CKH_AAOP Academic and professional writing

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Poláček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Poláček, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Tue 3. 10. 13:00–16:40 S315, Tue 14. 11. 10:00–11:40 S315
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(TYP_STUDIA(C) && OBOR(EMAOB))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will gain an overview of the complete technological line of academic writing, starting from topic selection, search and evaluation of suitable information sources to gaining familiarity with rules and procedures of writing a specialist text. A great emphasis will be put on ethical rules of research and scientific work.
Learning outcomes
Student will gain an understanding on the following topics:
- Finding and analysing relevant literature for study along with other supportive information resources;
- Formulating a topic and a research question as a starting point of the Bachelor’s Thesis;
- Referencing used literature sources in accordance with international citation norms;
- Perfecting writing skills in typography, use of graphical symbols and grammar context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Information management
  • system of University libraries (Masaryk University and Faculty of Economics and Management, Masaryk University)
  • electronic information, source classification, main groups of sources, search techniques
  • main groups introduction: e-books, magazine databases, specialized databases
  • 2. Introduction to academic writing
  • typology of academic work
  • topic selection, research questions
  • structure of an academic paper
  • academic writing (preparation, time management, psychohygiene, academic language, aspect of stylistics, text revision, auxiliary strategies)
  • presentation and defence
  • 3. Ethics of scientific and research work and technical side of academic writing
  • academic writing ethics, plagiarism and its detection
  • literature citations, bibliography
  • technical side of writing (typography, rules on text arrangement and layout, rules on typesetting and visual data representation)
Literature
  • ZBÍRAL, Robert. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009, 159 s. ISBN 9788072017799. info
  • KUŽELÍKOVÁ, Lucie, Jaroslav NEKUDA and Jiří POLÁČEK. Sociálně-ekonomické informace a práce s nimi. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Translated by Ivan Seidl. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, self-reliant work on academic text
Assessment methods
Credit will be awarded after the following criteria have been met:

1. Completion of the feedback form accompanying each lesson within the deadline.
2. Scoring required number of points from test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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