Course: Diploma Thesis Seminar

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Course title Diploma Thesis Seminar
Course code KRE/DISE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Machálek Vít, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lisý Štěpán, Mgr. M.A. Th.D.
Course content
Choice of a topic; formulation of a suggestion; formulation of an assignment. Rules and norms of writing diploma theses, (required by university, faculty, department). Working with sources. Structure of scientific text. How to divide a larger work. Scientific language, terminology, style. Graphic arrangement of the diploma and similar theses.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to help students in the first phase of writing their diploma thesis, especially in regard to common questions and problems. This will be provided as consultations in groups.
The course, as well as the individual consultations with a supervisor, will help students to write a diploma thesis successfully. It will help to develop their skills in writting a scientific text, in working with scientific literature and other sources, and with appropriate time-management of the work.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Discussion

Students will obtain credit if they attend individual and group consultations and if they hand in a four-page text that contains a plan of the work, a detailed segmentation, and a list of literature and other sources, a formulation of a hypothesis or questions, and a description of the methods to be used.
Recommended literature
  • BITLJANOVÁ, V., ŠAFFKOVÁ, Z. Diplomová práce, krok za krokem. Liberec: Technická univerzita, 2006.
  • STRAKA, J., HYHLÍKOVÁ, V. Diplomová práce. Praha : SPN, 1987.
  • UMBERTO, E. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. ISBN 80-7198-173-7.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer