Course detail
Diploma Project - Bibliography and Goals
FSI-ZD2 Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester
Supervisor
Department
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.