FF:AJ38400 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal - Course Information

AJ38400 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Ideally during their fifth semester, in this course students will formulate a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus should include critical assessment of the existing scholarship, formulation of the student’s contribution to this body of scholarship, an outline of structure, and a comprehensive bibliography. All the above are presented to at an open session to the committee, which includes the supervisor, other teachers in the program and other graduate students. The objective is to generate feedback and to ensure a solid foundation prior the actual writing stage.

Learning outcomes

The prospectus includes critical assessment of the existing scholarship, formulation of the student’s contribution to this body of scholarship, an outline of structure, and a comprehensive bibliography.

Syllabus

• Ideally during their fifth semester, in this course students will formulate a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus should include critical assessment of the existing scholarship, formulation of the student’s contribution to this body of scholarship, an outline of structure, and a comprehensive bibliography.All the above are presented to at an open session to the committee, which includes the supervisor, other teachers in the program and other graduate students. The objective is to generate feedback and to ensure a solid foundation prior the actual writing stage.

Literature

• Due to the specific nature of the subject no mandatory reading is required.

Teaching methods

Ideally during their fifth semester, in this course students will formulate a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus should include critical assessment of the existing scholarship, formulation of the student’s contribution to this body of scholarship, an outline of structure, and a comprehensive bibliography. The objective is to ensure a solid foundation prior the actual writing stage.

Assessment methods

Ideally during their fifth semester, in this course students will formulate a dissertation prospectus. The prospectus should include critical assessment of the existing scholarship, formulation of the student’s contribution to this body of scholarship, an outline of structure, and a comprehensive bibliography. The objective is to ensure a solid foundation prior the actual writing stage.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Blokový seminář.

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