KSCA200 Bachelor thesis seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Drábik, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Denisa Hilbertová, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Yu-Min Chang, MA (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Mária Ištvánová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Vicher (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 B2.44, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
KSCA200/EXT: No timetable has been entered into IS. W. Lu
KSCA200/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Drábik
KSCA200/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Hilbertová
KSCA200/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. Y. Chang
KSCA200/04: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Ištvánová
KSCA200/05: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Pospěchová
KSCA200/06: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Vávra
KSCA200/07: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Vávrová Mašková
KSCA200/08: No timetable has been entered into IS. O. Vicher
KSCA200/09: No timetable has been entered into IS. W. Lu
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KSCA009 Chinese IV
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
After consultations with their supervisors they will submit their research proposals. The aim of the course is the official assignment of the bachelor's thesis.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able independently identify and analyse research topic. Secondly they should be able find, analyse and compare primary sources and secondary scholarship on a given topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. (Home preparation: preliminary research topics; contact with prospective supervisors.)
  • 3. (Individual consultations with supervisors)
  • 4. (Individual consultations with supervisors)
  • 5. Abstract submission; supervisors´response
  • 6. (Individual consultations with supervisors)
  • 7. (Individual consultations with supervisors)
  • 8. Research project submission
  • 9. Research projects oral presentations and students´ discussions
  • 10. Research projects oral presentations and students´ discussions
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 course has a form of seminars, but also a form of individual consultations with supervisors. Each student will present her/his research project and act as a discussants to another student´s project.
Assessment methods
Students are required to:
(a) write and submit on time an abstract and a research project proposal for the final bachelor degree thesis; to obtain supervisors approval of the project; presentation and defence of the project during the seminar;
(b) attendance, preparation of other project´s discussion
(c) to obtain official approval of the research project proposal for the final bachelor degree thesis
Oct. 31: Deadline for finding a supervisor and selecting a topic for the thesis
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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