VŠTE:MOP_a Technical Thesis Methodology - Course Information

MOP_a Technical Thesis Methodology

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PaedDr. Mária Vargová, PhD. (lecturer)
PhDr. Radek Soběhart, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Ing. Marek Vochozka, MBA, Ph.D., dr. h.c. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D.
Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MOP_a/A4: Sat 12. 11. 13:05–14:35 E1, 14:50–16:20 E1, 16:30–18:00 E1, Sun 11. 12. 8:00–9:30 E1, 9:40–11:10 E1, R. Soběhart
MOP_a/P01: Tue 13:05–14:35 E1, F. Stellner
MOP_a/P02: Mon 11:25–12:55 E1, F. Stellner

Prerequisites

MAX_KOMBINOVANYCH(243) && MAX_PREZENCNICH(365)
No specific prerequisites.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 608 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/608, only registered: 0/608

Course objectives supported by learning outcomes

The aim of the subject is to acquire knowledge and experience in the field of preparation, elaboration, presentation and defence of students´ work. Graduate of the subject: - is able to define the aim and hypothesis of work and elaborate methodology to its completion - is able to obtain information from information sources in accordance with quotation normative and to analyse it in accordance with stated aims of the work - is able to do synthesis of acquired knowledge and formulate conclusions including suggestion and recommendation - is able to elaborate a presentation, masters the basis of verbal discourse, is able to defend his/her results in front of student audience - applies his/her knowledge of formal layout in the seminar work.

Syllabus

• 1.Introductory information about the subject.
• 2.Selection of the technical text topic.
• 3.Formal technical text editing.
• 4. Working with information systems.
• 5. Working with resources and the literature search.
• 6.Copyright and plagiarism.
• 7.Bibliographic quotations.
• 8. Statement and verification of hypotheses.
• 9.Working methodology.
• 10. Methods of the data acquisition and of the data evaluation.
• 11.Groundwork and principles of the exploratory and creative study.
• 12. The specifics of the individual sorts of technical projects.
• 13. Formal presentation rules.

Literature

required literature
• VOCHOZKA, Marek et al. Metodika odborné práce. 2. dopl. a rozš. vyd. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7468-108-0.
• VOCHOZKA, Marek, Jan VÁCHAL and Pavel ROUSEK. Metodika psaní odborných prací na VŠTE : skripta. 1. vyd. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2012, 165 pp. ISBN 978-80-7468-027-4. info
• STELLNER, František, Metodika odborné práce, České Budějovice, Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích 2015, ISBN 978-80-7648-082-3
• ROUSEK, Pavel. Metodika odborné práce : studijní opora pro kombinované studium. 1. vyd. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích, 2012, 16 pp. ISBN 978-80-87278-75-8. info

recommended literature
• STELLNER, F. a R. SOBĚHART, Metodika odborné práce, opora, 2015. https://is.vstecb.cz/auth/el/5610/zkouska-reakreditaceeko/EKO_0002/index.qwarp
• ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Vyd. 1. Praha: LEDA, 1999. 255 s. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
• VINCENCOVÁ, Eva a TRČKA, Lukáš. Psaní bakalářské práce [CD-ROM]. Vyd. 1. Brno: Sting, 2014. Požadavky na systém: Adobe Acrobat Reader. ISBN 978-80-87482-17-9.
• ŠANDEROVÁ, J. a A. MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách: několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009. 209 s. ISBN 80-86429-40-7.
• GERŠLOVÁ, J. Vádemékum vědecké a odborné práce. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2009. 148 s. ISBN 978-80-7431-002-7.
• CHÝLA, R., 2006. Publish, or perish? Ikaros [online]. 10 (9) [cit. 2014-30-01]. ISSN 1212-5075. Dostupné z: http://ikaros.cz/node/3594.
• DAVIS, Martha, Scientific papers and presentations [online]. Boston 2004 [cit. 2013-09-09]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10179872.
• STELLNER, František and Marek VOKOUN. Internet, social sciences and humanities. Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly. Wien: Springer Verlag, 2014, vol. 24, No 4, p. 492-510. ISSN 1210-3055. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s13374-014-0244-7. URL info

Forms of Teaching

Lecture
Tutorial
Consultation

Teaching Methods

Frontal Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
E-learning

Student Workload

Activities	Number of Hours of Study Workload
	Daily Study	Combined Study
E-learning test	10	10
Presentation	10	10
Preparation for Lectures	12
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial		12
Preparation of the essay	20	20
Attendance on Lectures	26
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion		26
Total:	78	78

Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate

Test – mid-term 30 %
seminar work and presentation 70 %

Exam conditions

Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (winter 2016, recent)
  
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