KSCA698 Master's Thesis Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Drábik, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Denisa Hilbertová, M.A. (seminar tutor)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Magdaléna Rychetská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mag. phil. Ute Wallenböck, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Denisa Hilbertová, M.A.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(N)
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 the student submits a preliminary research proposals (thesis proposal).
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 and expertly judge suitably methodological approaches to the given problem.
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 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) preparation of other project´s discussion
(c) to obtain preliminary approval of the research project proposal for the final bachelor degree thesis
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Kurz má podobu individuálních konzultací a prezentací projektů v posledních týdnech semestru.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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