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

  
Degree programme:Bachelor International Business Administration Part-time
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Part-time
 Summer Semester 2025
  

Course unit titleBachelor's Thesis
Course unit code025008063202
Language of instructionGerman
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory
Semester when the course unit is deliveredSummer Semester 2025
Teaching hours per week0
Year of study2025
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated9
Name of lecturer(s)Barbara ALBRECHT
Christoph ANTRETTER
Thomas ASCHE
Julia BALDAUF
André BURTSCHER
Martin DOBLER
Martina DRAXL
Antje DUDEN
Markus FEDERAU
Sandra FINKSTEIN
Jody FORSTER
Kai GAMMELIN
Marco GEHRIG
Bernd HACKER
Martin HEBERTINGER
Wibke HEIDIG
Elisabeth HÖFFERER
Angelika KAUFMANN-PAUGER
Frank KÖRSGEN
Hans-Dieter LITKE
Florian MAURER
Michael MAYER
Thomas METZLER
Alexander PLAIKNER
Jonas ROSSMANITH
Hannes TSCHÜTSCHER
Manfred VOGT
Ulrike WESTPHAL
Falko E. P. WILMS


Prerequisites and co-requisites

Positive completion of the course Concept for the Bachelor's thesis

Course content

The aim of writing the Bachelor's thesis is to demonstrate the ability to work independently on a specialised topic on a scientific basis.

For this purpose, students define a problem from the subject focus chosen in the degree programme from the fourth semester onwards.

Within the chosen topic, students independently define their working direction and research the required information on their own responsibility. By supervising the work, the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences ensures that the objectives can be reasonably achieved within the prescribed framework conditions and provides support in the implementation of the topic.

Learning outcomes

A high-quality Bachelor's thesis is clearly structured, logical and easy to read. It focuses on the right points, avoids excesses and filler words, and conveys a coherent overall picture of a clearly defined topic/problem area, leaving no essential questions unanswered. A Bachelor's thesis is also a figurehead. Students use it to clearly show whether they are able to work carefully and systematically.

A Bachelor's thesis contains no less than 90,000 characters including spaces. The table of contents, bibliography, appendix and illustrations are not counted, but tables and footnotes or references in the text are.

The principles of scientific work must be strictly observed in Bachelor theses. In particular, foreign ideas must always be clearly marked as such. Non-trivial borrowings and all verbatim copies without indication of the source are assessed as plagiarism. Plagiarism will result in a failing grade and, in serious cases, may also result in exmatriculation without a degree. The basics of formally correct citation as well as exercise examples are provided in the writing centre document "Zitat - Beleg - Verzeichnis".

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Independent writing of an academic thesis using the knowledge acquired during the course of study and independently exploring the areas of knowledge required for the chosen topic.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment according to the criteria published in INSIDE, written opinion of the supervisor

Comment

Details of the procedure are published in INSIDE

 

Recommended or required reading

No specific literature references

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

Independent writing of the Bachelor's thesis according to a concept that has been agreed upon in terms of subject matter and content under the supervision of the assigned supervisor

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