VŠTE:MOP_a Technical Thesis Methodology - Course Information
MOP_a Technical Thesis Methodology
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicewinter 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Radek Soběhart, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Marek Vokoun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D.
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MOP_a/A6: Sun 30. 9. 12:10–12:55 E1, 13:05–14:35 E1, 14:50–16:20 E1, Sun 14. 10. 8:00–9:30 E1, 9:40–11:10 E1, 11:25–12:10 E1, R. Soběhart
MOP_a/P01: Wed 13:05–14:35 E1, M. Vokoun - Prerequisites
- No specific prerequisites.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- 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.
- Learning outcomes
- The graduate of the course
can define the objectives and hypotheses of the paper
can choose and process methodology for the completion of the thesis
can obtain information from information sources in accordance with a referencing style
can analyze information (data) in accordance with the thesis' objectives
can synthesize obtained knowledge
can draw conclusions including recommendations and suggestions can prepare a presentation
masters the basics of verbal communication
can defend his/her results in front of an auditorium full of students
can apply his/her knowledge about formal requirements in the seminar paper. - 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.
- recommended literature
- PAULOVČÁKOVÁ, Lucie a kol. Jak vypracovat bakalářskou a diplomovou práci. Šesté aktualizované vydání. Praha: Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského Praha, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7452-106-5.
- 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.
- DAVIS, Martha, Scientific papers and presentations [online]. Boston 2004 [cit. 2013-09-09]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10179872.
- 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.
- KAPOUNOVÁ, Jana a KAPOUN, Pavel. Bakalářská a diplomová práce: od zadání po obhajobu. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0079-8.
- 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 2018, recent)
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