken as lecture + exercises, student effort totals 5 ECTS. These 5 ECTS can be taken as a graded lecture + exercise (VL + UE) or as a 5 ECTS Schlüsselqualifikation (no grade). With additional 5 ECTS of research project work, NYT can be taken as a 10 ECTS course. In Informatik, these 10 ECTS can be booked as a Bachelor-Praktikum, Master-Projekt, or as a 10 ECTS Lecture + Exercise (VL + UE).
There should be a StudOn class section with additional materials; please make sure you sign-up. If you don't sign-up, you may not get in. Seating may be limited. Please go there now.
The syllabus, schedule, literature, and more can be found at http://nythesis.com
Lernziele und Kompetenzen
Studien- und Prüfungsleistungen
Students have to fulfill these duties
class participation
course homework
research paper
depending on whether the 5 or 10 ECTS variant was chosen.
Grades are based on linearly combining the individual grades.
For more information see http://osr.cs.fau.de
Unterrichtssprache
English
Vorbereitende Literatur
The syllabus, schedule, literature, and more can be found at http://nythesis.com
Weiteres
Prof. Riehle is on sabbatical during WS 2013/14. Thus, a large chunk of the sessions will be conducted online using Adobe Connect. Students can come to a traditional classroom or tune in from elsewhere, for example, from home (at their own risk). Please come to the first session to learn how we will handle this.