FF:AJ69700 Minor Thesis Seminar - Course Information
AJ69700 Minor Thesis Seminar
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Renata Kamenická, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - 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 Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
- English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
- 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).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- TURABIAN, Kate L. A manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962, vii, 109. info
- Teaching methods
- 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 2019, recent)
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