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Bachelor Seminar

SM 458: Bachelor Seminar for Business Infomatics Students

General Information

Lecturer Prof. Dr. Jana-Rebecca Rehse
Type of Course Seminar
Credit Points 5 ECTS
Offering Every semester
Language English
Prerequisites Fundamental knowledge in process mining and/or machine learning
Assessment Seminar thesis (80%) and Presentation (20%)
Examination Date See schedule (below)
Registration Via Portal2, see below
Prof. Dr. Jana-Rebecca Rehse

Prof. Dr. Jana-Rebecca Rehse

Junior Professorship for Management Analytics
University of Mannheim
Assistant Professor of Management Analytics
L 15, 1–6 – Room 413
68161 Mannheim

Course Information

  • Objectives

    After completing this course, you will be able to:

    • Apply basic research methods from the IS discipline
    • Independently and systematically explore a research topic
    • Structure and write an academic paper
    • Be equipped to start your bachelor thesis
  • Registration

    Registration is only possible during the registration period via the central registration process in Portal2. Therefore, please register for the Bachelor Seminar on time via Portal2.

  • Schedule

    Event Period/Deadline
    Registration period see Portal2
    Notification of acceptance 11.09.2024 (noon)
    Deadline for withdrawal 12.09.2024 (noon)
    Kick-Off Meeting TBD
    1st Milestone 30.09.2024
    2nd Milestone 28.10.2024
    Submission of thesis 11.11.2024 (23:59)
    Submission of presentation TBD
    Presentation TBD
  • Topics

    The topics for the seminar in FSS 2024 can be found here.

    In the case that none of the listed topics is of interest to you, you may suggest your own topic. In this case, it is expected that you have sufficient foundational knowledge of this topic and can prove its relevance by means of appropriate literature.

  • Milestones

    1st Milestone: The aim is to structure and prepare your topic appropriately in the form of an outline. This should contain the following:

    •  Outline of your work
    • Introduction and motivation of the topic
    • Description of the research method (Structured Literature Review) and its concrete application to your chosen topic
    • (Preliminary) bibliography

    2nd Milestone: The goal is a first draft of the finished manuscript. This should already contain completed text blocks (in the previously determined outline) and literature references. Results and conclusion do not have to be formulated yet.

  • Formalities

    Seminar thesis should consist of roughly 20 pages (+/- 20%) and be formatted using the LNCS templates. Templates for Word ans LaTeX can be found at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.

    The available cover sheet must preface the seminar thesis. It must be filled out with all relevant information and the affidavit must be signed,

    Presentations should take about 15 minutes (plus 10 minutes discussion) and use the university PowerPoint template.