Courses Master Display 2022-2023

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Course title World of Research
Course code EBS4032
ECTS credits 4,0
Assessment Pass / Fail
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Year 5-9-2022 7-7-2023 C
Level Advanced
Coordinator Martin Strobel
For more information: m.strobel@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
The aim of the World of Research skill is two-fold.
1. Students improve their academic writing skills.
2. Students get deeper insight into the research frontier in different disciplines.
Description
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) USED IN THIS COURSE IS WITH RESERVATION. A RE-EMERGENCE OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND NEW COUNTERMEASURES BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT MIGHT FORCE COORDINATORS TO CHANGE THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS USED. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING/ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.

For the first goal, students will participate in a course organized by the Language Centre (June – skills period). In this course, students will write their own text, review literature, improve texts, practice advanced grammar and learn to identify typical features in published articles.
For the second goal, students are required to participate in several research seminars of their choice. A wide range of seminars is offered.
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Keywords
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Lecture
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Participation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Master Business Research - Operations Research Year 1 Compulsory Skill(s)
Master Economic and Financial Research - Econometrics Year 1 Compulsory Skill(s)
Master Economic and Financial Research - No specialisation Year 1 Compulsory Skill(s)