Z6004 Academic Skills 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jarmila Burianová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jarmila Burianová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Burianová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Z5004 Academic Skills 1
XK010 - Information literacy is appropriate to pass in the second year of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 34 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/34, only registered: 26/34
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the student with the individual stages of the creation and presentation of the bachelor thesis.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
to create a timetable for the bachelor work ;
write an abstract ;
write a bachelor thesis under the rules of scientific writing ;
properly cite bibliography ;
create a presentation for the defense.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - what, how and why to prepare, process, write and defend
  • 2. literature - citations, bibliography
  • 3. Structure of the thesis - chapters, supplements, mandatory pages
  • 4. Text editing - structural and substantive editing, linguistic, formal (style)
  • 5. Graphical and tabular annex of bachelor thesis
  • 6. Abstract - principles, use
  • 7. Bachelor thesis defense - preparing a presentation (powerpoint, prezi), the course of the defense
  • 8. Presentation rehearsal
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MEŠKO, Dušan, Dušan KATUŠČÁK and Ján FINDRA. Akademická příručka. České, upr. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8080632197. info
  • FILKA, Jaroslav. Metodika tvorby diplomové práce :praktická pomůcka pro studenty vysokých škol. 1. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Knihař, 2002, 223 s. ISBN 80-86292-05-3. info
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
  • FRANCÍREK, František. Bakalářská práce : co, jak a proč připravit, zpracovat, napsat a zhodnotit (obhájit). Vyd. 1. Praha: Ingenio et Arti, 2012, 61, 51. ISBN 9788090528710. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
  • Akademická příručka českého jazyka. Edited by Markéta Pravdová - Ivana Svobodová. Vydání 1., Praha 2014, dot. Praha: Academia, 2014, 533 stran. ISBN 9788020023278. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Jiří, Věra ELIÁŠOVÁ, Ludmila MORAVCOVÁ, Martina ANTLOVÁ, Petr SEJK and Marek STEHLÍK. Průvodce elektronickými databázemi LF a PřF. 2., revid. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. Elportál. ISBN 978-80-210-5836-1. Url info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Jiří. Pravidla psaní odborného článku. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. Elportál. ISBN 978-80-210-5922-1. URL info
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/PříF:Z6004!
Teaching methods
Teaching includes lectures, analysis, discussions of assigned tasks, and solutions to individual questions.
Assessment methods
Credit - active participation, preparation of presentation, abstract writing
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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