546-0088/08 – Informatics and Bibliography (IaB)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Environmental EngineeringCredits5
Subject guarantorIng. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2015/2016Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesBachelor
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LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
HAJ21 Ing. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Graded credit 2+2
Part-time Graded credit 8+8

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students are able to sort information sources, classify information, and know the available sources of information in order to work with bibliographic records. Student knows the basics of writing and communicating research, including referring to sources. Stundets are supported in writing their final theses.

Teaching methods

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Tutorials

Summary

On completion of the course, students will be able to navigate traditional documents, information sources and library services, as well as other information institutions. They will acquire the skills necessary to work independently with electronic resources and develop both the theoretical and practical foundations of information literacy. The course will also support students in writing their final dissertation.

Compulsory literature:

ECO, U. How to write a thesis. United States: MIT Press Ltd, 2015. ISBN 9780262527132

Recommended literature:

SWORD, Helen. Stylish academic writing. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-674-06448-5.

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

regular particpation in seminars 3 essays

E-learning

Other requirements

Minimal attendance 80%, active participation in the seminars, handing in 10 pages of the theoretical or practical part of the Bachelor Thesis

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1) The basics of academic/scietific work 2) Types of scientific and other works 3) Information sources and how to approach them 4) Guidelines to process a Bachelor Thesis 5) Ethics and plagiarism 6) Referring to sources and the bibliography 7) Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising 8) Bibliographic citations according to ČSN ISO 690 9) Work with reference managers 10) Academic text - content-wise aspects 11) Academic text - language-wise aspects 12) Argumentation 13) Text editing 14) Presentation of the Bachelor Thesis

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
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Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Graded credit Graded credit 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: - participate actively in the sessions - hand-in tasks in sessions - hand-in 10 pages of BA thesis (written assignment), including the references

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Handing-in 10 pages of BA thesis (written assignment), including the references. Plus, the mandatory participation in the course may be compensated for by a seminar paper (3000 words). The topic of the seminar paper will be chosen following a consultation with the student.

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