WISO100297 Bachelor's thesis seminar (UBRM)

Type
course with continuous assessment
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Meimberg, Harald , Bauer, Thomas , Cano Gonzalez, Katherine , Pfaffenbichler, Paul Christian , Euteneuer, Pia , Weihs, Philipp , Schwabl, Viktor , Mayer, Mathias , Rosner, Sabine , Buzogany, Aron , Huber, Johanna , Braito, Michael , Hirsch, Patrick , Formayer, Herbert , Schauppenlehner-Kloyber, Maria Elisabeth , Nitsch, Felix , Maneka, Danyal
Organisation
Economics and Social Sciences
Offered in
Wintersemester 2026/27
Languages of instruction
Deutsch, Englisch
Content

In the Bachelor’s Seminar, students develop and write their bachelor’s thesis as part of the Bachelor’s Program in Environment and Bioresources Management (UBRM). The process is largely self-organized and supported by small, interactive peer groups.

The course concept combines independent definition of a research problem, conceptualization of the research project, and thesis development, with peer feedback and support throughout the semester.

The teaching team, consisting of supervisors from various disciplines, offers students a broad range of thematic areas. After the kick-off meeting (see “Course Criteria & Registration”), students select their preferred area of interest (group). Supervisors do not prescribe specific research questions or thesis topics. Instead, students are expected to develop and refine their own research questions and topics independently over the course of the semester.

TOPICS:
Bauer: Geodata processing for environmental issues
Cano Gonzalez: Agricultural paradoxes and beyond: Institutions and relationality in coffee value chains
Euteneuer: Earthworms in urban and rural areas
Formayer: Mission:Climate – Climate communication through play – Yes, of course, but fact-based!
Hirsch: Challenges for sustainable logistics
Huber: Decision: Sustainability? Consumers – Suppliers – Producers
Schwabl: Alternative food networks
Maneka: Climate obstruction
Meimberg: Conservation biology in the broader sense
Nitsch: The renewable energy system between surplus and scarcity
Pfaffenbichler: The mobility transition in urban and rural areas – Perspectives for 2050
Rosner: Urban green spaces
Weihs: Climate and people: climate change, processes, impacts and mitigation measures
Previous knowledge expected

EXCLUSIVELY students who have successfully completed the STEOP can take part in the Bachelor seminar (This is also applicable for students who changed to the new curriculum.)!

EXPECTED knowledge:
- Basic Techniques of Scientific Working (731130 = WISO100256)
- Data Collection (secondary and primary data, empirical methods) (735185, old curriculum), or Basics in Empirical Social and Economic Research Methodology (735117 = WISO100257)

DESIRED knowledge:
- Project Management (915101, old curriculum) or Interdisciplinary Project UBRM (916113 = OEKB100288)
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

After the successful completion of this seminar, students are able to:
- precisely formulate a scientific research question based on literature,
- conceive and carry out an individual scientific project,
- write a text that meets the scientific quality criteria,
- select, process and critically discuss scientific literature,
- present research results scientifically correct, and
- constructively evaluate the scientific work of colleagues.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.