SDEb1018 Diploma Seminar for Bachelor Thesis

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to carry out, under the supervision of the supervisor, independent research on a specific topic and the presentation of its results by processing the obtained data into a standard academic text, within the scope and formal standards defined by the study program. Detailed information on the format of the diploma thesis is available on the department's website. Students enroll in the course in the semester in which they want to submit their final diploma thesis and proceed to the state final exam, which includes the defense of this thesis (in terms of the recommended schedule, this is the sixth semester).
Learning outcomes
students will be able to after completing the course: -collect, record, analyze and interpret data; -formulate an academic text with appropriate theoretical, methodological and formal standards in the given field of investigation; -defend your thesis.
Syllabus
  • The course takes place in the form of regular individual consultations with the supervisor. It ends with a credit awarded by the thesis supervisor based on an evaluation of the rough version of the thesis text (the thesis should be approximately 80-90% complete - both in terms of scope and the quality of the manuscript itself) submitted by the deadline set by the department to the Diploma Seminar Submission Office in IS. Based on the feedback provided by the supervisor, the work is then completed and submitted to the Final Thesis Archive in IS. The dates for submitting the rough and final version of the thesis are set by the department in its timetable at the beginning of the given semester. The schedule is available on the department's website in the SZZ Schedule section. Access to the defense and SZZ is conditional on obtaining a credit from Diploma Seminar II. Thus, the rough version of the thesis must be submitted by the predetermined deadline, and the supervisor will assess the eligibility of the manuscript in its pre-final phase. If, for some reason, the student does not meet the deadline for submitting the rough version of the thesis (or does not receive credit after assessment by the supervisor), he still has the option of the Diploma Seminar II course. to finish in the given semester and earn ECTS credits for it. After agreement with the thesis supervisor, it is possible to submit the rough (or final) version of the text before the end of the exam period, or before the beginning of the following semester. In such a case, however, the student can proceed to the defense and SZZ at the earliest in the regular term of the following semester.
Literature
    required literature
  • KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena and Dušan ŠIMEK. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce : jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007, 90 s. ISBN 9788024415895. info
  • POKORNÝ, Jiří. Úspěšnost zaručena : jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004, 207 s. ISBN 807204348X. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Edited by Ivan Seidl. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
Teaching methods
The student carries out regular individual consultations with the thesis supervisor and actively participates in all stages of thesis creation: preparation, writing and completion.
Assessment methods
The course ends with a credit awarded by the thesis supervisor based on the evaluation of the thesis text entered in the given term in the Diploma Seminar Submission Office in IS.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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