Z0017A Diploma Thesis Seminar 1 - Applied Geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Timetable
Thu 8:00–9:50 Z3,02045
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
Students will be provided with a programme of study to improve and enhance their presentation skills and so improve their career prospects. It will encapsulate written presentations using text and graphics, oral presentations and so will be valuable for diploma presentations, curriculum vitae writing, job interviews, report writing and marketing ideas and products.
Syllabus
  • Oral presentation
  • a) Structure of lecture
  • b) Instruments for the presentation
  • c) Examination of the presentation
  • d) Most frequent mistakes
  • Diploma/Master thesis
  • a) Contentual part of D/MT (literary resources and their processing)
  • b) Formal part D/MT (structure, text processing)
  • ba) Processing and interpretation of gained results, tables, schemes, graphs, photographs, appendixes
  • c) Most frequent mistakes in separate of parts D/MT
  • Research and Presentation
  • a) Planning your research.
  • b) Grant application - sorts of grants, structure, most frequent mistakes
  • c) Poster - structure, preparation, presentation, mistakes
  • d) Paper - structure, most frequent mistakes
  • Preparing to find your first job
  • a) The application form
  • Practical exercises
Literature
    required literature
  • MEŠKO, Dušan, Dušan KATUŠČÁK and Ján FINDRA. Akademická příručka. České, upr. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8080632197. info
Teaching methods
Participation in the class discussion, homeworks, individual oral presentations of the master thesis.
Assessment methods
The condition for a successful finishing of the course is 80% attendance in the seminars. Participation in the discussion, homeworks, individual oral presentations of the master thesis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2007.
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