| Course title | Thesis Seminar 1 |
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| Course code | KMU/DISK1 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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1. Dissertation work in the Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Philosophy of Palacký University in Olomouc from a content perspective. 2. Dissertation work in the Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Philosophy of Palacký University in Olomouc from a formal perspective. 3. Examples of 'suitable' and 'unsuitable' themes of dissertation works in music historiography, music theory, music aesthetics, and other disciplines of music science. 'World' and regional themes. 4. Examples of successful bachelor dissertation works defended in the Department of Musicology of PF PU and other departments of music science in the Czech Republic in the past decade. Examples of less successful or undefended dissertation works. 5. The structure of a dissertation work. Preface, Introduction, Outline of sources and literature, Main thematic chapters and sub-chapters, Conclusion, Summary (in Czech, English, and German), Attachments, References Section, Personal, Factual, Local Registers, etc. 6. Work with sources. Music archives and museums, interviews with contemporary witnesses. 7. Work with literature Czech and bilingual. Criteria of specialised publication. 8. Work with daily press as with literature and with a source. 9. The most significant Czech and world music encyclopaedias and terminological dictionaries as a source of musical-historical and theoretical knowledge. 10. Musicological literature, music objects, and music recordings stored in the Central Library of PU in Zbrojnice, in the State Academic Library in Olomouc, in the National Library of CR in Prague, in the Library of Congress in Washington, etc. 11. Music sources stored in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music, the State Regional Archive in Olomouc, regional archives and museums, in people's inheritance. 12. Language aspect of a specialised text, music terminology, formal language, academic accuracy versus intelligibility and readability, unity of scientism and popularisation.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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| Learning outcomes |
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Discussion-oriented seminar with emphasis on methodological issues connected to a various stages of the dissertation process is targeted for students from the third year of bachelor studies. Students are expected to participate in classroom activities and to prepare a presentation on the chosen subject.
Acquired knowledge: The student gets a good command of musical-historical and musical-theoretical facts in a chosen thematic sphere of the dissertation assignment. Acquired skills: The student can: - independently work with studied literature, and - evaluate preserved sources about the chosen thematic sphere of the dissertation assignment. Acquired qualifications: The student is able: - to independently think critically, and - create own conclusions concerning individual parts of the given thematic sphere. |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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