Course: PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAMS AND DEFENCE OF THE MASTERS THESIS

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Course title PREPARATION FOR THE FINAL EXAMS AND DEFENCE OF THE MASTERS THESIS
Course code KHI/PSD
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrubá Michaela, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics of the seminar: 1. Characteristics of a Bachelor thesis, good and bad examples. 2. Introduction of individual topics of the students (topic, sources, literature, methodology, dividing of the paper) 3. Preparation for the Final Exam - character of the topics, recommended literature 4. Preparation of the Bachelor thesis 5. Practical training of the defence, evaluation

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
In this course the student will get tuition in the final period of writing Master's Thesis, discussion about the topics of single Master's topics and examination which should help to create optimal conditions for writing a good thesis. The students will present their methodology, running results and the outcome of the thesis. Another important part of the seminar is preparation for the defence. The course will also support preparing for the state exam in single subject, including consultation of topics for Final Exam and the recommended literature for the exam. Last lectures will prepare the defence of the thesis, when the students will present their work (source, research purpose, results, etc.). As we are trying to give the students space for writing the thesis, the course is accumulated into five blocks, the rest of the course are individual consultations and preparation of the thesis.
The student will be able to present and defend his approach and methodology of the elaboration of given topic, show ability to present his results and defend them in discussion. The student will be prepared to defend his Master's Thesis in front of the committee and to present the assigned topic at the Final Exam.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active approach to the presentation part of the course, presentation of the parts of the thesis (objective of the thesis, research questions, research work for the Master's thesis of the same topic as the Bachelor thesis).
Recommended literature


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