{"id":12051,"date":"2025-03-13T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=12051"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T08:27:39","slug":"hinweise-fuer-studierende","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/hinweise-fuer-studierende\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2024\/03\/Diversitaet_02.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5886 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">We are looking for <em>bachelor theses<\/em> that deal with theoretical and conceptual issues. This is usually done by examining the theories, considerations, proposals and concepts of authors from Sociology (especially Sociology of Knowledge and Education) or related subjects (Philosophy, Cultural Studies, etc.). We are looking for <em>master theses<\/em> that, analogous to the bachelor thesis, deal decidedly with questions of theory, i.e. with the theoretical knowledge of authors and make this theoretical knowledge their own, criticize or irritate it &#8211; and thus want to systematically deepen their own knowledge. We also supervise master theses that are designed as empirically oriented works in the sense of &#8216;theoretical empiricism&#8217; (Kalthoff et al. 2008) and pursue the goal of formulating conceptual questions on the basis of independent qualitative research and working on them empirically and analytically.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/04\/Merkblatt_Hausarbeiten_AB_Kalthoff.pdf\">Writing term papers, information sheet of the working group<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/fuer-studierende\/Dateien\/Merkblatt_Hausarbeiten_AB_Kalthoff_020609.pdf\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/04\/Leitfaden_Exzerpte.pdf\">Guidelines for the preparation of excerpts, leaflet of the working group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/files\/2014\/12\/Hinweise_Homepage_Studierende_2010-02-04.pdf\">Instructions for examinations and events at the working group &#8220;Wissen, Bildung, Qualitative Methoden&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/studienverlauf-und-modulhandbuecher\/\">Supervisor of bachelor theses at the Institute of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/ma-studienverlauf-und-modulhandbuecher\/\">Supervisor of master theses at the Institute of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biwi.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/b-ed-abschlussarbeit\/\">Supervisor of bachelor theses for students of educational sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:90px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n    <div style=\"display: none\">\n        \n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":699,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12051","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"content_raw":"<!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":5886,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-wibiq\/diversitaet_02\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":20,\"verticalAlignment\":\"top\",\"imageFill\":false,\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-wibiq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2024\/03\/Diversitaet_02.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5886 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Content\u2026\",\"fontSize\":\"normal\",\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">We are looking for <em>bachelor theses<\/em> that deal with theoretical and conceptual issues. This is usually done by examining the theories, considerations, proposals and concepts of authors from Sociology (especially Sociology of Knowledge and Education) or related subjects (Philosophy, Cultural Studies, etc.). We are looking for <em>master theses<\/em> that, analogous to the bachelor thesis, deal decidedly with questions of theory, i.e. with the theoretical knowledge of authors and make this theoretical knowledge their own, criticize or irritate it - and thus want to systematically deepen their own knowledge. We also supervise master theses that are designed as empirically oriented works in the sense of 'theoretical empiricism' (Kalthoff et al. 2008) and pursue the goal of formulating conceptual questions on the basis of independent qualitative research and working on them empirically and analytically.   <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-wibiq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/04\/Merkblatt_Hausarbeiten_AB_Kalthoff.pdf\">Writing term papers, information sheet of the working group<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/fuer-studierende\/Dateien\/Merkblatt_Hausarbeiten_AB_Kalthoff_020609.pdf\"><\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-wibiq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/04\/Leitfaden_Exzerpte.pdf\">Guidelines for the preparation of excerpts, leaflet of the working group<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/files\/2014\/12\/Hinweise_Homepage_Studierende_2010-02-04.pdf\">Instructions for examinations and events at the working group \"Wissen, Bildung, Qualitative Methoden\"<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/studienverlauf-und-modulhandbuecher\/\">Supervisor of bachelor theses at the Institute of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/ma-studienverlauf-und-modulhandbuecher\/\">Supervisor of master theses at the Institute of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biwi.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/b-ed-abschlussarbeit\/\">Supervisor of bachelor theses for students of educational sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/div><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:media-text --><!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns --><!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:90px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12054,"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12051\/revisions\/12054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wissen.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}