FSS:VPL898 Thesis Methodology - Course Information
VPL898 Thesis Methodology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Sat 30. 9. 9:00–15:30 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- SEMESTR(2) || SOUHLAS
- 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
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
- Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)
- Course objectives
- 1. Students become known with theoretical, methodological and formal expectations of the Department of social policy and social work concerning final works of the students. 2. The second aim of the course is to support students in designing their basic research questions. At the end of the course, students should be able to present their basic research question and to explain how the results of final work should promote solution of the specific problem in practice
- Syllabus
- The course is devoted to the following topics and issues:
- 1. Formal procedure of elaborating final work.
- 2. The design of final work in terms of research methodology.
- 3. Designing text of final work.
- 4. Stating “problem”.
- 5. Designing basic research question.
- Literature
- Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. Edited by Miroslav Disman. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 80-246-0139-7. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and discussion, readings, preparation of tasks, discussion of the tasks with the supervisor.
- Assessment methods
- The course consists in lectures and group consultations on formulating the problem and defining basic research questions in terms of the problem. The course is completed by credit which is preconditioned by handing in the problem statement and the basic research question.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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