Course: Diploma Seminar 1

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Course title Diploma Seminar 1
Course code KFI/DPS1H
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kastnerová Martina, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Dostálová Ludmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Blahutková Daniela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The student completes a block course on the methodology of professional humanities work. Stylistic and formal side of a professional text; specifics of professional texts; relevant vs. irrelevant literature; types of resources; work with resources: printed, internet; literature searches (library catalogs, electronic databases); abstract, annotation, outline; active vs. effective reading of professional texts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 42 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic specifics of philosophical knowledge
to prove the basic knowledge of western culture and history
to characterize basic methods of scientific science discourse
to define the basic characteristics of professional style
Skills
to formulate own ideas in a stylistically cultivated and grammatically correct way
to use the basic principles of scientific work
to apply general methods of interpretation characteristic of philosophical discourse
to use basic relevant technical terminology
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to enumerate and describe humanities including their specifics
to interpret and understand with reading scientific and philosophical texts
to classify founding sources (relevant vs. irrelevant, primary vs. secondary)
to enumerate and define perspectives and methods of processing
to identify argumentative fouls
Skills
to communicate in a sophisticated way in the academic environment
to find and to select appropriate literature on a given topic, to use a bibliographic standard
to structure and to write a scholarly text
to prepare a powerpoint presentation as well as a handout
to discuss a topic in a rational and cultivated way
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Multimedia supported teaching
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Seminar
Practicum
Field trip
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Discussion
Individual study
Competences
Seminar
Practicum
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Continuous assessment
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Kolokvium
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Agassi, Joseph; Meidan, Abraham. Beg to Differ: The Logic of Disputes and Argumentation. Switzerland: Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-33306-9.
  • Čmejrková, Světla; Daneš, František; Světlá, Jindra. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha : Leda, 1999. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
  • Murgaš, Jaromír. Základy interpretace filozofických textů I: Interpretace k osvojení obsahu textů. Plzeň: Vydavatelství Západočeské univerzity v Plzni, 2011. ISBN 978-80-261-0034-8.
  • Sgall, Petr; Panevová, Jarmila. Jak psát a nepsat česky: naše čeština a naše nešvary. Praha: Karolinum, 2014. ISBN 978-80-246-2505-8.
  • Schopenhauer, Arthur. Eristická dialektika, čili, Umění dostati v každé debatě za pravdu. Praha: Portál, 2019. ISBN 978-80-262-1529-5.
  • Šanderová, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429.
  • Šesták, Zdeněk. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Praha : Academia, 1999. ISBN 80-200-0755-5.


Study plans that include the course
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