Graduate Research Seminar Law - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

Term paper (academic paper), oral presentation, seminar discussion

Various lecturers of the department; main teacher: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Juliane Mendelsohn 

Dieses Modul enthält mindestens eine alternative semesterbegleitende Abschlussleistung. Bitte beachten Sie, dass diese in der Regel schon zu Beginn des Semesters, in dem diese angeboten wird, angemeldet werden muss.
Über die Details und Zeiträume dazu werden Sie vom Lehrenden und/oder dem Prüfungsamt informiert. Fragen Sie gegebenenfalls unbedingt beim Lehrenden nach.

This module contains at least one alternative exam part. Please note that this must usually be registered at the beginning of the semester in which it is offered.
The lecturer and/or the examination office will inform you about the details and time periods. If necessary, be sure to ask the lecturer.

Lectures of the study plan that students are expected to have completed before the seminar takes place („Competiton, Strategy, Institutions“ and „International Business Law“ are recommended prior lectures)

By successfully completing the module the students are able to understand a defined topic of law and economics, to contextualize it within the academic law and economics literature, to present it in a coherent way, and to provide a reflective analysis/discussion of the topic. Successful students are competent to identify and systematize different streams of academic opinions and literature. They are able to carve out and specify relevant aspects of a more general topic. Upon the successful completion of the module, students are competent to academically work on research questions by using state-of-the-art methods of the respective discipline and to derive an own independent expert opinion. They are further competent to present their analysis and their results in a written and in an oral way to an audience while following the requirements of scientific work both in form and content. Students are able to discuss their results within a group of peers.

Professors and lecturers from the Institute of Law will offer individual content. Current content offers can be viewed here: https://moodle2.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=4093 (summer semester) and https://moodle2.tu-ilmenau.de/course/view.php?id=4298 (winter semester)

introductory and methodological guidance (in class)

- literature research
- written academic paper
- oral presentation of the main contents of the paper
- academic discussion with other participants and the lecturers/professors 

Depending on the individual topic; literature research is part of the learning outcome.