PřF:Z0018H Diploma Thesis Seminar 2 (HG) - Course Information

Z0018H Diploma Thesis Seminar 2 - Human Geography

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc.

Timetable

Tue 13:00–14:50 Z5,02004

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Z0017H Diploma Thesis Seminar 1 (HG) || Z0017A Diploma Thesis Seminar 1 (AG)

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

• Applied Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Regional Geography and Regional Planning)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Socio-Economic Geography)
• Regional Geography and Regional Planning (programme PřF, N-GK)
• Social Geography and Regional Development (programme PřF, N-GK)
• Social Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)

Course objectives

Students will be provided with a programme of study to improve and enhance their presentation skills and so improve their career prospects. It will encapsulate written presentations using text and graphics, oral presentations and so will be valuable for diploma presentations, curriculum vitae writing, job interviews, report writing and marketing ideas and products.

Syllabus

• Oral presentation
• a) Structure of lecture
• b) Instruments for the presentation
• c) Examination of the presentation
• d) Most frequent mistakes
• Diploma/Master thesis
• a) Contentual part of D/MT (literary resources and their processing)
• b) Formal part D/MT (structure, text processing)
• ba) Processing and interpretation of gained results, tables, schemes, graphs, photographs, appendixes
• c) Most frequent mistakes in separate of parts D/MT
• Research and Presentation
• a) Planning your research.
• b) Grant application - sorts of grants, structure, most frequent mistakes
• c) Poster - structure, preparation, presentation, mistakes
• d) Paper - structure, most frequent mistakes
• Preparing to find your first job
• a) The application form
• Practical exercises

Literature

• KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
• MEŠKO, Dušan, Dušan KATUŠČÁK and Ján FINDRA. Akademická příručka. České, upr. vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006, 481 s. ISBN 8080632197. info

Teaching methods

The Basic Teaching methods are class discussion above the Development of Objectives of Diploma Thesis and Presentations of own homeworks

Assessment methods

The condition for a successful finishing of the course is 80% attendance in the seminars. Participation in the discussion, homeworks, individual oral presentations of the master thesis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
  
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