DU2201 Thesis Seminar II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marta Filipová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (seminar tutor)
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Kesner, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Kroupa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Radka Nokkala Miltová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Suchánek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DU2200 Thesis Seminar I || DU2661 Thesis Seminar I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course is focused on the preparation of an advanced provisional version of the masters's thesis by a student through regular consultations with the thesis supervisor. The frequency of these consultations depends on the needs of the student and takes into account the level of student's progress. I this course, an advanced provisional version of a masters's thesis means a thesis that is practically completed regarding the content but requires further minor modifications based on the supervisor's feedback or partial formal corrections and final proofreading. Based on supervisor's feedback, a final version of the masters's thesis is prepared and later submitted as an outcome of the follow-up course DU2203 (Master diploma thesis).
Learning outcomes
After the successful completion of this course, a student:
- will be able to compose an academic text in the form of masters's thesis;
- will be able reflect the supervisor's feedback and recommendations and incorporate them in a final version of masters's thesis;
- will be able to find a suitable citation system and use it consistently and correctly throughout the masters's thesis;
- will be able to prepare a text of masters's thesis that will meet all the requirements obligatory for the academic texts in humanities and social sciences.
Syllabus
  • Individual consultations with the thesis supervisor; work on the preparation of an advanced provisional version of master's thesis.
Literature
    required literature
  • KUBÁTOVÁ, Helena and Dušan ŠIMEK. Od abstraktu do závěrečné práce : jak napsat diplomovou práci ve společenskovědních a humanitních oborech : praktická příručka. 4., přeprac. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007, 90 s. ISBN 9788024415895. info
  • POKORNÝ, Jiří. Úspěšnost zaručena : jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004, 207 s. ISBN 807204348X. info
    recommended literature
  • ECO, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Translated by Ivan Seidl. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 8071981737. info
Teaching methods
Individual work of the student on the preparation of an advanced provisional version of master's thesis in close collaboration with the thesis supervisor; reaction to an expert feedback from the supervisor and finalization of the text according to all formal requirements mandatory for master's thesis.
Assessment methods
Colloquium is awarded by the course coordinator after the consultation with a particulat thesis supervisor.
Conditions for the successful completion of the course:
- The timely submission of an advanced provisional version of master's thesis and its acceptance by the thesis supervisor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms 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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