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KHI / RP2
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KHI
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RP2
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Research Project 2
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
1
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
1
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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1 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to develop students' knowledge and research skills in the scholarly fields which they are interested in and within which they would like to write their master thesis. In order to achieve this, the course consists of several course components focused on general academic skills as well as on particular scholarly topics that students choose. The fields that are generally popular among Euroculture students might include transcultural studies, gender and women studies, Middle Eastern politics (with emphasis on Turkey), sociology of migration, international relations and diplomacy, visual culture and propaganda, memory studies and many more.
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Requirements on student
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- Class participation;
- A presentation in the class related to the historical context of the topic (10-15 minutes);
- Studying the readings for the individual sessions with the tutor;
- Cooperation with the tutor on the given research;
- An academic outcome based on students' own research, either in a form of written task (e.g. a literature review, research proposal etc.), or in a form of presentation - to be specified with the tutor.
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Content
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The course consists of several components focused on general academic skills as well as on particular scholarly topics that are chosen according to the students' research interests.
Academic skills part includes:
- researching bibliographical databases, working with sources;
- preparation of academic presentation on a scholarly topic: defining the topic, building-up a structure, researching sources, writing the presentation itself.
Scholarly part includes:
The topics are chosen according to the scholarly interests of the students.
- 3 face-to-face sessions with a specialist in the field;
- an academic outcome based on students' own research;
- a presentation on the historical dimension of the topic.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Guarantors:
Mgr. Hana Ferencová, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Jitka Kohoutová, Ph.D. (100%),
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Lecturer:
Mgr. Hana Ferencová, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Jitka Kohoutová, Ph.D. (100%),
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Seminar lecturer:
Mgr. Hana Ferencová, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Jitka Kohoutová, Ph.D. (100%),
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Literature
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Recommended:
Kate L. Turabian - Wayne C. Booth et. al. (2007). A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations. Chicago.
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Recommended:
Susan M. Reinhart. (2013). Giving Academic Presentation. Ann Arbour.
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Recommended:
Umberto Eco. (2015). How to Write a Thesis. Cambridge, Mass.
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Recommended:
Diana Hopkins - Tom Reid. (2018). The Academic Skills Handbook. London.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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Full-time form of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Attendace
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10
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Semestral Work
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85
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Homework for Teaching
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30
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Total
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125
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
Students should be able to formulate their research interests and are expected to submit their Thesis proposal to the Euroculture consortium at the beginning of the semester. |
Competences acquired |
Students broaden their knowledge in the fields of their research interests (current research issues and methods, sources etc.) and develop specific academic skills as researching and working with sources, preparing academic presentation etc. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
- Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Group work
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Assessment methods |
- Mark
- Student performance
- Analysis of linguistic
- Final project
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