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 your thesis writing provess ans 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. Therefore you will also discuss and give feedback toyour colleagues work and queszions.

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

You will have to deliver drafts and interstage products before each session.

 

 

For participation in at least two full seminar sessions and handing in the required work for this specific stage (always parts of the thesis working process) students will get be positive with grade 4, if they participate and fullfill tasks of three lectures, grade 3, four sessions grade 2 and if they take part in more than five full lectures and fulfil the connected assignments, they will get grade 1.