Seminars

Domuni-Universitas e-seminars

As part of the Master’s programme, the university organises numerous online seminars (webinars) at the Master’s level every year, which are 100% online. These seminars gather around fifteen students with a professor to engage in a shared research project across 3 or 4 phases, each lasting two weeks, for a total duration of about 2.5 months.

What is the objective of the seminar?

The objective of our online seminars is to provide students with the opportunity to delve deeper into a specific subject under the supervision of an expert teacher. The seminar allows for the exchange of ideas and opinions with other students, while being encouraged by a professor to defend and expand these viewpoints. These seminars also offer a unique opportunity for students to diversify their topics of study and explore themes they may not have encountered in their previous studies.

The seminars are mandatory at the Master’s level and each seminar is worth 6 ECTS.

Practical aspects of the seminar

The seminars are hosted on the DoMoodle online learning platform.

Discussions take place in forums. Students can log into DoMoodle and participate in discussions at their convenience, asynchronously, allowing for maximum flexibility within the 6- to 10-week seminar framework.

How does it work?

The seminar lasts between 6 and 10 weeks and is divided into 3 to 4 phases of 2 weeks each. Each phase is structured as follows:

Week 1: The goal is to explore a topic in depth. The teacher presents texts for students to read and analyse or proposes an idea to consider. Each student prepares a structured written contribution (about 4,000 characters, including spaces). These contributions are posted on the forum at the end of the first week of each phase.
Week 2: The focus is on learning to debate. The teacher initiates a discussion around the written contributions submitted by the students. Under their guidance, students engage in the discussion, mainly via the forums. In some cases, live discussions may be offered via a video conferencing tool.

This structure repeats for each phase of the seminar (there are 3 to 5 phases per seminar). At the end of the seminar, the professor provides a final grade based on the written contributions and the participation in discussions by each student.