After completing the course students will be able to:

• define a research question after having identified a specific problem
• independently perform a scientific problem solving process
• adopt quantitative methods to the research question 
• evaluate, to interpret and to discuss relevant datasets 
• give an overview of actual scientific knowledge on the area of research.

Furthermore, after completing the course students will be able to:

• organize and to structure information and their own ideas
• integrate the information obtained before into a coherent approach
• breakdown a global problem into partial steps and milestones and to work on it according to a project schedule
• enhance knowledge and information according to a specific target group.
• gather, to assess and to critically summerize the relevant literature
• get to know basic methods of scientific work and to adopt it on the research question chosen appropriate to the level of a master thesis
  

• Preliminary discussion (in the fall term)
• Individual meetings with students (fall term; details scheduled to be distributed before)
• Final presentations (at the end of the spring term)

The dates and the individual time slots for the final presentation will be announced in March 2024 via Mail. The presentations will take place from June 18 to June 27, 2024, online via MS Teams.