VHDDPT Dissertation topic

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Prerequisites
Written work of at least ten standard pages respecting the practices of the study field in terms of content and form: presentation of specific research outputs of the doctoral student (i.e. the actual conferential, publicational or project activities) and an overview of the dissertation results. It is necessary to consult the material with the supervisor repeatedly (minimum is three consultations). The dissertation topic serves as an information platform for the dissertation defense and the state doctoral examination.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Doctoral student submits the dissertation topic in the form of a documentation for the state final doctoral examination and the dissertation defense.
Learning outcomes
A successful graduate will be able to:
- publicly present the results of their own professional activity
- reliably orientate themselves in the field’s methodology
- self-reliably, creatively and scientifically work within a field context
- be prepared for the consulting and evaluatory function in the field of their own dissertation topic
- safely orientate themselves in the methodology of the field and in the presentation of their own research assignment
Syllabus
  • - originality, novelty and value for the field
  • - discursiveness, balance and systematism
  • - language correctness, including correct terminology and adequate work with terminology, foreign words and foreign language
  • - ethics of research work (work with sources and literature)
  • - organization of sources or other evidence material
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DAY, Robert A. and Barbara GASTEL. How to write and publish a scientific paper. 6th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xv, 302. ISBN 9780521671675. info
  • GOODALE, M. Professional Presentations. Cambridge: Cambridge Professional English, 2005. info
  • Academic writing course. Edited by R. R. Jordan. London: Nelson, 1992, 144 s. ISBN 0175566240. info
  • KERMAN, Joseph. Contemplating music : challenges to musicology. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985, 255 s. ISBN 0674166787. info
Teaching methods
Self-study, supervised study, consultation
Assessment methods
presentation of the work
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 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, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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