IREn5500 Academic skills review

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Jirušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lukáš Lehotský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! EUP435 Fundamental research design && !NOW( EUP435 Fundamental research design ) && ! IRE103 Academic Skills && !NOW( IRE103 Academic Skills )
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
This course is meant to instruct and empower students in the skills necessary for success in the academic field as well as their future careers.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion, students will be able to - work with texts, explain the main goal, arguments, weaknesses, and strengths of the given study matter (orally and in a written form) - differentiate individual academic genres and use them in the correct context - present findings, opinions - communicate with their peers - give feedback - build an argument
Syllabus
  • The course focuses on the following: 1) Academic Genres 2) Preparing a paper 3) Designing a research 4) Referencing 5) Argumentation skills 6) presentation skills
Literature
  • SILVERMAN, David. Doing qualitative research. 6e. Los Angeles: Sage, 2022, xxi,631 st. ISBN 9781529769005. info
  • PUNCH, Keith. Developing effective research proposals. 3rd edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016, 186 stran. ISBN 9781473916388. info
  • CRASWELL, Gail. Writing for academic success : a postgraduate guide. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012, xi, 248. ISBN 9780857029287. info
  • A student's guide to presentationsmaking your presentation count. Edited by Barbara Chivers - Michael Shoolbred. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2007, x, 166 p. ISBN 9780761943693. info
  • MCWHORTER, Kathleen T. Academic reading. 6th ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2007, xxxii, 512. ISBN 0321364791. info
Teaching methods
- lectures - in-class discussions - group work - presentations - position paper - test
Assessment methods
Position paper Review Exam
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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