This lecture shall support finalists of the CDS Program in their thesis writing process.

For this purpose, we provide on the one hand topic specific input blocks, focused on the most important academic working, reading and writing strategies for each specific phase of the thesis-writing process. One the other hand there will be time in each session to discuss actual problems and questions popping up within the finalists working process.

You will get feedback on parts you draft, aiming to feed forward to your steps and sharpen your focus for the critical issues of the next working phase.

Furthermore, this seminar should be a save space for exchange and discussing students’ individual problems with their thesis and their thesis writing process within a group of finalists of this study program. Additionally, it is an opportunity to get an independent view (from me) of an external writing expert for academic and cross-disciplinary writing.

The focus specific input-blocks will be timely adapted to th deadlines of the BA-Finalists, if possible:

- A good Expose as a guideline for your writing process: How to narrow your topic, sharpen your specific research question or aim, and structure your thesis project

- Kick-off: get started with putting your thesis zero draft down! Writing and reading and citation

- Finish your Zero draft and your practical work and get a “shitty first draft” on paper.

- Feedback on your 1st draft: Revision of content and macro structure

- Feedback on your Advanced draft 1: How to improve micro structure, argument and academic language.

- Feedback on your Advanced draft 2: How to refine your style and fulfil formal requirements

For participation in one seminar and doing in the required work for this specific seminar (always parts of the thesis working process) students will get a 4, if they participate in two lectures a 3, in three sessions a 2 and if they take part in more than three lectures and fulfil the connected assignments, they will get a 1.