Course: Seminar to Methodology of Scientific Work

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Course title Seminar to Methodology of Scientific Work
Course code KHV/SMHNX
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Boček Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The work with scholar primary as well as secondary sources, their analysis, verification, selection, classification, analysis. The work on a written scholar text. The editorial work, reviewing, quoting. The practical application of historical methods. The interdisciplinary approach. The verbal presentation of a chosen historical topic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 39 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 39 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to characterize the basics of the methodology of historical sciences
Skills
to interpret Czech professional text
to interpret English professional text
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe the basic procedures of the historian's work in writing a historical text
to characterize the most important directions of historical research of the 19th and 20th centuries
Skills
to analyze the most important milestones in the development of methodology of historical sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries
to critically reflect and interpret the various directions of historical research in the 19th and 20th centuries
to critically evaluate the role and work of important historians of the 19th and 20th centuries
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar classes
Self-study of literature
Skills
Individual study
Seminar classes
Competences
Seminar classes
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Čmejrková, Světla; Daneš, František; Světlá, Jindra. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha : Leda, 1999. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
  • Dvořáková-Janů, Věra. Jak psát diplomovou práci : určeno pro posluchače PEF. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha : Provozně ekonomická fakulta České zemědělské univerzity, 1999. ISBN 80-213-0494-4.
  • Eco, Umberto. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc : Votobia, 1997. ISBN 80-7198-173-7.
  • Staněk, Jiří; Němejc, Jiří. Metodika zpracování a úprava diplomových (bakalářských) prací. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2005. ISBN 80-7043-363-9.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Modern History (17-4) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer