Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor International Business Administration Part-time
Type of degree:FH BachelorĀ“s Degree Programme
 Part-time
 Summer Semester 2023
  

Course unit titleApplied Academic Writing
Course unit code025008020201
Language of instructionGerman
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory
Semester when the course unit is deliveredSummer Semester 2023
Teaching hours per week1
Year of study2023
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated2
Name of lecturer(s)Brigitte MAYER


Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Course content
  • Formal criteria of academic text types
  • Targeted source research with relevance check
  • Thinking in writing; supporting understanding through writing
  • Writing strategies
  • Writing process design and reflection
  • Peer feedback
Learning outcomes

Scientific writing supports the generation of knowledge and serves the transfer of knowledge. Writing can be understood as a process of understanding and shaping towards clarity of thought and order, in order to communicate content concisely and comprehensibly based on this.

The students write a seminar paper in small groups, observing the central criteria of academic writing (including citation rules, text structure, writing style).

First, they determine the topic of this paper. As soon as a coherent writing project has been defined, they research sources and check them for their relevance. In the course of the writing process, they get to know different writing strategies and supporting work techniques in order to gain ideas for their own, situation-appropriate writing.

The obligatory giving and receiving of peer feedback encourages students to examine their own text drafts and sharpens their focus for the necessary text revision before handing in the seminar paper. Peer feedback focuses on both the formal and stylistic requirements of this academic type of text.

Finally, the students reflect on the collaborative creation process of their seminar paper.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Interactive course with lecture, case studies, exercises in individual and group work, presentations and homework.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written Paper

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading

Girgensohn, Katrin; Sennewald, Nadja (2012): Schreiben lehren, Schreiben lernen. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

Kruse, Otto (2018): Lesen und Schreiben. Der richtige Umgang mit Texten im Studium. 3. Aufl. Konstanz: UVK.

Scheuermann, Ulrike (2016): Schreibdenken. Schreiben als Denk- und Lernwerkzeug nutzen und vermitteln. 3. Aufl. Opladen: Budrich.

Schreibzentrum der FH Vorarlberg (Hrsg.) (o.J.): Schreiben im Studium. Unterlagen zum akademischen Schreiben des Schreibzentrums der Bibliothek der Fachhochschule Vorarlberg. Dornbirn. Online im Internet: https://ilias.fhv.at/goto_ilias_fhv_at_pg_9988_308911.html

Kursunterlagen zur Lehrveranstaltung auf der Lernplattform ILIAS

Weiterführende Literaturempfehlungen zum akademischen Schreiben: Bibliothek der FH Vorarlberg - Signaturbereich IGC 450

Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Classes with compulsory attendance 

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