Course: Seminar of Diploma Thesis

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Course title Seminar of Diploma Thesis
Course code KPF/C754
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Němec Petr, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Jašúrek Bohumil, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Držková Markéta, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Elaboration of diploma thesis. Planning of experiment. Processing, evaluation and presentation of experimental results. Literature references. Elaboration of the outline and theoretical part of diploma thesis and their short presentation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Participation in classes - 8 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 80 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 136 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 16 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is a preparation of theoretical part of diploma thesis that has to be handed to supervisor in first half of January. At the end of the term students have a seminar presentation of theoretical parts of their diploma theses. The lectures provide information how to write diploma thesis, guidelines for referencing, design of experiment, presentation of research results, etc.
On completion of this course, the student will have prepared the theoretical part of diploma thesis and understand further steps in its elaboration with focus on planning the experiment, measuring and evaluation of data, and finally discussion of the results and making conclusions.
Prerequisites
Performance of studying engagements necessary for submission of the diploma work project is required, that students may take andvantage to use the knowledge obtained in the course in the search of these projects.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Presentation

Elaboration of the theoretical part of diploma thesis and its presentation together with the aims and outline of diploma thesis.
Recommended literature
  • Směrnice 09/2012: Pravidla pro zveřejňování závěrečných prací a jejich základní jednotnou formální úpravu.
  • B. Gustavii. How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-70393-2.
  • Bláha K., Dvořák J., Kraus M. Jak psát o chemii. Academia Praha, 1983.
  • Day R.A. Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals, 2nd Ed..
  • Day, Robert A. How to write and publish a scientific paper. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-521-67167-1.
  • W. E. Russey, H. F. Ebel, C. Bliefert. How to Write a Successful Science Thesis. Wiley-VCH, 2006. ISBN 978-3-527-31298-6.


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