BKX_AAOP Academic and professional writing

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaroslav Nekuda (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Poláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Ondřej Částek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Mgr. Markéta Matulová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Svatopluk Nečas, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Pavla Rimešová (assistant)
Ing. Martin Šauer, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Poláček, Ph.D.
Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jiří Poláček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Sat 12. 10. 10:00–11:50 P101
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FORMA(K) && (! BKE_AAOP Academic writing )
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 and specialized 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 project aim as a starting point of the Final 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 specialized writing
  • typology of academic work
  • topic selection, research questions
  • structure of an academic paper
  • specialized writing (preparation, time management, psychohygiene, academic language, aspect of stylistics, text revision, auxiliary strategies)
  • presentation and defense
  • 3. Ethics of scientific and research work and technical side of specialized writing
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • ĎAĎO, Jaroslav. Ako napísať a úspešne obhájiť záverečnú prácu : (alebo ako zjesť slona). Ružomberok: Epos, 2022, 336 stran. ISBN 9788056203590. info
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, Jana and Pavel KAPOUN. Bakalářská a diplomová práce : od zadání po obhajobu. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2017, 134 stran. ISBN 9788027100798. URL info
  • ZBÍRAL, Robert. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009, 159 s. ISBN 9788072017799. 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 specialized text
Assessment methods
Credit will be awarded after the following criteria have been met:

1. Submission of individual written work and participation in the peer-review system.
These credit rules also apply to students going on a study visit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/econ/podzim2024/BKX_AAOP/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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