This course assists students of business and economics in writing their BA or MA thesis. Students will develop, practice, and refine their ability to:reflect on and adapt their own writing processanalyse and critically assess publications for their own textseffectively summarise and respond to textspresent arguments and draw conclusionscreate coherent and cohesive texts critically engage with their own and other students' texts

Lectures, discussions, in-class activities,  group-work, individual exercises, self-study, and writing assignments for the portfolio. Please note that this course will be taught entirely in English, although individual consultations can also be held in German. This, however, depends on the needs of the students.

In this practice-oriented and relatively openly designed course, students meet weekly to work on their BA or MA thesis. As English has become the global language of scientific communication, publication, and exchange in the technical sciences and economics, there is an increasing demand for competent writing in English within university courses. It is, therefore, especially important to acquire and practice English writing skills.This course teaches the basics of academic/scientific writing in English – understanding texts and how to use them in your own writing, the writing process itself, arguments in academic/scientific writing, text organisation/structure, and stylistic charateristics of academic/scientifc writing in English – which will then also be put into practice.This means that students will be supported by the lecturer (and possibly a writing tutor) from 8:30 to 10 am. During this time, they can participate in short lecture inputs/workshops. After this, students are supposed to work on their writing projects during a focussed writing phase. During this time, students can also meet with the lecturer and/or writing tutor for individual writing consultations. Methodology:short lecture inputs/workshops including  discussions & group-workindividual consultationsindependent writing timePlease note that this course will be taught entirely in English, although individual consultations can also be held in German. This, however, depends on the needs of the students.

You are writing a BA or MA thesis in the field of business and economics and/or participating in a Bachelor's or Master's seminar at the Faculty of Management and Economics during the current semester.(Please note that students should at least be in the planning phase of their BA or MA thesis, as this is the writing project they will be working on during the course of this semester.)

Students of the Bachelor’s programme "International Business and Economics" and students of business and economics in general will be given preference over students from other disciplines.

Will be announced and/or provided in class.

Portfolio/writing journal, in- and out-of-class assignments, and participation during course.

Applying the content of the course to students' assignments/writing.

Assessment of the portfolio/writing journal and in- and out-of-class assignments throughout the semester, participation, and attendance.