Course detail

Doctoral seminar V (PST)

FAST-DH05Acad. year: 2009/2010

Students continuously process the newest knowledge relating to the issue of a chosen topic in building construction. They gradually finish their work in terms of simulations or experiments that they have done within the dissertation thesis. Students are expected to regularly take part in home or foreign conferences, congresses, conventions etc. in order to obtain the newest information, make new contacts and gain experience how to present results of their work. Students will be supervised to productively collaborate with the building practise and research institutions and will participate in solving partial issues of research-development projects. Students can gain preconditions for drawing up a thesis and its defence by means of accomplishment of the seminars and by synthesis of gained knowledge and the own results of their work.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge at the level of a graduate student of building construction study programme.
Experience is an advantage.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. – 13. Week:
Drawing up the theoretical part of the thesis. Support of a second year PhD student of similar research background, carrying out of experiments and/or simulations. Publications. Attendance at conferences, congresses etc. Submission of the final project report.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

In these doctoral seminars, guided by a supervisor, students fill in and deepen more knowledge of the theory and technical information from the selected areas of issues that are closely relating to the selected topic and technical aims of the future dissertation thesis. On the basis of an analysis of gained knowledge and skills they carry out experiments, evaluate and process their own gained outcomes. Students prepare theoretically defendable conclusions that will be formulated and presented to the expert public. In the final phase of the study students are provided with real conditions for working their thesis up which brings new information in a discipline of their interest.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme D-P-C-SI (N) Doctoral

    branch PST , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme D-K-C-SI (N) Doctoral

    branch PST , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

78 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer