Diploma Seminar I - Research Methods - JSM137

• Title: Diploma Seminar I - Research Methods
• Guaranteed by: Department of Sociology (23-KS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: 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
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: RNDr. Tereza Freidingerová, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (08.03.2023)

A seminar focused on the discussion of final thesis projects with particular attention to the formulation of the research topic and research question and the discussion of appropriate social science research methods. At the intersection of research and writing, this seminar discusses thesis projects and the process of creating a thesis.

Aim of the course

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (08.03.2023)

The aim of the seminar is to help students in writing their thesis. During the course, students present parts of their thesis text and discuss their argumentative and stylistic features with the lecturers and students of the course.

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (08.03.2023)

Submission of the thesis plan (2 - 3 pages).
Submission of the methodological part of the thesis (2-3 pages).
Participation at the seminar.
Two presentations of work in progress.

Literature

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (08.03.2023)

COHEN, Robert F a Judy L MILLER. Reason to write: strategies for success in academic writing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, 210 s. ISBN 0-19-436583-2.
ECO, U. 1997. How to Write a Thesis. MIT Press.
FOWLER, Alastair. How to write [online]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, x, 202 p.
GAY Y BLASCO, P. / WARDLE, H. 2007. How to Read Ethnography. London: Routledge
LEVIN, P. 2009. Write great essays [online]. 2nd ed. Maidenhead, England: Open University Press, xvii, 162 p. ISBN 9780335237272.
MURRAY, R.  2011. How to write a thesis. [online] -- 3rd ed.. -- Maidenhead, England : McGraw Hill, 2011. -- xviii, 325 s.

Syllabus

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (08.03.2023)

 

1. Introduction to the course, introduction of topics, distribution of presentations
2. Thesis project, research topic and research problem
3. How to start writing
4. - 7. Presentation of research questions
8. - 12. Presentation of proposals for methodological solutions
13. Discussion