Bachelor Theses
Announcement for application for the winter semester 2024/2025
The application period for bachelor theses for the winter semester 2024/2025 at the Chair of Corporate Management is from 09.09.2024 until 23.09.2024. The topics as well as the application form will be published on StudOn in due time before.
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Basic information
The bachelor thesis is an independent scientific work and offers an excellent opportunity to deal with a subject area of business management in depth.
The prerequisite for writing a bachelor thesis at the chair is the fulfilment of the criteria listed in the examination regulations for the bachelor degree programs (especially § 30 PO Bachelor Degree Programs). Please make sure on your own that you meet the criteria according to your respective examination regulations for a bachelor thesis at our chair. Especially students of industrial engineering have to make sure that they complete the bachelor thesis in the subject area of the chosen elective modules.
The process of the bachelor thesis at the Chair of Strategic Management includes three phases:
(1) the preparation phase of 6 weeks, which begins with the start date and ends with the submission of a synopsis (the synopsis is graded pass or fail),
(2) the editing phase of 9 weeks, which begins with the submission of the exposé and ends with the submission of the completed Bachelor thesis, and
(3) the evaluation phase of max. 6 weeks, which begins with the submission of the Bachelor thesis and ends with the evaluation of the thesis.
The downloadable guideline (available in German) on the right side serves on the one hand to explain the procedure of a bachelor thesis at the Chair of Management. Here you will find formal hints and recommendations for source-based work, which facilitate the preparation of a bachelor thesis.
Seminar for the Bachelor Thesis
The seminar on the bachelor thesis includes the following contents:
- Methods of scientific work: Here questions will be discussed
such as: What actually is science? What are the quality criteria of scientific work? Which methods can I use to meet these criteria?
meet these criteria? - Q&A: Here the students can ask their own questions.
As described in the Bachelor Thesis Guide, the Bachelor Thesis Seminar is successfully completed when the Bachelor Thesis synopsis has been submitted on time and has been graded as passed.
The start dates including the introductory seminar for bachelor theses take place in October/November for the winter semester and in April for the summer semester.
Application Process
In the winter semester 2024/2025, the application process is as follows:
The topics for the bachelor theses and the application documents will be made available on StudOn. You can apply for the published topics from 09.09.2024 until 23.09.2024. The topic allocation will take place via email shortly after. Should you receive an acceptance for a topic, you must bindingly accept or cancel it within 3 days. For those who have received a topic, the seminar on the bachelor thesis will take place at the beginning of the summer semester (start date). This seminar is mandatory for all who write their bachelor thesis at our chair.
The application documents (application form, a recent grade transcript and a short letter of motivation) have to be sent to wiso-unternehmensfuehrung@fau.de with the subject “Application Bachelor Thesis WiSe 2024/25“. For further information please refer to the style guide of our chair.