ESF:BKF_BAS2 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 2 - Course Information
BKF_BAS2 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 2
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Oleg Deev, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Tomáš Plíhal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Oleg Deev, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Iva Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- BKF_BAS1 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 1 && FORMA(K)
- 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
- The Bachelor thesis seminar is a necessary prerequisite for successful completion of the final Bachelor thesis by students finishing their bachelor-degree (distance) learning programmes. It is formally organised as group and individual consultations where students seek the definite thematic content of their bachelor thesis. The seminar aims to give students an overview of the content and formal requirements for a final Bachelor thesis. It is also meant to help students to formulate objectives of their Bachelor thesis, draw up hypotheses and select methods of solution to the chosen problem. At the end of the seminar, students will be: - prepared for a successful defence of the thesis.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
write a bachelor's thesis in accordance with the content and formal requirements;
formulate the goals of the final bachelor thesis, process hypotheses and choose the methods of solving the chosen problem;
to participate in a successful defense of bachelor thesis. - Syllabus
- 1. Importance to Bachelor Thesis, content and formal elements. How to use quotations, graphs and tables. Bachelor Thesis evaluation.
- 2. Introduction to Bachelor Thesis, its formal elements. Setting objectives of Bachelor Thesis. Definition of problem areas as basic parts of Bachelor Thesis.
- Choosing suitable methods depending on aims and subject of Bachelor Thesis. How to defend Bachelor Thesis. What to focus on.
- 3. Individual work on setting objectives and structure of Bachelor Thesis, references and statement of references. At the end of this period the concept of Bachelor Thesis should be absolutely clear between student and tutor.
- 4. Individual collection and processing of data, their classification and further consultations.
- 5. Consultation of achieved results.
- 6. Partial review of the first half of the thesis. Consultation of further progress in processing final thesis.
- 7. Checking students’ ability to use literature correctly, further recommendation for completion of work.
- 8. Check of achieved results.
- 9. Preparation of practical section of Bachelor Thesis.
- 10. Elaboration on practical section of Bachelor Thesis.
- 11. Check of achieved results of Bachelor Thesis, tutor’s comments.
- 12. Integrating tutor’s comments into Bachelor Thesis, ensuring that all the formal elements are included in the thesis.
- 13. Final review of Bachelor Thesis. Tutor’s and opponent’s thesis reports, preparation for defence, consultation of reports.
- Literature
- required literature
- SUNDSTRÖM, Mikael. How not to write a thesis or dissertation : a guide to success through failure. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, 1 online. ISBN 9781789900514. URL info
- https://www.econ.muni.cz/akap
- recommended literature
- Metodika tvorby bakalářské práce. Edited by Jan Jihlavec. Vyd. 1. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2010, 124, xxxii. ISBN 9788073726362. info
- ZBÍRAL, Robert. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009, 159 s. ISBN 9788072017799. info
- LÍZAL, Pavel. Zaměření a zpracování bakalářské práce. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. Elportál. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation for processing, bachelor thesis and its defense. Teaching is in the form of consultations with the bachelor thesis supervisor.
- Assessment methods
- The bachelor's seminar takes the form of consultations with the supervisor of the bachelor's thesis. The course ends with credit awarded by the supervisor of the bachelor's thesis. If the student enrolls in the course at the time of his departure abroad, he must agree on the terms of credit with his thesis supervisor. Credit can only be awarded for completed work that the supervisor considers to be defensible.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
General note: Student má povinnost bezprostředně kontaktovat svého vedoucího bakalářské práce a dohodnout s ním podmínky zpracování práce.
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