PVDZK Doctoral State Examination

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: SDzk (final examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dalibor Havel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Sviták, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dalibor Havel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The course is taken in the 6th semester.
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 final state examination is to demonstrate the doctoral student’s ability to critically, independently, and on a high specialist level address the specialist questions they are assigned (by means of 3 reports), to react in discussion and argue factually, to use his/her knowledge of literature and other sources in a specialist debate, and to demonstrate the doctoral student’s excellent factual and methodological knowledge.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the exam, the student will have detailed knowledge of the auxiliary historical sciences in the context of the historical sciences and will be able to apply it in his/her own research and study.
Syllabus
  • The exam consists of three parts, namely, a) from the broader scientific perspective, where the doctoral student demonstrates their knowledge of history and the history of administration, b) from the auxiliary historical sciences and c) from his/her own specialization. A discussion is also conducted on two of the three reports prepared by the doctoral student. A condition for a successful outcome in all parts of the exam is the student’s ability to give an overview of the current state of development of the individual disciplines and his/her knowledge of the latest literature.
Literature
  • Literature contained in the bibliography of the reports prepared by the doctoral student.
Teaching methods
In the form of self-study, the student prepares for the topics of reports (i.e. specialist texts with a scientific critical apparatus of at least 20 standard pages per report), which are set by the supervisor in agreement with the chairman of the Programme Board.
Assessment methods
The examination committee evaluates the doctoral student’s ability to critically, independently, and on a high specialist level discuss the assigned specialist questions (by means of 2 of the 3 reports), their ability to respond to questions and controversial topics put forward by committee members, their ability to present substantiated arguments, use knowledge of literature and other sources, and also the doctoral student’s factual and methodological knowledge.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, 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, 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.
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