Course detail

Diploma Seminar I (M-MAI)

FSI-SSZ-A Acad. year: 2023/2024 Winter semester

In the seminar courses, every student reports (in the form of a thirty-minute presentation) on the topic and results of his/her diploma thesis.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will gain experience in presenting mathematical results. It may then be used by students when presenting their diploma theses (during the State Exam) or, eventually, results at scientific conferences etc.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have knowledge acquired during previous study and when working out the diploma project.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught as a seminar consisting of presentations of individual diploma theses.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Students will be awarded a course-unit credit on condition of having attended the seminars actively and reported the topic of their diploma theses.

Language of instruction

English

Aims

The goal of the seminar is to teach students about how to present mathematical results to a broader (mathematical) audience. This will also prepare them for their performance during the defence of the diploma theses.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The presence will be checked. Absence will be allowed in justified case – to compensate it, students will be required to get acquainted with the diploma thesis presentation of which they missed.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-MAI-A: Mathematical Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 2 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

Acquaint students with formal and contentual aspect of professional reports including comments to the exploitation and quotation of the literature and the form of report presentations. After report realizations,  subsequent discussions on their forms and contents.