Course detail

Methods of Scientific and Professional Work

FSI-ZSEAcad. year: 2020/2021

Students prepare a proposal of a professional project on the example of a diploma thesis with all the essentials that are required in practice from project design as: project annotation, state of the art including its analysis, definition of specific aims, design of procedures for project solutions including instrumentation, time schedule, outputs projects, justification of necessity. Emphasis is placed on the professional style of the text, compliance with citation rules according to ISO 690, typographic rules including the placement of the text in the required template. The course builds on the bachelor's thesis and theoretically prepares students for professional scientific work.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Guarantor

Ing. Jakub Roupec, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

 knowledge of the structure of the scientific project design,
 ability to search for relevant information in bibliographic databases and to cite these sources correctly,
 ability to define the objectives of the project on the basis of a synthesis of shortcomings or missing knowledge in the field,
 ability to plan the time schedule of the project in realistic terms,
 ability to design appropriate procedures or conceptual approaches to solve the project.

Prerequisites

- Basic knowledge of research methodology and scientific work acquired during bachelor studies.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Přednášky, cvičení, samostudium.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Criteria for obtaining graded credit:
 test (max. 20 points),
 partial tasks (max. 25 points),
 final work - project proposal (max. 35 points),
 final presentation (20 points),
 none of the tasks may be graded F,
 a total of up to 100 points can be obtained, the final classification is determined according to the CTS scale.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Graduates will be able to compile a proposal for their own scientific or professional project.

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

Lectures: attendance is mandatory and controlled by the teacher.
Exercises: participation is mandatory and controlled by the teacher; unexcused absence is a reason for not granting credit; a maximum of one excused absence in advance is allowed; compensation for one-off absence is fully within the competence of the teacher. The teacher performs a continuous check of the students' presence and basic knowledge.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DAY, Robert A. a Barbara GASTEL. How to write and publish a scientific paper. 7th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, 300 s. ISBN 978-1-107-67074-7. (EN)
SVOZILOVÁ, Alena. Projektový management: systémový přístup k řízení projektů. 3. aktualizované a rozšířené vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016, 421 s. ISBN 978-80-271-0075-0. (CS)

Recommended reading

ČSN ISO 690-2(01 0197) Informace a dokumentace - Bibliografické citace. Praha: Český normalizační institut, 2000. (CS)

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

24 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jakub Roupec, Ph.D.

Syllabus

 Project design structure.
 Citation rules.
 Typographic rules, professional style.
 Electronic information sources, work with literature.
 Working with the citation manager.

Computer-assisted exercise

2 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jakub Roupec, Ph.D.

Syllabus

 Project theme, solution outline.
 Introduction / annotation of the project.
 Overview of the current state of knowledge - selection and analysis of relevant sources.
 Critical evaluation of the search.
 Definition of project aims.
 Material and methods - outline of the solution.
 Time schedule / workflow of the project.
 Justification of the necessity / need of the project solution.
 Definition of project outputs.