Research Project Defence - JSB736

• Title: Research Project Defence
• Guaranteed by: Department of Sociology (23-KS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• Key competences: critical thinking, data literacy
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=13000
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D.
• Is pre-requisite for: JSB739, JSB737

Annotation

Last update: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D. (30.01.2023)

The course is intended for students to defend their bachelor thesis project at the end of the second year of their study. It includes homework and individual consultations with potential supervisors.
Please note that this course is for Social Science programme students only.

Aim of the course

Last update: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D. (02.01.2022)

Course Objectives
1. Learning the practice of writing the research project: defining the topic and the research design for the bachelor thesis.
2. Capability to discuss the research project.
3. To check that the bachelor projects of students are realisable in the last year of the study.

Literature

Last update: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D. (02.01.2022)

Obligatory reading:
Zina O'Leary. 2009. The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project. SAGE.

Recommended reading:
McGraw-Hill’s Concise Guide to Writing Research Papers
Phyllis Creme and Mary R. Lea (2008) Writing at University. A guide for students. Open University Press.

Syllabus

Last update: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D. (04.02.2024)

Syllabus

Classes are held in the room B228, at 2 pm. Attendance is mandatory.

Week 1 (21.2.) - Information about the course and bachelor's thesis preparation.

Week 2 (28.2.) - Discussion of potential topics.

Week 3 (6.3.) - Discussion of thesis topics

Week 4 (13.3.) - Discussion of thesis topics

Week 5 (20.3.) - Discussion of methodology

Week 6 (27.3.) - Discussion of methodology

Week 7 (3.4.) - Putting the topic and methods together

Week 8 (10.4.) - Search for the literature

Week 9 (17.4.) - Discussion of supervisors

Week 10 (24.4.) - Presentation of the first draft

Week 11 and 12 No classes

Week 13 (15.5.) - Presentation of students' projects in class

See also Moodle https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=13000