RLDrA12 Doctoral Seminar IV: Advanced Dissertation Draft

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 20 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLDrZk State Exam
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 course is to finish an advanced draft of the dissertation.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • work with sources (datasets) and literature;
  • analyse the collected data;
  • write an extensive and high-quality academic text;
  • understand and characterize the current state of research in the selected topic and the place of the dissertation project in the current debate;
  • assess previous critically diverse approaches to the researched topic;
  • formulate well-founded arguments and conclusions.
    • Syllabus
    • Finishing the analysis of data / sources.
    • Consultations with the supervisor (alternatively, also with the designated consultant).
    • Submitting finished and proof-read parts of the dissertation to the supervisor and receiving his/her feedback.
    • At least three corrections of the resulting text.
    • Submission of the advanced draft in the IS MU.
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
    • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
    Teaching methods
    Consultations with the supervisor (alternatively also with the designated consultant); addressing oral and written feedback on the drafts of individual parts of the dissertation.
    Assessment methods
    Consultations (30 percent); submission of an advanced draft of the dissertation, evaluated by the supervisor and by the course coordinator (70 percent). The advanced draft has to contain all parts of the dissertation, including footnotes, a bibliography, and a summary in the language of the dissertation (the English summary and English keywords may be added later). The draft has to be polished from the point of view of language, style, methodology, and the state of the art, and ready for the internal peer-review.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Follow-Up Courses
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught each semester.
    General note: Povinný zápis v předposledním semestru studia.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
    • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2024/RLDrA12