FSS:IREb1003 Academic Skills - Course Information
IREb1003 Academic Skills
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Martin Jirušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lukáš Lehotský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anežka Konvalinová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 16:00–17:40 P24a
- Prerequisites
- ! IRE103 Academic Skills && ! NOW ( IRE103 Academic Skills )
This course has no prerequisities. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/40, only registered: 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- International Relations and European Politics (programme FSS, B-IREP) (2)
- International Relations and European Politics (Eng.) (programme FSS, B-MS)
- Course objectives
- This course is meant to instruct and empower students in the skills necessary for success in the academic field as well as their future careers.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion, students will be able to - work with texts, explain the main goal, arguments, weaknesses, and strengths of the given study matter (orally and in a written form) - differentiate individual academic genres and use them in the correct context - present findings, opinions - communicate with their peers - give feedback - build an argument
- Syllabus
- The course focuses on the following: 1) Academic Genres 2) Preparing a paper 3) Designing a research 4) Referencing 5) Argumentation skills 6) presentation skills
- Literature
- SILVERMAN, David. Doing qualitative research. 6e. Los Angeles: Sage, 2022, xxi,631 st. ISBN 9781529769005. info
- PUNCH, Keith. Developing effective research proposals. 3rd edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016, 186 stran. ISBN 9781473916388. info
- CRASWELL, Gail. Writing for academic success : a postgraduate guide. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2012, xi, 248. ISBN 9780857029287. info
- A student's guide to presentationsmaking your presentation count. Edited by Barbara Chivers - Michael Shoolbred. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2007, x, 166 p. ISBN 9780761943693. info
- MCWHORTER, Kathleen T. Academic reading. 6th ed. New York, NY: Pearson/Longman, 2007, xxxii, 512. ISBN 0321364791. info
- Teaching methods
- - lectures - in-class discussions - group work - presentations - position paper - test
- Assessment methods
- Position paper Review Exam
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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