After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• compare different issues in the fields of resource management and waste management.
• provide critical and analytical questions about lectures.
• enter into a scientific discourse with specialist speakers.
• check results and conclusions for plausibility.
• conduct own literature research in the fields of resource management and waste management.

In the course current issues from the fields of resource management and waste management are presented in specialist lectures by speakers both from TU Wien and external. Experts from science, industry and administration are presenting.

After each lecture a discussion with the auditorium take place. There are 45 minutes each for the lecture as well as for the discussion.

The aim is to get to know different methods, problems and solutions. However, the active discoures strengthens the ability to correctly classify and correlate results of different issues and levels of complexity.

The following methods are used in the course:

• Specialist lectures on current issues in the fields of resource management and waste management
  
• Discussion with experts on the basis of the lectures
  
• Independent literature research and writing a seminar paper

Active participation in the discussion

As performance record the students must be present and actively participate in the discussion. In the course a presence of more than 80% of the dates is obligatory.

Colloquium

The last lesson is dedicated to a colloquium for the participating students. Therein, the topics of the seminar will be discussed. Possible conclusions and contradiction will be discussed. The Colloquium aims to give an opportunity to discuss the content of the talks, but also serves as preparation for the seminar paper. Therefore, students shall choose a topic of the seminar and be able to contribute to a critical discussion.

Submission of a seminar paper

For a selected topic, which is based on one of the lectures held, a short seminar paper (2000-2500 words) has to be submitted. This should take up the topic or a sub-aspect of it and question it critically. In the paper, the essential statements and key points of the lecture should first be briefly summarized. The presentation documents will be provided in the TISS. Furthermore, the issue has to be supplemented or further elaborated and critically discussed. Hence, a literature research and own considerations has to be conducted. The results of the colloquium may serve as a starting point.

Formal requirements

The paper should comprise 2000-2500 words and has to meet the following formal requirements:

• Title page with your name and matriculation number and a reference list are mandatory.
• Compliance with the scope without artificial text extensions.
• The paper can be submitted either in German or in English.
• Use uniform and correct citation practice, also for illustrations and information from the presentation documents.  
  

Please consider the plagiarism guidelines of TU Wien when writing your seminar paper.

Submission

Submit the paper until 31/07/2020 as pdf-Document via email at sabine.dworak(at)tuwien.ac.at

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