Seminar and Final Theses

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Ms Beatrice Lorenz

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The compulsory module "Wissenschaftliches und Praktisches Arbeiten" conveys the basics of data research and the writing of scientific papers to the students. The acquired skills serve as basis for the participation in the module "Bachelor Seminar". The allocation of students to our chair is made by the dean's office. The processing of topics offered is done in two-person teams.

Process

The topics of the WPA seminar are set by the chair. The students who are assigned to our chair can enroll in OPAL for a topic. By choosing the theme the teambuilding is done at the same time, i. e. the participants who sign up for a topic work together in a two-person team on the chosen theme!

For the implementation of the WPA seminar in the current winter term the following general schedule has been determined:

Before you start working on your topic, please take a look at our department's guidelines for writing a scientific paper and the two videos on scientific literature work.

If we do not release other information the seminar thesis has to be submitted in digital form (submission via OPAL) until 4:00 pm. The volume of the seminar thesis is 6,000 words including tables in the text part (without indices and appendix).

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09:00 - 16:30

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The Bachelor seminar is designed for processing current research projects of the chair and for preparing students for their final thesis. The participation is not a necessary condition for the completion of a final thesis at our chair. Please note that the number of participants at the Bachelor Seminar is limited to max. 8 students. The processing of topics offered is done in two-person teams. Requirement for the Bachelor Seminar is the successful completion of the events Grundlagen des Rechnungswesens as well as Jahresabschluss, Investition und Finanzierung. The Bachelor seminar is only conducted in winter semester.

Application and Process

The presentation of the topics and the subsequent application process take place regularly from early/mid-October. The following application documents are required:

• Application form
• Curriculum vitae
• Transcription of records from HISQIS

Please send the complete application documents to .

The topics of the Bachelor Seminar are set by the chair. In the application it is possible to specify a desired partner and desired topics from the given list of topics. We faciliate the examination of one of the desired topics as far as it is realizable. 

• here you can find the topic list of the winter term 24/25

For the application procedure and the implementation of the Bachelor Seminar in the current winter semester the following general schedule has been determined.

Before you start working on your topic, please take a look at our department's guidelines for writing a scientific paper and the two videos on scientific literature work.

The seminar thesis has to be submitted electronically (submission via OPAL) until 4:00 pm.

All participants of the Bachelor seminar have to present their results of the seminar thesis in a fifteen-minute presentation with a PowerPoint presentation. Please send the PowerPoint presentation to  in advance. Afterwards the presentations are discussed by all participants. Each group moderates the lecture and the discussion of another seminar thesis.

The following table gives a further overview of the requirements in accordance with the Study/Examination Regulations of the Bachelor program Business and Economics (for the new PO from 2014).

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Melanie Mischer (M. Sc.)

Raum SCH B334

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Application and Procedure for the Winter Semester 2024/2025

The research seminar is offered at our department exclusively during the winter semester.

The Master's and Diploma research seminar is dedicated to addressing current research questions within the scope of the chair's interests, as well as preparing students for their final thesis. For this reason, participation is a mandatory requirement for completing a Master's or Diploma thesis at our chair.

You can find the list of topics here.

The following application documents are required:

• Application Form 
• Transcription of records from HISQIS
• CV

Please send your application to
(The application period begins on October 17th and ends on November 3rd, 2024.)

In the application it is possible to specify a desired partner.

The following table summarizes the further time schedule:

In addition to preparing the research seminar and its defense, there will also be an interim presentation during the process. This presentation aims to train the ability to systematically conduct a literature review. In this phase, the team will collaboratively prepare their own seminar topic as a research tree based on Tranfield et al. (2003) and present it to the other participants (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes discussion), following Fink's approach (2014). Furthermore, each participant in the research seminar will be assigned a methodology or a problem/topic typically addressed in academic publications. They will present this methodology topic in a brief presentation (5 minutes presentation, 5 minutes discussion) to facilitate understanding of reading scientific publications and their methodologies. Both presentations contribute to the evaluation of the research seminar. Additional helpful information regarding the methodology presentation can be found in this Video from a previous session.
The schedule for the methodology presentation is as follows:

The following table gives a further overview of the requirements in accordance with the Study/Examination Regulations of the Master and Diploma programs (for PO from 2014).

Further details will be provided during the course of the semester upon acceptance.

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Ms Valeria Knels (M. Sc.)

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The application for the supervision of the Bachelor's dissertation is done together with the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Auditing and Taxation and the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Management Accounting and Control in a single application process.

The application process is carried out only once a year. A supervision of bachelor theses outside the application process is available through the allocation of remaining issues.

Application

The presentation of the topics and the subsequent application process take place regularly in January.

This year, the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Auditing and Taxation organizes the application process for bachelor's dissertations.

Please refrain from inquiries before the provisional allocation of topics. After the allocation of topics please inform your supervisor personally about your decision on the acceptance or rejection of your assigned theme.

The remaining topis are listed in this document.

Registration

According to the Prüfungsordnung (§ 25 PO) you are only allowed to register a bachelor thesis as far as you have acquired the necessary credits from completed modules in your specialist field. Therefore, the subjects are awarded with reservation. If you plan to purchase this score by April 1 of the particular year, you can therefore apply to us (to be confirmed) for the bachelor thesis. If you do not reach the required score, contrary to expectations, you can again apply to us in the next year.

Further information

The following table gives a further overview of the requirements in accordance with the Study/Examination Regulations of the Bachelor programs.

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Research associate

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Melanie Mischer (M. Sc.)

Raum SCH B334

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A mandatory requirement for master and diploma theses is the successful completion of the corresponding research seminar of the chair. Topics will be assigned upon request, after the appropriate research seminar was successfully completed at our chair. Therefore, please refrain from inquiries for the list of topics before submitting your application.

Application Process

A new application after the successful completion of the master and diploma research seminar is not required. For application modalities for the research seminar please have a look at the top of this page.