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AJ59801 Mgr. Thesis Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Robert Hanč (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bonita Rhoads (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies - Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of English and American Studies - Faculty of Arts

Course Enrollment Limitations

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

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)

Course objectives

The course prepares students for writing their final theses. It takes the form of an electronic course. The students work independently in the course, studying the methodology of research, the principles of academic writing, and the formal aspects of writing a thesis. They are asked to submit assignments in an electronic form. The assignments represent preparatory steps to writing the final thesis (delimitation of the topic, compiling working bibliography, collecting material).

Syllabus

• 1.Preliminary thesis proposal.
• 2.Primary materials.
• 3.Secondary materials
• 4.Framing texts with annotations.
• 5.Information bank.
• 6.Final thesis proposal.

Literature

• FOWLER, Henry Ramsey. The little, brown handbook. Edited by Jane E. Aaron - Daniel Anderson. 8th ed. New York: Longman, 2000. xxviii, 96. ISBN 0-321-07507-2. info
• GIBALDI, Joseph. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1999. xviii, 332. ISBN 0-87352-975-8. info
• Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Edited by Zdeněk Šesták. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2000. 204 s. ISBN 80-200-0755-5. info
• ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vyd. 1. Voznice: LEDA, 1999. 255 s. ISBN 80-85927-69-1. info

Teaching methods

The course makes use of the methods of e-learning. Students work independently on assignments listed in the syllabus of the course and upload them into the electronic course. They process primary and secondary sources. The assignments take the form of exercises in reading and critical analysis of scholarly texts, in preparing materials for analysis, in editorial work and in the use different editorial styles.

Assessment methods

A fully on-line course. The credits are awarded for handing in all assignments in the course.

Language in which the course is taught

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

Teacher's information

http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=1

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014.

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