3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1021040CNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.
After a short theoretical introduction, dealing with a number of methodological and formal aspects of writing academic texts in German and with German academic discourse in general, the students will have to carry out a series of practice-oriented assignments. These assignments will systematically equip the students with the knowledge and skills required for finding and collecting useful information and data on the one hand, and finally writing a bachelor paper – or master’s thesis for that matter - on the other. Acquiring the vocabulary, phrases and expressions that are typical of the contemporary academic discourse in German, are an indispensable part of this. As far as the practical assignments are concerned, the students will be provided for with high-quality examples and model texts, serving as a guideline.
The course consists of the following parts: reading and understanding (analyzing) scientific texts; overall academic writing (academic style; grammar structures and tools; rhetorical features; frequently used phrases); writing an abstract; collecting information and converting this into a scientific bibliography; constructing scientific argumentation; presentation of a scientific subject (incl. colloquium); and finally writing a scientific paper (Hausarbeit) independently, preferably related to the topic of the student’s bachelor paper.
E-Mail: arvi.sepp@vub.be
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 20% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 20% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 20% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 30% of the final mark.
Other determines 10% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:
First examination period: continuous assessment (100%).
Second examination period: paper (100%)
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Nederlands-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Frans-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Engels-Duits (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Applied Language Studies: Duits-Spaans (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Journalism: Traject na vooropleiding professionele bachelor in de journalistiek (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Journalism: Traject na vooropleiding professionele bachelor communicatiemanagement of professionele bachelor secundair onderwijs of professionele bachelor logopedie en audiologie of professionele bachelor sociaal werk (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in Interpreting: Traject na vooropleiding prof. bachelor communicatiemanagement of prof. bachelor office management of prof. bachelor secundair onderwijs met twee vreemde talen in het studiepakket identiek aan de talen waarvoor men zich inschrijft. (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Journalism: Trajectory of 57 credits, following an academic bachelor other then those with direct access to the master-program. (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in Interpreting: Trajectory after an academic bachelor in linguistics and literature with two foreign languages identical as the two chosen in the master program. (only offered in Dutch)