Course detail

Masters' Thesis Seminar 4

FaVU-2-D-DipS4Acad. year: 2024/2025

Diploma seminar 4 is the basis for the development of the textual part of the diploma thesis documentation. The tutors (consultants and advisors) guide the students to articulate the basic outline of the text, its subsequent development; to work effectively with sources and to follow the principles of professional work with the text.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Masters' Thesis Seminars 1 to 3. 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The condition for granting credit is the submission of a completed text that contains the required content components and meets the requirements of substantive and formal correctness.

 

Participation in introductory lectures and subsequent individual consultations is mandatory.

Aims

The aim of the seminar is the creation of the text part of the final thesis documentation.

 

Students write the textual part of the documentation of the final thesis, which in its scope and complexity corresponds to the importance of the final output of the master's study. The scope of the text part of the diploma thesis should be approximately 15 to 20 thousand characters. The text part of the DZP usually includes: Brief annotation; motivational introduction (justification of the choice of the given assignment; sources of inspiration, etc.); defining the goal of the work, event. its practical benefit; basic description of the work / set of works / project; placing the work in the context of artistic / design practice, or comparison with the previous solution of a related issue; possible placement of the work in the context of art theory or visual theory; evaluation of the achieved results with regard to the set goals, or indicating possibilities or incentives for further work. On the formal side, the text part of the DZP is a continuous text that must meet the criteria of linguistic (grammatical and stylistic) correctness. It does not necessarily have to take the form of a professional text (if it contains a bibliography and notes, these should be subject to the citation and bibliographic standard), however, factual correctness and accuracy are required.

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Wolfgang Iser, Jak se dělá teorie, Praha 2009
Aleš Richter, Co je dobré vědět o psaní diplomové či disertační práce, Liberec 2008
Umberto Eco, Jak napsat diplomovou práci, Praha 1977, on-line: https://www.hks.re/wiki/_media/0:umberto-eco---jak-napsat-diplomovou-praci.pdf

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DES_M Master's, 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Diploma seminar

24 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Familiarization of students with the requirements for the content and form of the text part of the diploma thesis documentation.

2. Presentation/repetition of the rules for working with a professional text.

3. Individual consultation aimed at formulating the outline on which the text will be built.

4. Individual consultations focused on the selection of sources, working with them and on writing the text itself.