Course detail

Bachelor's Seminar 1

FP-Tbs1PAcad. year: 2011/2012

The subject focuses mainly on the following areas:
professionalism, scientific methodology and creativity, the structure of a bachealor's thesis and formal requirements regarding its arrangement, sources of information and citing of literature, errors during the production of the bachelor's thesis, working hypotheses, methods of solving a problem, presentation of bachelor's theses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. PaedDr. Pavel Korvas, CSc.

Department

Institute of Informatics (ÚI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

After completing this subject, students will be able to define a problem, look up, sort and generalize information, create working hypotheses, look up and use a suitable method for the solution of a given problem, make a defence speech.

Prerequisites

Knowledge and use of basic thought operations.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For the awarding of a classified credit, fulfilment of the following conditions is required:
Submission of sub-papers within set deadlines, submission and presentation of a study for the bachelor's thesis. The classification grade depends on the keeping of the deadline, as well as the completeness and quality of the submitted materials.

Course curriculum

- a professional approach to life and work
- basic thought operations
- methodology of creative work
- searching for and processing information
- formal requirements for a complex written thesis
- quoting of literature
- structure of a model bachelor's thesis
- formal requirements for the bachelor's thesis, and the most frequent errors
- tactics for the defence of one's opinions
- practical presentation of a study for the bachelor's thesis

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main aim of the subject is for students to become acquainted with the methodology of mental work, ways of acquiring, processing and using information, and the formal requirements of the bachelor's thesis. Also, fundamental skills will be acquired during the preparation, processing and presentation of the bachelor's thesis.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Submission of required materials on the announced monitoring days.
Students who are absent have to submit the required materials by an alternative deadline.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN ISO 690 Bibliografické citace. 1996 (CS)
ČSN 01 69010 Úprava písemností psanných strojem nebo zpracovaných textovým editorem. 1997 (CS)
KHAN-PANNI, P. Mluvte k věci. 2002. 129 s. ISBN 80-86517-23-3 (CS)
POKORNÝ, J. Úspěšnost zaručena. Jak efektivně zpracovat a obhájit diplomovou práci. 2004.207 s. ISBN 80-7204-348-X (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MTK , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. PaedDr. Pavel Korvas, CSc.