ESF:MPF_ADS1 Diploma seminar 1 - Course Information

MPF_ADS1 Diploma seminar 1

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Luděk Benada, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Petr Smutný, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Bohdana Čechová
Supplier department: Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration

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

• Finance (Eng.) (programme ESF, N-FU)
• Financial Management (Eng.) (programme ESF, N-HPS)

Course objectives

The structure of the course has an individual character based on a particular supervisor of the diploma thesis. Supervisors work with their students individually. It makes the course very flexible. The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with content data and formal requirements for a diploma thesis. At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- formulate a thesis objectives and hypotheses,
- choose appropriate methods of solution,
- formulate conclusions of the diploma thesis and prepare arguments for the defence.

Syllabus

• Seminars:
• 1st week: Introductory seminar dealing with its organization and objectives, importance of diploma thesis, its content and formal essentials, ways of quoting, work with graphic parts of text and tables, criteria for evaluation of diploma thesis, introduction to diploma thesis and its essentials, setting objectives, definition of problem areas as one of most important parts of diploma thesis.
• 2nd week: Methodology. Choice of appropriate methods depending on objectives and subject of diploma thesis. How to succesfully defend diploma thesis. Discussion of examples.
• 3rd week: Diploma thesis defense. How to succesfully defend diploma thesis. What to focus on.
• 4th-12th week – Individual work on setting objectives and stucture of diploma thesis, searching for relevant sources of literature. Continuous consultations of results achieved and partial review of first half of thesis. Consultations on further progress in processing final thesis. Revise of work with literature, further recommendations for completion of work.
• At the end of this period the whole concept of the work should be entirely clear between the student and the tutor of the diploma thesis. Individually, further collection, processing relevant information, its evaluation and follow-up consultations are also possible.
• 13th week – Formulation of introduction to thesis. Recapitulation and summarization of work with sources of literature, consultations and its evaluation. Working out introductory part of thesis.

Literature

• Students Manual at http://www.econ.muni.cz/manuals/

Teaching methods

Individual consultations, literature search, personal presentation.

Assessment methods

The procedure of processing the thesis and participation in the consultations are assessed at the end of the semester. Credits are granted for an active participation not only in the introductory seminar, but also in the individual consultations with the tutor of the diploma thesis and for meeting the conditions defined by the tutor.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• MPF_ADS2 Diploma seminar 2
  MPF_ADS1  

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