Graduate Research Seminar Economics - Interactive curriculae of TU Ilmenau

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module properties Graduate Research Seminar Economics in degree program Master Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen 2024
module number	200975
examination number	2500622
department	Department of Economic Sciences and Media
ID of group	2541 (Economic Theory)
module leader	Prof. Dr. Oliver Budzinski
term	winter and summer term
language	Deutsch/Englisch
credit points	5
on-campus program (h)	22
self-study (h)	128
obligation	elective module
exam	alternative examination performance
details of the certificate	Term paper (academic paper), oral presentation, seminar discussion
link to Moodle course	Graduate" title="link to Moodle course" target="_blank">https://intranet.tu-ilmenau.de/en/fakwm-pa/SitePages/Hauptseminar.aspx">Graduate
teacher	Various lecturers of the department
signup details for alternative examinations	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.
maximum number of participants
previous knowledge and experience	Lectures of the study plan that students are expected to have completed before the seminar takes place (depending on the seminar term either the lectures of the first or of the first and second semester)
learning outcome	By successfully completing the module the students will be able to understand a defined topic of economics, to contextualize it within the academic 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.
content	Professors and lecturers from the Institute of Economics offer individual content.
media of instruction and technical requirements for education and examination in case of online participation	- literature research - written academic paper - oral presentation of the main contents of the paper - academic discussion with other participants and the lecturers/professors
literature / references	Depending on the individual topic; literature research is part of the learning outcome.
evaluation of teaching