FSS:POLn4007 Diploma Seminar - Course Information

POLn4007 Diploma Seminar

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 21 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites

! POL463 Diploma Seminar && !NOW( POL463 Diploma Seminar )
Students enrol this course in their last intended term before they sit for final exam. Defence of the thesis is a part of the exam.

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

Political Science (programme FSS, N-PL)
Political Science (programme FSS, N-POL)
Electoral studies and political marketing (programme FSS, N-POL)

Course objectives

The student’s task is to conduct independent research under the guidance of their supervisor in their chosen field of study.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will analyze the results of this research and prepare the presentation of the research. They will compose an academic text, according to the length and formal standards common in their field (incl. structure of the thesis, abstract, key words, format, citation standard and list of references and bibliography). This involves the following specific outcomes:

- Defining a specific research topic in their field
- Organizing, designing, and managing independently conducted research
- Collecting and recording data
- Analyzing and interpreting the data
- Relating the data analysis to social science theory
- Composing an academic text meeting the theoretical, methodological and formal standards in their field
- Preparing to defend their thesis

Syllabus

The course has the form of individual consultations with the supervisor in all stages of thesis completion.

Literature

recommended 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 and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info

Teaching methods

The student participates in individual consultations with the supervisor in all stages of thesis preparation, writing, and completion.

Assessment methods

This course takes the form of individual consultations of students’ theses with their supervisors. It concludes with a credit granted by the supervisor on the basis of the evaluation of the text uploaded in the File Depository of the Diploma Thesis Seminar (the details see above).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, 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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