BE_PH_BSE Bachelor Seminar

NEWTON University
winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Benda (lecturer)
Jérôme Dumetz, PhD. (alternate examiner)
Marina Purina, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Alexandra Zhereb, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Mgr. Romana Žihlavníková (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ing. Radomír Saliger, Ph.D.
Centre for International Programmes – NEWTON University
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course aims to create conditions for successfully processing the final qualification (bachelor's) thesis. The student is provided with guidelines of theoretical and practical knowledge of the methodological and formal bachelor thesis elaboration. The course discusses the principles of bibliographic sources usage, citations, paraphrases, principles of citation ethics, stylistics, grammatical and graphic processing of professional texts. Students work with real bachelor's theses, the system of evaluation, they learn to identify the strengths and weaknesses of specific theses. Special attention is paid to the bachelor's thesis defense process as a part of the state final examinations of the bachelor's study program.
Syllabus
  • The course includes (apart from the thesis processing technical information following the NEWTON University requirements) six topics: I) Bachelor thesis topic, choice of topic, purpose, and goals defining, thesis contribution. II) Thesis outline, structure, principal parts, and content. Theoretically vs. practically oriented parts of the thesis. III) Methodology and methods. Research questions (and hypotheses). Analytical methods. Research/survey as a part of the thesis. Synthesis, formulation of summary proposals, and final recommendations. IV) Factual and formal bachelor's thesis requirements. Professional text requirements. Stylistics. The NEWTON University Chancellor's Directive: Bachelor's Theses Elaboration Guidelines. Technical aspects of theses elaboration. V) Bibliographic sources processing (citations, paraphrases). Creation of bibliographic references. VI) Bachelor´s thesis evaluation, aspects of evaluation. Bachelor thesis defense.
Assessment methods
Ungraded credit (on campus): minimum attendance at seminars 70%, preparation of a draft assignment for the bachelor thesis, submission of a complete part of the bachelor thesis (about 15 pages) and completion of a group discussion oriented mainly on the formal requirements of the thesis Ungraded credit (online): elaboration of a draft assignment of the bachelor thesis, submission of a complete part of the bachelor thesis (of approx. 15 pages) and completion of a group discussion oriented mainly on the formal requirements of the thesis
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2024.
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