Course detail

Diploma Project - Bibliography and Goals

FSI-ZD2 Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for granting the credit:
- active participation in exercises (min. 15 out of 30 points),
- elaboration of a literary search (min. 20 out of 40 points),
- search debate and discussion (min. 15 out of 30 points).
Lectures: attendance is mandatory and controlled by the teacher.
Exercises: attendance is mandatory and controlled by the teacher.
Maximum of two absences are allowed in total. In case of long-term absence, compensation for missed classes is in the competence of the course guarantor.

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

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

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-KSI-P: Mechanical Engineering Design, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 5 credits, compulsory

Programme N-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 5 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

6 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

– Literary search and search procedure.
- Specification of the topic, research problem, goals and questions.
- Search for information and selection of relevant information sources.
- Fundamentals of scientific (academic) style of writing.

Exercise

22 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

– Specification of the topic, problem (difficulties and opportunities), goals and questions (what needs to be improved).
- Specification and analysis of search requirements, selection of information source, search strategy and combination of selection terms.
- Bibliography and citation managers.
- Analysis of information sources.
- Concept of literary research.