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Lecturer(s)
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Franc Jaroslav, doc. Mgr. Th.D.
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Müllerová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Štverák Michal, ThLic.
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Sedláková Renáta, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Graduate Project I is written in the summer semester of the first year and the main goal of this course is to develop a research project for the final thesis and its assignment. The thesis can take the form of theoretical, empirical and practical problem solving (analysis of a specific crisis situation or development of an information strategy for a selected subject). Before assigning the topic of the thesis, an assessment of its originality takes place, especially whether there is no other text that already sufficiently elaborates the topic. The specific topic of the thesis is formulated individually by the students or they can choose from the range of thesis topics offered by individual thesis supervisors and members of the department. The chosen topic is specified and elaborated into a problem in consultation with the chosen thesis supervisor. The output of this course is the development of a thesis project that specifies its future content, followed by the submission of the thesis to the university's Stag system. The thesis assignment includes a definition of the problem to be investigated, sets out the objectives of the thesis and a proposal of how these will be achieved (the thesis methodology), the structure of the thesis and the basic literature to be compiled by the student.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the three logically linked seminars Graduate Project I, II, II is to systematically guide students in the preparation and writing of their final thesis. In the course of the seminars, students learn the basic principles of creating and structuring a larger professional text, working with sources and citation ethics, as well as implementing and solving their own practical project. Under the supervision of the thesis supervisor, the student gradually acquires the competence to carry out analytical and interpretative activities in the chosen field when dealing with a specific selected problem or a specific crisis situation. Seminars are conducted once a month in the form of a group meeting, where students present their work in progress to each other and provide mutual feedback. An obvious prerequisite of the courses is the independent work of the students during their studies and their individual consultation of the process of preparation, implementation and writing of the thesis. The student continuously reflects on the supervisor's comments and takes them into account both in the next steps and in the revision of the already written parts.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KMS/DEPRO
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Continuous submission of written elaboration of parts of the final thesis according to the assignment of the thesis supervisor. Reflection on the course of the thesis preparation in the circle of students and by the thesis supervisor. Compulsory reading: BECKER, Howard S. a RICHARDS, Pamela. Writing for social scientists: how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article. Second edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. ISBN 9780226041322. BILLIG, Michael. Learn to write badly: how to succeed in the social sciences. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-67698-5. PUNCH, Keith. Úspěšný návrh výzkumu. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 9788073674687. ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách: několik zásad pro začátečníky. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství SLON, 2005. ISBN 8086429407.
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Recommended literature
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