Humanities Exam - YBAJSZ02

• Title: Humanities Exam
• Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 0
• Hours per week, examination: 0/0, STEX [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: Ludmila Maria Dobrovolná Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D.
• Class: Courses unavailable to incoming students

Annotation

The Humanities Exam is designed to let the students creatively and interdisciplinary present the problem of their academic interest. It assumes the students' ability to combine, compare and use the knowledge acquired by taking the core theoretical courses and the compulsory elective courses. The exam is in a form of a presentation, prepared by students in advance that should demonstrate the ability to work in the various fields they have been exposed to while studying Liberal Arts and Humanities.

Last update: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (17.12.2024)

Syllabus

The presentation should concern a problem of students’ academic interest (i.e. the one students pursue in their B.A. theses) but to be presented form a different angle of Liberal Arts and Humanities field.

EXAMPLES:

A student writing a thesis within sociology on unemployment should present an interpretation from the field of for instance: history of labour or psychology of work.

A student writing a thesis in moral philosophy would prepare an account of developmental psychology.

It is recommended to consult the topic in advance with the thesis supervisor, the lecturers in the relevant fields or the programme supervisor Dr. Dobrovolná Wladyniak.

Three days prior to the state examination: students will submit a presentation file in a standard format (e.g. *.ppt) and separately a list of the literature used to prepare the presentation. The list of literature should include at least 5 relevant titles (books or articles).  The presentation and the list of literature are to be submitted by email to the secretary of the study programme.

During the exam: the oral presentation should not exceed 15 minutes. It is recommended not to exceed the given time of fifteen minutes.

The evaluation will include:

-       the relevant perspective on the studied topic (NOTE: not every perspective from Liberal Arts and Humanities field fits each research problem)

-       proper line of academic argument

-       relevant Literature

-       persuasiveness of the presentation

-       ability to answer questions and lead a discussion with an exam board after presentation

Last update: Dobrovolná Wladyniak Ludmila Maria, M.A., Ph.D. (17.12.2024)