EUP409 Thesis Writing Seminar

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 14 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Oldřich Krpec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Mgr. Ivo Pospíšil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Věra Stojarová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Zdeněk Sychra, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Prerequisites
The courses is registered by students in the semester, in which they want to submit and defend the Master's diploma thesis, as a part of Final State Exam.
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
Course objectives
The course taken under the superervisor of the Master's thesis guides the student to carry out individual research on concrete topic in the given field of studies, and to present the results of this research in the form of a standard academic text, fulfilling the formal standards (structure, summary, key words, form, citation, bibliography) specified within the field of studies. The successfull graduate of this course is able to formulate relevant research questions and carry out the research on it, and to elaborate an academic text in accordance with the theoretical and methodological standards of the discipline. The student is also ready to defend his/her text.
Syllabus
  • The courses is taught in the form of individual consultation of students with the supervior, conducted during the ongoing work on the thesis.
Literature
  • MURRAY, Rowena. How to write a thesis. 1st ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2004, xi, 290. ISBN 0335207189. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Come si fa una tesi di laurea. 7. ed. Strumenti Bompiani. Milano: Bompiani, 1990, 249 s. ISBN 8845212203. info
  • WATSON, George. Writing a thesis : a guide to long essays and dissertations. London: Longman, 1987, viii, 120. ISBN 0582494656. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on individual consultations conducted between the student and the supervisor.
Assessment methods
The course is taught in the form of individual consultations with the supervisor of the thesis. It is completed by a pass/non-pass grade (credit). The successfull completion of the course depends on the submission of the Master's thesis in time and in accordance with the original topic and the formal and content requirements in the given field of study.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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