CMAa34 Bachelor Thesis

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Johana Kotišová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
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
Bachelor thesis is the final independent work of each student, which serves to prove their ability to identify and/or formulate an interesting topic of research, discussion and analysis from the perspective of both science and applied knowledge.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will compose academic text meeting the theoretical, methodological and style standards in their field and should be ready to defend it.
Syllabus
  • Bachelor thesis is the final independent work of each student, which serves to prove their ability to identify and/or formulate an interesting topic of research, discussion and analysis from the perspective of both science and applied knowledge.
  • Each student works upon this final work for a full (third) academic year and the very process of writing is controlled by B.A. Seminars I-III.
  • In the early stage of the work, at the end of the second academic year, a student enrols into the the B. A. research project proposal (B.A. Seminar I). After a class presentation student works closely with the supervisor, formulating the topic of research, the structure of the work, methodological approach, data gathering, style and format of presentation etc. Once this stage is completed, a student can enrol into B.A. Seminar II-III, during which the final text of the thesis is written up and polished and defence strategy prepared.
  • It is recommended for the text of the thesis to incorporate and integrate within itself following three parts. The first one will be a definition of the chosen topic, its state of arts, firmly rooted in current relevant academic literature. Secondly, the text should contain a thorough discussion of the narrowed-down theory and the set of chosen research methods and techniques, which a student is proposing to use in the final part (preferably a case study). The case study contains a description of a closed/single unit event, upon which the topic and theory are intertwined and projected into the chosen material. Thus – a student demonstrates not only academic knowledge and abilities to write an academic article, but also their ability to see the social theory in everyday life and the ability to use it for observation and interpretation of daily and ordinary events. The case study may be formulated through the modality of their own choice. Defence of the thesis will be conducted orally, in front of the multidisciplinary commission.
Literature
  • ECO, Umberto. How to Write a Thesis. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2015
  • SEAL, Bernard. Academic encounters : reading, study skills, and writing : content focus, human behavior. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xii, 88. ISBN 9780521476607. info
Teaching methods
Consultations with the supervisor
Assessment methods
Submission of one electronic and two printed copies of the B.A. thesis and its defence at the closing state exam.
Language of instruction
English
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