After successful completion of the course, students are able to write autonomously a theoretical scientific paper in the research field of architectural history. They know about the basics of serious scientific research. In writing a complete, but small, first thesis paper they had to apply the theoretic knowledge.
The students do gain first practical experience analysis and documentation as well as archive and library research. Additionally, the course does introduce the obligatory parts of an academic text like abstract, scientific introduction, structure of the main body of the work, citations and paraphrases, footnotes and endnotes, conclusion, references and appendix.
In the course of a field trip or in cooperation with the students of the practical seminary the students get in touch with archive material and sources in literature. In a next step, the teachers instruct the students about the obligatory parts of an academic theoretical work. In combination between archive and literature sources and the in-site documentation and analysis, the students write their first version of the seminary paper. The teachers do correct this paper and return it for further improvement. The final seminary thesis is the result of the implementation of the suggested corrections.
Caroline Jäger-Klein, Österreichische Architektur des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Wien-Graz 2010 (2. Auflage); ISBN 978-3-7083-0660-S
Friedrich Achleitner, Österreichische Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert. Band I - Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien-Salzburg (Residenz) 1980
Friedrich Achleitner, Österreichische Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert. Band II - Kärnten, Steiermark, Burgenland, Wien-Salzburg (Residenz) 1982
Friedrich Achleitner, Österreichische Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert. Band III/1-3 Wien, 1990-2010
