UCJADIS1 Master's Thesis Seminar

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Master's Thesis Seminar deals with general methodology of writing a dissertation and focuses on the specific problems connected with the topic of the thesis. For that very reason the topics to be discussed vary for each student and topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Choosing the topic
    2. Primary and Secondary Sources
    3. Citations, Paraphrases, Plagiarism
    4. Databases and Other Research Tools
    5. Introduction to academic writing: Text Coherence, Argumentation
    6. Introduction to academic writing: Style
    7. Thesis organization and structure
    8. Writing an abstract
    9. Formatting the Bachelor 's Thesis 1
    10. Formatting the Bachelor's Thesis 2
    11. Presentation of the thesis results
    12. Evaluation of the Thesis
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Active participation and dialogic lecture (discussion, dialogue, brainstorming etc.). Presentation of the thesis overview.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014.
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