ESF:BPV_BAS1 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 1 - Course Information

BPV_BAS1 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 1

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Vladimír Hyánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. František Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Špalek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Jana Godarová, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. Mgr. Jiří Špalek, Ph.D.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Jana Biskupová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable of Seminar Groups

BPV_BAS1/01: Mon 9:20–11:00 P103, V. Hyánek, F. Svoboda, J. Špalek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(! PVBAS Bachelor Thesis Seminar )

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

• Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS)

Course objectives

The course is organized as a combination of group and then individual consultations. At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- formulate thesis objectives properly;
- set proper working hypotheses;
- choose relevant methods to work up the thesis;
- choose information sources;
- generalize acquired pieces of knowledge;
- present the thesis as well as its contribution.

Syllabus

• - Main contentual and formal requirements imposed on thesis elaboration.
• - Main criteria for thesis evaluation.
• - Most frequent problems connected with thesis elaboration and defending.
• - Citations, sources research, ethics, plagiatorism.
• - Individual consultations for a detailed objective setting, thesis structure and methodics for a particular student's thesis.

Literature

• SLANÝ, Antonín and Jaroslav NEKUDA. Moderní informační zdroje diplomových a doktorských prací v oblasti sociálně-ekonomických věd. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 117 pp. ISBN 80-210-2646-4. info
• NEKUDA, Jaroslav and Antonín SLANÝ. O metodice zpracování bakalářských a diplomových prací v ekonomických oborech a vhodných informačních zdrojích. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 97 s. ISBN 8021014466. info

Teaching methods

The lessons consist of the presentations of the scientific and research methods, case studies of the selected thesis (“good practice” examples), class discussions and individual consultations.

Assessment methods

There are two requirements students have to fulfill:
(1) active attendance at both group and individual consultations;
(2) measurable progress in the text of a thesis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Pouze 1. a 2. týden. Dále průběžné konzultace s vedoucím práce. Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PVBAS.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BPV_BAS2 Bachelor Thesis Seminar 2
  BPV_BAS1||BPF_BAS1  

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