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POL745 Diploma Seminar for Bachelor Thesis

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Bastl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Dufek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Roman Chytilek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Josef Smolík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Věra Stojarová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Šmíd, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Supervisor

doc. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Division of Politology - Department of Political Science - Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Petříková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Division of Politology - Department of Political Science - Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites

Students enrol this course in their last intended term before they sit for final exam. Defence of the thesis is a part of the exam.

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

there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The student’s task is to conduct an independent research under the guidance of their supervisor in the field of their study. Results of this research are then to be analyzed and presented as an academic text, in the length and formal standards common in their field (incl. structure of the thesis, abstract, key words, format, citation standard and list of references and bibliography). Graduates of this course will then be able to define a specific research topic in their field, independently conduct a research and analyze collected data to compose academic text meeting the theoretical, methodological and formal standards in their field. Students are also ready to defend their thesis.

Syllabus

• The course has the form of individual consultations with the supervisor in all stages of thesis completion.

Literature

• ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
• Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce :jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. Edited by Helena Kubátová - Dušan Šimek. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007. 90 s. ISBN 978-80-244-1589-5. info
• POKORNÝ, Jiří. Úspěšnost zaručena :jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004. 207 s. ;. ISBN 80-7204-348-X. info

Assessment methods

This course takes the form of individual consultations of students’ theses with their supervisors. It concludes with a credit granted by the supervisor upon the condition that the student submits their final thesis in time. The thesis needs to meet the terms set in the assignment and comply with formal requirements and standards in the respective field of research.

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrollment limitations: Zapisují si studenti, kteří chtějí v daném semestru předložit bakalářskou práci.Za seminář lze získat ECTS pouze jednou (i když je navštěvovín déle než jeden semestr).ECTS se započítávají po převzetí práce katedrou k obhajobě bez ohledu na její výsledek.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, 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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