BE_PH_IST Introduction to Study

NEWTON University
winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Benda (seminar tutor)
Anna Plechatá Krausová, DPhil. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ondřej Benda (alternate examiner)
Anna Plechatá Krausová, DPhil. (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 purpose of this course is to inform the students about the study plan of their chosen study programme and about studies at NEWTON University in general, including the various specialisations associated with the study programme, the ECTS based credit system, principles of using the internal information system IS NU, studies evaluation system, practical internships, the student exchange programme Erasmus etc. Large part of the course is dedicated to introducing principles of scientific and academic work to the students, many of whom have no experience with this topic. The students will learn how to write academic and scientific texts, including such skills as choosing the right topics, defining appropriate goals, setting the right concept and structure of the text and choosing the best methodology and designing effective research methods. Another topic studied during this course includes working with bibliographic sources, citations, paraphrases, principles of citation ethics, stylistics, grammar and graphics used in academic texts.
Syllabus
  • Thus the main topics of the course are:
  • 1. University studies, studying at NU: credit system, student work evaluation, information system IS NU
  • 2. Practical internship, student exchange, student care, study support (library, electronic sources)
  • 3. Principles and procedures of academic text writing (topic, purpose, aim, hypotheses and research questions, methodology)
  • 4. Bibliographic citations, citation ethics, citation standards (APA, ISO 690:2010)
  • 5. Academic text processing and editing
  • 6. Academic work presentation and defence
Assessment methods
Ungraded credit: (on campus) minimum attendance at seminars 70%, preparation and defence of a thesis; (online) preparation and defence of a thesis 
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2022, summer 2023, winter 2023, summer 2024, winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (winter 2020, recent)
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