ESF:BPV_BCTH Bachelor’s Thesis Assignment - Course Information

BPV_BCTH Bachelor’s Thesis Assignment

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration (50,00 %), Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration (50,00 %)

Prerequisites

SEMESTR(4)
There are no prerequisites applied in this course.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Economics and Public Policy (programme ESF, B-EPP)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to help students with preparation of their final thesis. The course is organized as a combination of group and then individual consultations. The course should help students with preparation of their bachelor thesis project. It relies especially on instructions given to students by their tutors.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- explain and discuss aims, methodology and work plan of their bachelor thesis
- present and explain theory and concepts they intend to use for their bachelor thesis.

Syllabus

• How to prepare a bachelor thesis project?
• What literature sources you can use?
• Whot methods can be used?
• How to submit the project?
• How to defend the project?
• Individual consultations for a detailed objective setting, thesis structure and methodics for a particular student's thesis will rely especialy on interactions between the student and his/her tutor. The tutor is required to give students credit at the end of the course. This can be done only in the case students have been actively consulting their tutor about their thesis proposal and the tutor is sure that the student has a clear project regarding his/her thesis.

Literature

required literature
• Instructions prepared for the course and other sources available on the internet
• Hendren, K. et al. (2023). How qualitative research methods can be leveraged to strengthen mixed methods research in public policy and public administration? Public Administration Review, 83(3), 468-485.

recommended literature
• MCNABB, David E. Research methods in public administration and nonprofit management. Fourth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, xxxiv, 541. ISBN 9781138743809. info
• THIEL, Sandra van. Research methods in public administration and public management : an introduction. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, xii, 195. ISBN 9780415655811. info

Teaching methods

The course relies especially on individual meetings organized for students by their tutors. During these meetings students should be guided by their tutors with regards to the topic and research method. Students are therefore required to contact tutors of their topic as soon as they register for the topic of their thesis in IS.MUNI.

Assessment methods

There are two requirements students have to fulfill:
(1) active attendance at both group and individual consultations;
(2) measurable progress in preparation of their bachelor thesis project
(3) presentation of the bachelor thesis project
(4) submission of the final version of the bachelor thesis project

Náhradní absolvování

In the case a student is attending an internship abroad, he/she is still required to consult his/her tutor regarding requirements on passing the course.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BPV_BCS1 Bachelor's seminar 1
  BPV_BCTH  

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