PřF:Z0018H Diploma Thesis Seminar 2 (HG) - Course Information

Z0018H Diploma Thesis Seminar 2 - Human Geography

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable of Seminar Groups

Z0018H/01: Mon 19. 9. to Sun 18. 12. Wed 17:00–18:50 Z5,02004, O. Mulíček, D. Seidenglanz

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Z0017H Diploma Thesis Seminar 1 (HG) || Z0017A Diploma Thesis Seminar 1 (AG)

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

• Applied Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
• Social Geography and Regional Development (programme PřF, N-GK)

Course objectives

An aim of the subject is to improve presentation and writing skills of students as preparation for master thesis writing. Students will be able to define own master thesis subject, to discuss hypothesis, to sketch the research, to interpret results of research, to propose solution of problem.

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

• KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
• MEŠKO, Dušan, Dušan KATUŠČÁK and Ján FINDRA. Akademická příručka. České, upr. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8080632197. info

Teaching methods

Class discussions about objectives of master thesis and presentations of own homework’s are the main teaching methods.

Assessment methods

The condition for a successful finishing of the course is 80% attendance in the seminars, plus participation in the discussion, homework’s and individual presentation of the master thesis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
  
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