Course detail
BA in Design Seminar 2
FaVU-1-D-BAKS-2Acad. year: 2023/2024
The diploma seminar for bachelors is a support for the creation of the textual part of the documentation of the final (bachelor's) thesis. Teachers (consultants) guide students in formulating the basic outline of the text and its subsequent development; furthermore, to work purposefully with sources and to observe the principles of professional work with the text.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Participation in introductory lectures and subsequent individual consultations is mandatory.
The condition for granting credit is the submission of a completed text that contains the required content components and meets the requirements of substantive and formal correctness.
Teaching takes place in the classrooms of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Attendance is compulsory (2 unexcused absences allowed).
Aims
The aim of the seminar is the creation of the text part of the final thesis documentation.
Students write the textual part of the documentation of the final thesis, which in terms of scope and complexity corresponds to the importance of the final output of the bachelor's study. The range of the text part of the DZP should be approximately 5000 to 8000 characters.
The text part of the DZP usually includes: Brief annotation (abstract); motivational introduction; defining the goal of the work, event. its practical benefit; basic description of the work / set of works / project; placing the work in the context of artistic / design practice, or comparison with the previous solution of a related issue; possible placement of the work in the context of art theory or visual theory; evaluation of the achieved results with regard to the set goals, or indicating possibilities or incentives for further work.
On the formal side, the text part of the DZP is a continuous text that must meet the criteria of linguistic (grammatical and stylistic) correctness. It does not necessarily have to take the form of a professional text (if it contains a bibliography and notes, these should be subject to the citation and bibliographic standard), however, factual correctness and accuracy are required.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Aleš Richter, Co je dobré vědět o psaní diplomové či disertační práce, Liberec 2008 (CS)
Umberto Eco, Jak napsat diplomovou práci, Praha 1977, on-line: https://www.hks.re/wiki/_media/0:umberto-eco---jak-napsat-diplomovou-praci.pdf (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme DES_B Bachelor's, 4. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Familiarization of students with the requirements for the content and form of the text part of the bachelor's thesis documentation.
2. Presentation/repetition of the rules for working with a professional text.
3. Individual consultation aimed at formulating the outline on which the text will be built.
4. Individual consultations focused on the selection of sources, working with them and on writing the text itself.