Course: Principles of Scholarly Style

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Course title Principles of Scholarly Style
Course code KBV/MTZOS
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
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)
  • Plátová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Characteristics of professional style; formal aspects of professional style; principles of editorial work; bibliographic standards and specific citation methods in theology; ethical aspects of scientific work and presentation of its results.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Familiarization with methods of scientific work, ways of presentation of its results, principles of work with sources and secondary literature, methods of citing sources, the most common bibliographic standards, and ethical issues in scientific research. The unique characteristics of working with the primary sources fundamental for the theological studies will be specifically taken into account.
Graduates of the course will be able to apply what they have learned in their research and the presentation of its results either in oral, or in written form (papers, seminar papers, etc.).
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Participation in classes, elaboration of partial tasks/tests.
Recommended literature
  • Umberto Eco. Jak napsat diplomovou práci?.
  • University of Chicago Press. The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers.


Study plans that include the course
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