FSS:ZURn4110 Diploma Thesis Seminar I

ZURn4110 Diploma Thesis Seminar I

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies

Course Enrolment Limitations

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

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Media industries and production (programme FSS, N-MSZU)
Media research and analytics (programme FSS, N-MSZU)

Course objectives

Introductory project seminar concentrating on the preparation of the thesis project. Part of the seminar is a joint introductory workshop, which introduces the rules for the writing of diploma theses and on which the supervisors present the themes they lead. Students then choose their supervisors under whose leadership they formulate the preliminary topic of their diploma thesis.
The output of the seminar is annotation of the topic of the diploma thesis, which contains (1) an outline of the theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills necessary for the elaboration of a diploma thesis and (2) an interim plan of study of compulsory elective subjects corresponding to the topic of the diploma thesis.

Learning outcomes

Student will be able to:
- to formulate the basis of the theme of the thesis
- to work with library sources and academic publications
- to create a study plan corresponding to the topic of the thesis

Syllabus

Introduction - the rules of the diploma courses and the schedule of the diploma thesis
2. Presentations of the supervisors'
3. Seminars on using academic and librarian sources
4. Choosing a supervisor, enrollment to seminary group; submission of a brief annotation of the diploma thesis and study plan
5. Signing to the topic of diploma thesis in the IS.

Literature

ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
DVOŘÁKOVÁ-JANŮ, Věra. Jak psát diplomovou práci. 1. vyd. Praha: Česká zemědělská univerzita, 1996, 37 s. +. ISBN 80-213-0229-1. info
SLANÝ, Antonín and Jaroslav NEKUDA. Jak /ne/napsat závěrečnou práci (How to write/ not to write a diploma thesis). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1993, 86 pp. ISBN 80-210-0727-3. info

Teaching methods

seminar, group and individual consultations

Assessment methods

Elaboration and submission of diploma thesis preliminary abstract, choice of a thesis supervisor and signing to the topic of diploma thesis in the IS.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.

Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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