Module PF4900-KP12, PF4900

Bachelor thesis in nursing (PFBArbeit)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

12

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, nursing science
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2020, compulsory, nursing science
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2018, compulsory, nursing science
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2017, compulsory, nursing science
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2014, compulsory, nursing science

Classes and lectures:

  • Bachelor workshop (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 315 hours work on an individual topic (research and development) and written elaboration
  • 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Writing a bachelor thesis
  • Repetition: Methods of scientific work
  • Repetition and consolidation: literature research
  • Various forms of systematic evidence syntheses

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Knowledge transfer and immersion: the students have broad-based and partly profound knowledge of the requirements for formulating research questions, and the quality and appropriateness of research methods
  • Application competency: you are capable of identifying the knowledge required for nursing (clinical, ethical, organization or management based, scientific)
  • Application competency: under guidance, you are capable of addressing a nursing problem with suitable scientific methods
  • Systemic competency: you are capable of independently broadening and strengthening your clinical, ethical, organization, management, and/or scientific knowledge and skills in reference to the problem
  • Communicative competency: you are capable of clearly presenting the justification, methods, and results of your scientific thesis, in writing and orally, and can tailor it to the persons addressed

Grading through:

  • written exam, oral presentation, and defence of the experiment´s results

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Dr. phil. Anne Rahn

Teacher:

  • All institutes of the University of Lübeck
  • Alle prüfungsberechtigten Dozentinnen/Dozenten des Studienganges

Language:

  • thesis can be written in German or English

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- A total of at least 120 credit points (in accordance with Section 8 (1) and (2) SGO 2025)

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- A total of at least certificates of achievement totalling at least 120 CP (in accordance with Section 8 (1) and (2) SGO 2025)

Module examination(s):
- PF4900-L1: Bachelor's thesis with colloquium, 100% of the module grade, graded

Enrolled until 2019: The examinations required for admission in the teaching modules PF3111-PF3113 and PF3120 relate to the module selected depending on the intended professional qualification/specialisation.

Enrolled from 2020 to 2024: Certificates of achievement totalling at least 120 CP (see Section 9 SGO 2020) are required for admission to the Bachelor's thesis.

For nursing students enrolled until 2024, the following applies differently:
- 15 hours of on-campus study, 30 hours of integrated practical hours and 315 hours of work on an individual topic (poster and presentation) and written elaboration.
- the module comprises 1 SWS colloquium on the Bachelor's thesis as a lecture (incl. preparation) and 1 SWS writing the Bachelor's thesis as supervised self-study

Last Updated:

25.06.2025