FF:DKKP_P_06 Doctoral thesis seminar 6 - Course Information

DKKP_P_06 Doctoral thesis seminar 6 (academic writing and presentation skills)

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

each odd Thursday 10:00–11:40 L10

Prerequisites

DKKP_P_01 Doctoral thesis seminar 1 && DKKP_P_02 Doctoral thesis seminar 2 && DKKP_P_03 Doctoral thesis seminar 3 && DKKP_P_04 Doctoral thesis seminar 4 && DKKP_P_05 Doctoral thesis seminar 5
Successful completion of Doctoral Seminar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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

• Digital Culture and Creative Industries (programme FF, D-DCCI_)
• Digital Culture and Creative Industries (programme FF, D-DKKP_)

Course objectives

- Developing skills associated with academic writing and other forms of mediation of research results
- Independent research and the writing of the dissertation

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to:
- define terms: academic writing, scholarly text;
- evaluate types of academic text;
- choose an appropriate type of academic text with regard to its potential recipients;
- understand current trends in the presentation of research results, including the popularization of science;
- apply the above in writing the dissertation and in other forms of presentation of the research project.

Syllabus

• - Academic writing
• - Current trends in science and research presentation
• - Application of rules for writing an academic paper in the framework of the dissertation
• - Optimal presentation and popularization of the dissertation project

Literature

required literature
• Radovan Plášek (2014): Odborný text. MUNI PRESS. URL: http://www.munimedia.cz/book/5/pdf.pdf
• http://knihovna.phil.muni.cz/nase-sluzby/kurzy-a-prednasky/uzitecne-odkazy-a-online-kurzy/

recommended literature
• Zbyněk Fišer (2017): AKADEMICKÉ PSANÍ. In: Petr Karlík, Marek Nekula, Jana Pleskalová (eds.), CzechEncy - Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny. URL: https://www.czechency.org/slovnik/AKADEMICKÉ PSANÍ (poslední přístup: 3. 1. 2020)
• https://www.slideshare.net/rs_knihovnaffmu/jak-na-citace-podle-iso-690-190635239

Teaching methods

Research, reading, consultations with the supervisor, participation in lectures, independent work on a research project, presentation of the results of work in front of classmates, discussion.

Assessment methods

- Attendance will constitute 50% of the overall assessment
- Submission of the dissertation structure with notes, showing the argumentation, style, etc. the student has chosen for writing the dissertation
- Submission of a presentation of partial results of the dissertation work (power point, video, web-page, blog, vlog...)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• DKKP_P_07 Doctoral thesis seminar 7 (academic writing and presentation skills)
  DKKP_P_01 && DKKP_P_02 && DKKP_P_03 && DKKP_P_04 && DKKP_P_05 && DKKP_P_06  
• DKKP_P_08 Doctoral thesis seminar 8 (academic writing and presentation skills)
  DKKP_P_01 && DKKP_P_02 && DKKP_P_03 && DKKP_P_04 && DKKP_P_05 && DKKP_P_06 && DKKP_P_07  
• DKKP_TH_3 Defence of theses of the dissertation project
  NOW(DKKP_P_06) || NOW(DKKP_P_K6)  

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