Course: Graduate Project III

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Course title Graduate Project III
Course code KMS/DEAP3
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Franc Jaroslav, doc. Mgr. Th.D.
  • Müllerová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Štverák Michal, ThLic.
  • Sedláková Renáta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Graduate project III (summer semester of the 3rd year) is implemented as the last in the sequence with the aim of submitting the final diploma thesis and its successful defence. In the last semester, the emphasis is on the evaluation of the project and the formulation of the conclusion of the thesis in relation to its stated objectives. The final content check, language proofreading and overall formal pre-press editing of the thesis is carried out. Attention is also focused on the preparation of the thesis defence and its presentation before the state examination committee.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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.

Prerequisites
unspecified
KMS/DEAP2

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. BILIG, M. Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences. Cambridge, 2013. 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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