Passing the study plan

The Bachelor’s thesis is prepared in three consecutive courses starting from the fifth semester of the study. In the course Vd1 Project of Bachelors thesis, every student has to select some topic of their own thesis, read sources to it and write a project consisting of at least 5 standard pages with a planned content, goals and bibliographical data. The text has to be written according to all formal rules of academic papers. In the course Vd2 Seminar on Bachelor’s thesis, the proper text has to be written in its entirety and with the use of new sources cited also in the Bibliography. The first two courses (Vd1 and Vd2) are taught during three contact meetings at the beginning of semester; then individual consultations follow in the rest of both courses as well as in the third course Vd3 Bachelor’s thesis intended only for improvements, corrections and the final submission. Enrollment is possible also during one semester study abroad. Alternatively, it is possible to postpone the whole set of three courses or its part.

All compulsory subjects are also profile core courses of the study program. During the course of the first and second year, the student has to finish a major part of linguistic courses (Vj1, Vj2, Vj3, Vj4, Vu1, Vu4) and other courses related to non-philological areas (Vs1, Vs2, Vs3, Vs4, Vu3) as well as common university base subjects and Practical socio-cultural aspects of Vietnamese Studies (Vu2). The third year is dedicated to advanced courses in lexicology (Vj5), grammar and syntax (Vj6), economy and literature of Vietnam (Vs5, Vs6). The fourth year is planned for a study abroad (Vzahr1) and internship (Vprac1) – it is possible to pass these two courses even during first three years with corresponding postponement of study duties. The courses of practical Vietnamese conversation continue throughout all three years of study (Vk1, Vk2, Vk3, Vk4, Vk5, Vk6) and the sixth semester (Vk6) is finished with a standardized exam on the B1 level according to ERF. The course of Vietnamese conversation continues as a compulsory permanent advanced course (Vk789x). This course is optional only for those who has finished the study with two-semester stays abroad. The course is also a substitution of Vk1 to Vk6 in the case of an early study abroad. The third and fourth year is also dedicated to writing the Bachelor’s thesis and to the remaining elective and optional courses. In particular cases (health problems etc.), the Internship (Vprac1) and Study abroad (Vzahr1) can be replaced by an ongoing course of Vietnamese conversation (Vk789x) with a corresponding higher number of elective or optional courses.

Every student has to finish five analytical tutorials (= 25 credits), which can be selected from the actual offer in Blok 1. Then 45 credits has to be attained in the group of courses in Blok 2, i.e. 70 credits has to be attained together in Bloks 1 and 2. Blok 3 contains the course of Vietnamese conversation (Vk789x) which is compulsory after the sixth semester of Vietnamese conversation (Vk6) or in the case of unability to go study abroad (Vzahr1).

Every student has to finish optional courses with the total number of 15 credits. Every student can choice optional courses from any department of Masaryk University, but following courses related to Vietnamese studies might have the highest priority.