After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• present the experimental and theoretical results of their Bachelor's thesis to a scientific audience,
• critically discuss the content and presentation technique of other students' presentations.
• conceptualize a bachelor thesis and use sources correctly (plagiarism)

The seminar is intended to prepare students for the English-language Master's program in Technical Chemistry, therefore the seminar is held in English.

General introduction to writing a scientific paper (details must be discussed with the supervisor of the Bachelor's thesis):

• Conceptualization of the scientific work
• Possible variants for the structure of the thesis
• Dealing with citations and references
• Labeling of tables and graphics

Designing and giving scientific presentations:

• Strategies for developing presentations (target audience, structure, etc.)
• Dealing with the presentation medium (font, color, form, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of rhetoric and communication (language, voice, gestures, etc.)

Discussion of content and secondary skills:

• Dealing with questions from the audience
• How do I give feedback?
• How do I accept feedback?

Teaching of theoretical basics in three seminar units using slides with critical discussion within the group:

1. Seminar unit: Conception of a lecture - preparation and presentation by students with joint discussion
2. Seminar unit: Delivering a lecture - preparation and presentation by students with joint discussion
3. Seminar unit: Basic aspects of the Bachelor's thesis - presentation by lecturer

• 15-minute presentation on the Bachelor's thesis followed by a scientific discussion
• Accept feedback on own presentation
• Giving feedback on another presentation
• Video recording for own use and as an example for others (access for seminar participants only)

• Recommendation: Attend the seminar from the 5th semester onwards
• The dates for presentations are organized via TUWEL at the beginning of each semester
• All appointments, presentations, documents and videos are handled exclusively via TISS/TUWEL. Register for the course to gain TUWEL access.
• In order to be informed in detail about the procedure, participation in the preliminary meeting is recommended
• Make a note of all attendances
• Communication platform with the LVA management: Forum in TUWEL

Literature:

• https://www.tuwien.at/index.php?eID=dms&s=4&path=Richtlinien%20und%20Verordnungen/Lehre%20-%20Leitfaden%20zum%20Umgang%20mit%20Plagiaten.pdf
• further literature can be found in TUWEL

• Attendance at introductory lectures part 1 + 2 before the own lecture can be held
• Attendance at introductory lecture part 3
• Presentation (15 min) + Discussion
• Feedback on presentation technique
• Attendance of 12 presentation units is desired
• Grading is done together with the supervisor of the experimental part of the thesis - The supervisor contacts the seminar leader before the grade for the Bachelor thesis is awarded and makes a grade proposal for the Bachelor thesis, if all partial performances in the seminar are fulfilled, the grade proposal is approved and the seminar is assessed accordingly

Assign to a group associated with the topic of your bachelor thesis and you will gain access to all available documents.