FF:FAVD003 Doctoral Seminar - Course Information

FAVD003 Doctoral Dissertation Seminar (I-VII)

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.

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

• Theory and History of Theatre, Film and Audio-Visual Culture Studies (programme FF, D-OT4) (2)

Course objectives

The student must undertake seven dissertation seminars that consist of both individual tuitions and regular group meetings. The student is to enroll in the seminar every semester of their studies except for the very first one.
The individual tuitions take place as needed, but at least once a semester. A respective part of the dissertation is need for credit grants.
The group meetings usually take place once of twice a semester. A presentation of work progress is needed for credit grants.

Syllabus

• Basic rules of the seminar’s group meeting:
• ● Each student is obliged to have four presentations in the course of their studies: presenting the project (2nd semester) – presenting a particular problem (usually theoretical/historical problem – 2nd year) – presenting a particular problem (usually a finalized chapter – 3rd year) – final presentation (4th year).
• ● The presentation last approx. 20 minutes (1st) and 30 minutes other presentations.
• ● An expert opinion and a moderated discussion follow.
• ● An annotation of the presentation must be emailed to tutors and all doctoral students four weeks prior to the meeting.
• ● Full version of the presentation must be emailed to tutors and other doctoral students four weeks prior to the meeting.
• ● Meeting dates are announced one semester in advance.
• ● An invitation to the meeting is made public on the department website (usually after receiving the annotations).
• ● An invitation is sent to selected M.A. students.
• ● Special guests may be invited for consulting a specific problem.
• Sequential duties for the respective seminars are as follows:
• ● I. (2nd semester). Project outline: description of the problem, scheduled progress, hypothetical outcomes, state of research in the respective field, key terms, outline of the theoretical and methodological context, commented literature search (approx. 15 pages).
• ● II. (3rd semester): Theoretical/historical introduction (approx. 25 pages).
• ● III. (4th semester): First sample chapter (approx. 25 pages).
• ● IV. (5th semester): Second sample chapter (approx. 25 pages).
• ● V. (6th semester): Third sample chapter (approx. 25 pages).
• ● VI. (7th semester): Draft of the dissertation.
• ● VII.(8th semester): Final version of the dissertation.
• Each credit is granted for:
• ● turning in a respective part of the thesis by the end of the exam period,
• ● presentations and active participation in seminar meetings.

Literature

• Literature is assigned on an individual basis based on the topic of the thesis.
• Literatura je předepsána individuálně podle tématu práce.

Teaching methods

Dissertation seminars consist of both individual tuitions and regular group meetings.

Assessment methods

Each credit is granted for:
● turning in a respective part of the thesis by the end of the exam period,
● presentations and active participation in seminar meetings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/wufv/home/studium/obory/doktorske/doktorske

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