FF:AJ19700 Minor Thesis Seminar - Course Information
AJ19700 Minor Thesis Seminar
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lenka Glaubaufová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- AJ11010 Practical English Exam && AJ19000 Introduction to Translation && AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
- 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
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-BI)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FY)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-GE)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-GK)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-CH)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-MA)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-TV)
- Course objectives
- The course prepares students for writing their final theses. It takes the form of an electronic course. The students work independently in the course, studying the methodology of research, the principles of academic writing, and the formal aspects of writing a thesis. They are asked to submit assignments in an electronic form. Some of the assignments are exercises in various aspects of academic writing, others represent preparatory steps to writing the final thesis (delimitation of the topic, compiling working bibliography, collecting material).
- Syllabus
- The course prepares students for writing their final theses. It takes the form of an electronic course. The students work independently in the course, studying the methodology of research, the principles of academic writing, and the formal aspects of writing a thesis. They are asked to submit assignments in an electronic form. Some of the assignments are exercises in various aspects of academic writing, others represent preparatory steps to writing the final thesis (delimitation of the topic, compiling working bibliography, collecting material).
- 1. Thesis topic, supervisor, and schedule
- 2. Topic description and two or three research questions
- 3. Research strategy description and preliminary list of primary sources
- 4. Preliminary list of reference works
- 5. Preliminary list of articles in periodicals, books, and websites
- 6. Preliminary list of field sources (if applicable)
- 7. Working bibliography of about twenty potentially principal sources
- 8. Annotated bibliography of ten selected principal sources
- 9. Information bank (organized notes in any format you find helpful)
- 10. Thesis proposal
- Literature
- FOWLER, Henry Ramsey. The little, brown handbook. Edited by Jane E. Aaron - Daniel Anderson. 8th ed. New York: Longman, 2000, xxviii, 96. ISBN 0-321-07507-2. info
- ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
- ŠESTÁK, Zdeněk. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Illustrated by Hana Kymrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1999, 204 s. ISBN 8020007555. info
- GIBALDI, Joseph. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1999, xviii, 332. ISBN 0-87352-975-8. info
- TURABIAN, Kate L. A manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962, vii, 109. info
- Teaching methods
- An on-line course.
- Assessment methods
- Credits are awarded on the basis of uploaded course assignments.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
- Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=418
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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