Course detail

Dimploma seminar for graduate students

FaVU-DIPLMGRAcad. year: 2023/2024

An outcome of the seminar is textual part of a documentation of diploma work. Tutors work give students guidance in making an outline of a text and in its development up to the final outcome.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Entry knowledge

Students have to be already able to work with structured information, academic texts, and capable of their own theoretical reflections.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Students will get a non-classified grade on submiting a finished text which meets the above-stated criteria.
After two opening seminars, education has a form of small group/individual consultations. Attendance is mandatory.

Aims

The seminar offers a methodological support for the textual part of a documentation of MFA dissertation.
An outcome of the course is s textual part of a documentation of masters diploma work. Suggested lenght of the text is 15000 to 20000 characters. Reccommended structure of the text is: a short abstract, introduction (motivation, inspiration sources), the aim of the diploma work and its benefits; a basic description of the work/s; setting the context within art/visual theory.
From a formal perspective, the text has to be written in correct Czech both from the grammar and stylistic viewpoint. It does not necessarily have to be an academic text (however, if it does contain bibliography and notes, these should meet the formal criteria). What is crucial, though, is the reliability of facts and accuracy.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Seminar

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Richard Fajnor
PhDr. Kaliopi Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Ladislav Jackson, Ph.D.
Mgr. et MgA. Kristína Jamrichová, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jana Kořínková, Ph.D.
Mgr. et MgA. Barbora Lungová
doc. Mgr. Václav Magid
Mgr. Jakub Mácha
Ing. arch. Ondřej Mohyla
prof. akad. soch. Tomáš Ruller
MgA. Martina Růžičková
doc. Mgr. Jan Zálešák, Ph.D.
Mgr. Markéta Žáčková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. The essential content and form parametres of the theoretical dissertation.
2. The rules of academic writing
3. Forming individual outlines
4. Tutorials on the bibliographical sources; working with the sources and with the text.