AEB_A18 Bachelor’s Thesis

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Hrubý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Dresler, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Goláňová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Jan Jílek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ludmila Kaňáková Hladíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Dr. phil. Peter Milo (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Renáta Přichystalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Peter Tóth, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Hrubý, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The topic of the Bachelor’s thesis will be appointed personally with a teacher employed full-time at the department. The topic must be assigned no later than before the start of the 5th semester of the Bachelor’s degree programme. A prerequisite is the previous completion of AEB_A17a Bachelor's Thesis Seminar I. It is possible to simultaneously enrol in AEB_A17b Bachelor's Thesis Seminar II. The topic of the thesis is registered in IS MU. The topic can only be registered in the first half of the semester; after the deadline, registration is closed until the beginning of the next semester.
by March 31 (if the student takes the state exam in June or September)
by October 31 (if the student takes the state exam in January)
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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Bachelor’s thesis is targeted at archaeological approach to suitable topics of minor or medium importance concerning prehistoric to modern times. Student should demonstrate the ability to grasp and interpret the problem by oneself. Artefactual topics have priority but theoretical issues also can be addressed after consultation with pedagogues. Emphasis is put on the formal and technical level of documentation, correct terminology and good practice in working with professional literature.
Learning outcomes
The outcome is a completed and submitted Bachelor’s thesis, whose contentual and formal level, ethics and originality meet the standards of a university degree thesis.
Syllabus
  • The course is only intended for elaboration of the Bachelor’s thesis:
  • Formulation of the topic, main problems to be addressed and structure of the thesis.
  • Heuristics and retrieval of data, their formal processing and criticism.
  • Analysis and evaluation of material artefacts, if necessary.
  • Elaboration of graphic supplements.
  • Analysis and synthesis of data.
  • Conclusions and interpretations.
  • Continuous consultation of the work progress, achieved results and problems.
  • Completion and submission of the thesis.
Literature
  • Further literature for the diploma thesis is assigned on an individual basis based on the topic of the thesis. | (in Czech) Literatura pro diplomovou práci je předepsána individuálně podle tématu práce.
Teaching methods
Student elaborates by oneself the Bachelor’s thesis and consults the work continuously with his/her thesis supervisor.
Assessment methods
Submission of the completed Bachelor’s thesis. The thesis advisor confirms the approval of the completed thesis for defence by awarding the course-unit credit. Graded evaluation of the thesis is subject of defence and is based on assessments by the opponent and the thesis advisor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Bakalářská diplomová práce na schválené téma v patřičné kvalitě musí obsahovat nejméně 30 stran teoretického textu.
Teacher's information
The prescribed length of the textual part of the Bachelor’s thesis is 70,000 characters (including spaces). The scope includes the text itself, notes and table of contents. The text of the thesis does not include a catalogue, a list of objects, or a list of literature. The citation standard is governed by the customs of the discipline, it will be specified by the thesis supervisor if necessary. The contentual originality of the work is one of the assessment criteria. Non-original and adapted texts, or other contentual parts of the work without corresponding references, or parts prepared by a person other than the submitting student may be the reason for non-acceptance of the work.

The finished and complete Bachelor's thesis must be submitted to the archive of the Bachelor’s thesis in IS and in two copies to the department’s secretariat by no later than 30 November (autumn semester) or 30 April or 30 June (spring semester). Theses submitted later will automatically be postponed for assessment in the next examination period.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2023/AEB_A18