FF:VIKMA12 MA Thesis Seminar 2 - Course Information

VIKMA12 Master Thesis Seminar 2

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

VIKMA09 Seminář k magisterské diplomové práci I

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The first objective of the course: student during the semester gives adequate powers to deal with claims master's thesis. In individual teaching blocks will gradually be able to design independently and write original academic text, relevantly use scientific sources with respect to the topic of work and work with adequate research methods and instruments for addressing the technical problem of the thesis. The second objective of the course: Students will learn to critically look at your academic text, consult the formation process of working with leaders and seize the competence to hold a dialogue on a specific technical topic. Third objective of the course: The student is well prepared to defend his thesis before an expert committee.

Learning outcomes

Student will be able to:
- work relevantly with specialist literature on the subject;
- control the citation etude;
- to carry out a research or application phase of work;
- to structure individual parts of the thesis
- relevantly work with the argumentation in writing the text of the diploma thesis;
- prepare your defense of the diploma thesis

Syllabus

• - Conceiving thesis with respect to the project
• - The theme of work in the segment context
• - The basic structural elements of scientific text - sentence, paragraph, chapter, annotation, abstract, summary
• - Professional resources in thesis
• Methodology thesis with respect to the topic
• - Proofreading and comprehensive review of scientific text before submitting the thesis
• - Successful defense of a thesis - on what to prepare.

Literature

• Further literature for the diploma thesis seminar is assigned on an individual basis based on the topic of the thesis. | (in Czech) Literatura pro diplomový seminář je předepsána individuálně podle tématu práce.
• 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 is designed as a regular teaching 11. 10., 1. 11., 22. 11. 2019, conducted through workshops, consulting with individual sub-issues the diploma project. - Regular partial active involvement of students in the classroom, related to the gradual writing a thesis, always with respect to the topic of education - Shared reflection bottlenecks emergence thesis - Consultation with the teacher, a supervisor, or other specialists on the topic - Initiative and student activity

Assessment methods

Credits awarded teacher of the course in collaboration with the supervisor. The rating is the result: - Active work and initiative of the student during the semester - Recommendations supervisor with regard to backlogs thesis and course of consultations with the student.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials

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