KSCA100 Bachelor thesis seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Magdaléna Rychetská, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Drábik, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Bc. Denisa Hilbertová, M.A. (alternate examiner)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Zuzana Pospěchová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Roman Shapiro, PhD (alternate examiner)
Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mag. phil. Ute Wallenböck, Dr. phil. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Magdaléna Rychetská, M.A., Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 VP
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
KSCA100/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
KSCA100/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KSCA014 Academic Writing
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able independently identify and analyse research topic. Secondly they should be able find, analyse and compare primary sources and secondary scholarship on a given topic. After consultations with their supervisors they will submit their research proposals.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. (Home preparation: preliminary research topics; contact with prospective supervisors.)
  • 3. (Individual consultations with supervisors)
  • 4. (Individual consultations with supervisors)
  • 5. Seminar I
  • 6. Seminar II
  • 7. Seminar III
  • 8. (Home preparation)
  • 9. (Home preparation)
  • 10. Research projects oral presentations and students´ discussions
  • 11. Research projects oral presentations and students´ discussions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena and 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. info
  • POKORNÝ, Jiří. Úspěšnost zaručena : jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004, 207 s. ISBN 807204348X. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
Teaching methods
The course has a form of seminars, but also a form of individual consultations with supervisors. Each student will present her/his research project and act as a discussants to another student´s project.
Assessment methods
Students are required to:
(a) write and submit on time an abstract and a research project proposal for the final bachelor degree thesis; to obtain supervisors approval of the project; presentation and defence of the project during the seminar;
(b) attendance, preparation of other project´s discussion
(c) to obtain official approval of the research project proposal for the final bachelor degree 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 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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