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In the research seminar course, the major issues are the critical evaluation and discussion of the Master's thesis in order to enhance its quality. Principals of scientific work and quality standards of the scientific community will be presented. Lectures will provide input concerning topics of high relevance.
After successful completion of the seminar, students should be able to critically evaluate and discuss published results from the literature. Furthermore, they should have acquired the skills to write a Master's thesis of high quality and to effectively present their work.
The presentations will be held on the following dates:
- Proposal presentation: March session
- Intermediate presentation: May session
- Final presentation: June session(s)
Full presence is expected on the above mentioned dates.
Proposal presentation: 20 Points
Intermediate presentation: 20 Points
Final presentation (Thesis Defensio): 50 Points
Peer review: 06 Points
Speaker Series: 04 Points
Grading scale:
- Excellent (1): > 90%
- Good (2): > 80%
- Satisfactory (3): > 70%
- Sufficient (4): > 60%
Information regarding Speaker Series summary:
Any work handed in for grading can be submitted and graded as course work only once. Otherwise, it would be plagiarism. Therefore, if you want to earn extra points in a course you must submit original summaries.
The successful completion of the course "Advanced Research Methods & Project Management" (according to the curriculum) + "Seminar Course: Special Issues in SCM" (strongly recommended).
Restricted to MSc SCM (WU) students and incomings from program-specific partner universities.
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