PERb1016 Academic Skills

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B) && ! SPRb1155 Information Literacy
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of the formal requirements of academic writing, which relate in particular to working with academic sources, citation standards, and plagiarism, including the use of AI technologies.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to effectively use different types of sources for academic work, cite these sources correctly, and distinguish between different citation standards.
Syllabus
  • Introduction and organization of the course
  • Citation and plagiarism
  • Types of journals and electronic information sources
  • Citation and note-taking software
  • Structure of argumentation in written text I: theory
  • Construction of argumentation in written text II: reflection of practice
Literature
    required literature
  • Hopkins, D., & Reid, T. (2018). The academic skills handbook: Your guide to success in writing, thinking and communicating at university. Sage.
  • van der Gaast, K., Koenders, L., & Post, G. (2019). Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies: Revised Edition. Amsterdam University Press. https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/1165618/mod_resource/content/1/KoenvanderGaastLaura_2019_AcademicSkillsforI
Teaching methods
Block interactive teaching, self-study
Assessment methods
Independent performance of continuously assigned tasks
Language of instruction
Czech
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