| Detailed information | 
                    
                                        
                      | Pre-requisites | 
                      (*)KS Unternehmensfinanzierung UND KS FinTheorie/Wertpapiermanagement
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                      | Original study plan | 
                      Bachelor's programme Business and Economics 2015W | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      Students will be able to apply acquired knowledge and learned skills in corporate finance to solve real-world and/or academic problems in the field. Students will learn to independently deal with commonly encountered problems.  Through required readings, students can develop a clearer understanding of the current science behind finance and learn to present written and oral research results in a professional manner. Students will learn to master basic techniques of academic work such as research, structured evaluation of academic work, and presenting academic results.
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                      | Subject | 
                      The course content and topics focus on current developments in academia and real-world finance and business.
The course topics change per semester and focus on selected topics.
The course is suitable to writing a Bachelor's degree thesis (more info at: http://www.jku.at/ibfw/content/e53739/e136729/e136752/e138375/).
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Developing topics in an individual work process, the written term paper will be graded as well as the presentation, in-class participation in the discussions, and critical reflection on seminar topics.
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                      | Methods | 
                      Student presentations
Topic discussions
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                      | Language | 
                      German | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      The course reading material focuses on selected course topics, students will have access to the corresponding subject libraries.
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      Yes | 
                    
                                        
                      | Earlier variants | 
                      They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 2BFWSE-19: SE Seminar in Finance (2009W-2015S)
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