RLDTD PhD Thesis Summary

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( RLDP PhD Thesis )
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
In this course the student prepares a detailed summary of his/her dissertation and consults the supervisor about this summary. Upon the supervisor’s approval, the student submits ten printed copies of the summary to the Study Department together with the printed copies of the dissertation. At the same time, the student submits an electronic version of the summary in the Homework Vault of the course.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
  • formulate the core theses of the dissertation;
  • write a concise and clear summary of a long academic text.
    • Syllabus
    • Writing up the dissertation summary.
    • Filling in all parts of the form of the dissertation summary.
    • Corrections of the summary.
    • Consultation of the summary with the supervisor.
    • Submission of the summary.
    Literature
      required literature
    • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
      recommended literature
    • MACGILCHRIST, Felicitas. Academic writing. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2014, 190 stran. ISBN 9783825240875. info
    Teaching methods
    Consultations with the supervisor.
    Assessment methods
    Students submit a detailed ten-pages (A5) summary which has to meet the formal and quality requirements explained in the Doctoral Study Manual published at the website of the Department for the Study of Religions. This summary is evaluated by the supervisor (100 percent of the course evaluation).
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Study Materials
    The course is taught each semester.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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