Bachelor's Thesis

Positive completion of the course Concept for the Bachelor's thesis

The aim of writing the Bachelor's thesis is to demonstrate the ability to work independently on a specialised topic on a scientific basis.

For this purpose, students define a problem from the subject focus chosen in the degree programme from the fourth semester onwards.

Within the chosen topic, students independently define their working direction and research the required information on their own responsibility. By supervising the work, the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences ensures that the objectives can be reasonably achieved within the prescribed framework conditions and provides support in the implementation of the topic.

A high-quality Bachelor's thesis is clearly structured, logical and easy to read. It focuses on the right points, avoids excesses and filler words, and conveys a coherent overall picture of a clearly defined topic/problem area, leaving no essential questions unanswered. A Bachelor's thesis is also a figurehead. Students use it to clearly show whether they are able to work carefully and systematically.

A Bachelor's thesis contains no less than 90,000 characters including spaces. The table of contents, bibliography, appendix and illustrations are not counted, but tables and footnotes or references in the text are.

The principles of scientific work must be strictly observed in Bachelor theses. In particular, foreign ideas must always be clearly marked as such. Non-trivial borrowings and all verbatim copies without indication of the source are assessed as plagiarism. Plagiarism will result in a failing grade and, in serious cases, may also result in exmatriculation without a degree. The basics of formally correct citation as well as exercise examples are provided in the writing centre document "Zitat - Beleg - Verzeichnis".

Independent writing of an academic thesis using the knowledge acquired during the course of study and independently exploring the areas of knowledge required for the chosen topic.

Assessment according to the criteria published in INSIDE, written opinion of the supervisor

Details of the procedure are published in INSIDE

No specific literature references

Independent writing of the Bachelor's thesis according to a concept that has been agreed upon in terms of subject matter and content under the supervision of the assigned supervisor