Course: Interpretative Seminar

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Course title Interpretative Seminar
Course code KSKA/INSEM
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Hyánková Tereza, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
How to read an academic text. How to write an academic text and how to process gained data. Abstract and resumé. Quotation rules. Review. Comparison. Compilation. The original academic text.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the characteristics of an academic text and to the possibilities of work with social data gained during their own field research.
Students will be familiar with relevant methodological concepts of academic writing and they will be able to submit theoretical basis for their bachelor thesis proposals.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Creative work analysis

Attendance is compulsory. Active participation is required as well as submission of several minor seminar papers and one final seminar paper - based on the bachelor thesis topic. Students´ progress is regularly assessed and for successful termination of the course, at least 75% of the overall assessment is required. Detailed assessment rules will be specified at the beginning of the course.
Recommended literature
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Voznice: Leda, 1999.
  • PAUKERTOVÁ, D. Zpracování a obhajoba projektu. Praha : VŠE, 1998.
  • SEDLÁK, J. Úvod do práce s informacemi. Brno : Masarykova universita, 1966.
  • SYNEK, M., SEDLÁČKOVÁ, H., SVOBODOVÁ, I. Diplomová práce a státní zkoušky na VŠE v Praze : metodický návod , jak psát seminární, diplomové, doktorské a jiné písemné práce. Praha : VŠE, 1996.


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): Social Anthropology (2016) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer