ZD_01 Master Thesis Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ladislav Mirvald (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Viktor Pantůček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – 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 seminar is to prepare, support and control the process of developing a bachelor's diploma thesis. Students will practice the core competencies required in writing academic papers, such as rules of structured, critical and methodologically based thinking, quotation and referencing rules, and work with resources.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course student will be able of:
- Critical thinking within relevant discourse;
- Formulating academic text in accordance with formal requirements.
- Applying chosen methodology on the subject of the scientific inquiry.
Syllabus
  • - Issues of selecting a project topic and resources.
  • - Status of research, context construction - sources, literature, sources of information.
  • - Choice of methodology.
  • - What about the read text? Working with information - from knowing to thinking and back.
  • - Theoretical versus practical level of the work.
  • - Discussion and defense of project topics.
Literature
    required literature
  • KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena a Dušan ŠIMEK. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce : jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007. 90 s. ISBN 9788024415895.
  • ECO, Umberto a Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7.
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. info
Teaching methods
Seminar, practise in academic writing.
Assessment methods
- Min. 75% attendance.
- Submission of obligatory requisites by the end of the semester:
1. Subject of the thesis - corresponding to the topic personally consulted with the supervisor.
2. Annotation - equal to the text inserted into the IS MUNI by the supervisor.
3. Subject matter - the student is required to defend the topic's choice, its relevance and necessity in the discourse. The object of research is to be understood as a problem to be solved, not as a mere subject of a description.
4. State of research - the basic assumption is the mapping of the field of discourse that already exists over the chosen topic. It assumes previous study of all relevant resources.
5. Methodology - students will introduce and explain the methods chosen for the research, including their systematic classification. 6. Goal of the thesis - to be able to follow clear arguments and verify the conclusions of the work.
7. Sources and literature - this section lists all sources (printed, electronic, interviews, AV resources, etc.). It is primarily assumed the choice of academic resources.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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