Course: Master's Diploma Thesis 1

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Course title Master's Diploma Thesis 1
Course code BOT/DAP1
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 7
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)
  • Smýkal Petr, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The subject of study, topic of the Thesis. Literature overview. Research outline - general and particular aims. Getting familiar with basic methodology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Laboratory Work
  • Homework for Teaching - 65 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is the ongoing control of teh status of diploma thesis presented in form of seminars. Students will present their own thesis.
After attending the course the student will be able to: - write a good literature review - make an outline of the Thesis - select appropriate methodology for the study - discuss own results versus published ones - write a Thesis, scientific presentation (poster, lecture)
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Master thesis writting.
Recommended literature
  • & Henry, R. J. (2005). Plant diversity and evolution: genotypic and phenotypic variation in higher plants. Wallingford: CABI Publishing.
  • Briggs D. et Walters S.M. (1997). Plant variation and evolution. Cambridge University Press, 3rd. ed.. Cambridge University Press.
  • Briggs D., Walters S.M. (2001). Proměnlivost a evoluce rostlin. UP Olomouc.
  • Ingrouille, M., & Eddie, B. (2006). Plants: evolution and diversity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Willis, K. J., & McElwain, J. C. (2002). The evolution of plants. New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Plant Pathology (2019) Category: Biology courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter