RLDS4 Doctoral Seminar IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 30 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Aleš Chalupa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – 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
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to finish an advanced draft of the dissertation which will undergo an internal peer-review in the following semester in the framework of the course RLDP PhD Thesis in the Study of Religions. At the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • work with sources (datasets) and literature;
  • analyse the collected data;
  • write an extensive and very good academic text;
  • understand and express the current state of research into the selected topic and the place the outcomes of the dissertation project hold in the current debate;
  • assess critically diverse previous approaches to the researched topic;
  • formulate well-founded conclusions.
    • Syllabus
    • Analysis of data / sources.
    • Consultations with the supervisor (alternatively also with the designated consultant).
    • Submitting finished and proof-read parts of the dissertation to the supervisor and getting his/her feedback.
    • At least three corrections of the resulting text.
    • Submission of the advanced draft in the IS MU.
    Literature
      required literature
    • ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
    • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
    Teaching methods
    Consultations with the supervisor (alternatively also with the designated consultant); addressing oral and written feedback to the drafts of individual parts of the dissertation.
    Assessment methods
    Consultations (30 percent); submission of an advanced draft of the dissertation, evaluated by the supervisor and by the course coordinator (70 percent). The advanced draft has to contain all parts of the dissertation including footnotes, bibliography, and summary in the language of the dissertation (the English summary and English keywords may be added later). The draft has to be polished from the point of view of language, style, methodology, and the state of the art, and ready for the internal peer-review.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Follow-Up Courses
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught each semester.
    General note: Povinný zápis v předposledním semestru studia.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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