PMCb1014 Bachelor thesis seminar I.

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Alena Macková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Seminar Bachelor thesis I is the first of two obligatory courses related to the work on bachelor thesis. The course aims to offer knowledge and skills necessary for successful completion of the design of the thesis. At the end of the course students should finish prepare a research proposal including formulation of research questions and/or hypotheses, finding and discussing relevant sources and data related to the topic of the thesis and getting familiar with the methods and techniques suitable for conducting of the thesis related research.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to: design a bachelor thesis project; analyze current scientific knowledge and identify a research gap in the chosen area; to formulate the aim of the thesis and the methods necessary to fulfil it; apply knowledge and skills from previous studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Choice of a supervisor.
  • 2. Tentative selection of a topic.
  • 3. Identification of a research gap.
  • 4. Detailed discussion of state of the art.
  • 5. Data and methods selection.
  • 6. Designing the structure of the thesis.
  • 7. Submitting the bachelor thesis project.
Literature
    required literature
  • Punch, K. F. (2013). Introduction to social research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2017). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
  • Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., Colomb, G. G., Williams, J. M. (2003). The craft of research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Teaching methods
The student participates in individual consultations with the supervisor in all stages of thesis design preparation. Reading of the existing literature related to the topic of the thesis as well as of the literature on research design.
Assessment methods
This course takes the form of individual consultations of students’ theses proposals with their supervisors. It concludes with a credit granted by the supervisor on the basis of the evaluation of the work during the semester and the final version of the research design The course can be successfully passed in the regular term after the text was uploaded in the IS. In case it is uploaded after this deadline (or by the end of the examination period by latest), the course can be passed in the resit.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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