Master´s Thesis - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau
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| module properties Master´s Thesis in degree program Master International Business Economics 2021 | |
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| module number | 201049 |
| examination number | 99000 |
| department | Department of Economic Sciences and Media |
| ID of group | 2542 (Economic Policy) |
| module leader | Prof. Dr. Andreas Will |
| term | winter and summer term |
| language | Englisch |
| credit points | 30 |
| on-campus program (h) | 0 |
| self-study (h) | 900 |
| obligation | obligatory module |
| exam | examination performance with multiple performances |
| details of the certificate | written scientific paper |
| link to Moodle course | |
| teacher | Various teachers of the Faculty WM |
| signup details for alternative examinations | |
| maximum number of participants | |
| previous knowledge and experience | |
| learning outcome | The students understand a special research topic from the scientific field of the supervising university lecturer. This person must be a professor, juniorprofessor or habilitated staff member of the Department of Economic Sciences and Media or of a subject area whose modules are included in the curriculum. After successfulcompletion of the module, students are able to understand selected topics fromeconomics or law (including industrial engineering and business informatics),place it in the context of the literature, present it coherently and criticallyevaluate it. They are able to do this by researching, classifying andappreciating the state of the academic literature. Successful students will beable to identify and systematize various academic opinions and strands ofliterature. They are also capable of identifying and specifying certain sub-aspectsof a topic. They can reflect the state of the art of scientific theory andapply it to the chosen research question, they master the scientific methodsappropriate to the subject of the master’s thesis and apply them in a result-orientedway. Furthermore, students are able to deal with open questions according to thesystemic approach of the respective discipline and take an independentposition. Successful students have the competences to present the developedquestions and results orally as well as in writing, while complying with theformal and content-related requirements of scientific work. |
| content | Independent work on asubject-specific topic under supervision, including the conception of a workplan, the work on literature, the development of necessary scientific methods, theimplementation and evaluation, the discussion of results, and the preparationof the master’s thesis. |
| media of instruction and technical requirements for education and examination in case of online participation | study of literature, ifnecessary empirical analysis, writing a master’s thesis, if necessary oralpresentation and discussion of important contents of the thesis |
| literature / references | independent literatureresearch is required |
| evaluation of teaching | |