Students are motivated to work scientifically and will be able to acquire subject-specific knowledge from the scientific literature and to prepare this knowledge for specific target groups.

The course covers four areas:

1. Basics of scientific work

Students understand the necessity of a scientific approach to problems and are able to understand the basic concepts of scientific work. (e.g. research questions, argumentation logic, writing style, citation)

2. Research methods

Students are able to apply essential research methods commonly used in business informatics and to assess the basic applicability of these methods for a given problem. In addition, they understand the basics of design-oriented research (Design Science). Furthermore, they are able to conduct a systematic literature study on their own.

3. Handling of scientific texts

Students can describe the structure of scientific texts, apply reading strategies and assess their basic scientific quality. Furthermore, they can compile, evaluate and compare the core statements of different scientific texts.

4. Presentation and discussion

In the area of presentation and discussion, students understand the essential elements of effective presentations and are able to apply them to a lecture. In addition, they are able to apply argumentation strategies for professional discussions and methods for effective discussion moderation.

Implicitly, this course promotes the English language level of the students to the level B2.2/C1.1 of the CEFR. Through intensive literature work with English-language scientific texts and their presentation/discussion, they have the ability to understand the main content of complex texts on concrete and abstract topics as well as to participate in specialist discussions in the field of business information systems.