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Bachelor’s Project I - Biology - MB100BP6E
Title: Bachelor’s Project I - Biology
Czech title: Bakalářský projekt I - biologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Cell Biology (31-151)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/3, C [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Belongs to the student work of type: bakalářská práce
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Jan Černý, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Jan Černý, Ph.D.
Is co-requisite for: MB100BP7E
Annotation
Bachelor’s Project I and II - Biology, Chemistry, Physics
MB100BP7E MB100BP6E NFPL301 NFPL804 MC260DP6A MC260DP6B

Bachelor projects serve as a demonstration of the student's ability to formulate scientific questions, design and execute experiments, analyses, theory or calculations, and interpret findings critically. The work must show independence, intellectual rigor, and originality.

Formal Requirements
Length ~30 standard pages, excluding references and supplements. Supplements such as raw datasets, protocols, codes, large tables, etc. may be included and must be referenced within the text.

Suggested Structure
Abstract (~2000 characters)
Introduction (~8 pages): Background, hypothesis, and relevance
Methodology (~8 pages): Experimental design, analytical or numerical approach, methods, theory
Results (~8 pages): Data presentation and analysis
Discussion (~5 pages): Interpretation, limitations, alternative explanations
Novelty and Significance (~1 page): What is new and why it matters
References: ~20 relevant references

Scientific criteria:
The thesis should pose an original and clearly defined scientific question or hypothesis, be grounded in authentic work carried out by the student, demonstrate logical coherence between aims, methods, and conclusions, include careful interpretation and recognition of limitations, present a scientifically significant and novel contribution.

Evaluation criteria:
Originality and scientific novelty
Depth of understanding
Adequacy of methodology
Quality and reproducibility of results
Soundness of discussion and interpretation
Relevance and quality of used literature
Coherence and writing style
Justification of significance to science and/or society

Supervision and submission
Each student has a supervisor. Supervisors may advise, but the intellectual and practical work must be done by student.
Final submission must include a signed statement confirming the originality of work.
Last update: Šebková Nataša, RNDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Literature

Specific for each particular Bachelor’s project

Last update: Půta František, doc. RNDr., CSc. (17.02.2022)
Requirements to the exam

Students activity and independence is evaluated by the research advisor

Last update: Půta František, doc. RNDr., CSc. (17.02.2022)
 
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