Talent for research: research training BA

6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1024554CNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.

Semester

1st and 2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Enrollment Requirements

This course unit can only be taken if the student has completed the selection process positively. Students cannot self-register for this course. Please contact the study path counselor: studietraject.lw@vub.be.

Taught in

English

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Sophie Goemaere
Promotor . (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

180 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course unit is part of the 'Talent for Research' program and should be taken in combination with the 'Talent for Research' track within the master's thesis, either simultaneously or in successive academic years. Students should apply for one of the available places during the call set up for this purpose before the start of the academic year.

The 'Talent for Research' program aims to better identify, coach, train and guide students with a talent for research in one of the fields of the Languages and Humanities faculty, to successfully develop a mandate or project application for external research funding (e.g. FWO). To this end, students follow a research internship, where they participate (at a BA level) in research practice within an ongoing project of one of the research groups as part of this OO. They carry out a series of research tasks under the supervision of one of the researchers, but also participate in meetings, study days, activities, etc. of the research team.

In addition, students are also required to participate in the range of faculty training courses for the Talent for Research program, e.g. concerning statistics, methodology, writing an academic paper, and so on.

IMPORTANT: This course unit can only be chosen if the student has successfully completed the selection procedure. Students cannot register themselves for this course. Please contact the study path counsellor: studypath.lw@vub.be .

Course material

Digital course material (Recommended) : Hand-outs and materials via canvas

Additional info

Learning Outcomes

Matrix

Students are introduced to the daily realities of doing research in a relevant field within their degree program

2. Students can perform simple research tasks (e.g., data collection, cleanup and annotation,
preliminary analyses, etc.) according to instruction soundly and transparently

3. Students can fluently report in writing on their research trajectory in the form of a portfolio

4. Students can fluently report orally on their research trajectory in the form of a
poster presentation

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Posterpresentation with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Oral exam with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Final reporting and evaluation: portfolio of work completed plus poster presentation on research activities at annual Research Day LW (grade). Compulsory attendance for the faculty workshops and training courses – unjustified absence may result in the final mark being adjusted or an absence mark being awarded.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context