MOP_a Technical Thesis Methodology

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2017
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)
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/A5: Sun 12. 11. 8:00–9:30 E1, 9:40–11:10 E1, 11:25–12:55 E1, Sat 9. 12. 14:50–16:20 E1, 16:30–18:00 E1, R. Soběhart
MOP_a/P01: Mon 14:50–16:20 E1, F. Stellner
Prerequisites
MAX_KOMBINOVANYCH(500) && MAX_PREZENCNICH(499)
No specific prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 999 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/999, only registered: 0/999
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
  • GERŠLOVÁ, J. Vádemékum vědecké a odborné práce. 1. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2009. 148 s. ISBN 978-80-7431-002-7.
  • DAVIS, Martha, Scientific papers and presentations [online]. Boston 2004 [cit. 2013-09-09]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10179872.
  • CHÝLA, R., 2006. Publish, or perish? Ikaros [online]. 10 (9) [cit. 2014-30-01]. ISSN 1212-5075. Dostupné z: http://ikaros.cz/node/3594.
  • 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.
  • STELLNER, F. a R. SOBĚHART, Metodika odborné práce, opora, 2015. https://is.vstecb.cz/auth/el/5610/zkouska-reakreditaceeko/EKO_0002/index.qwarp
  • 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.
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Vyd. 1. Praha: LEDA, 1999. 255 s. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
  • 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
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
E-learning test1010
Presentation1010
Preparation for Lectures12 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 12
Preparation of the essay2020
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 26
Total:7878
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Winter 2010, summer 2011, winter 2011, summer 2012, winter 2012, summer 2013, winter 2013, summer 2014, winter 2014, summer 2015, winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, summer 2018, winter 2018, winter 2019, winter 2020, summer 2021, summer 2022.
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