(in Polish) Seminarium naukowe WF-OB-PPD

The class is dedicated to learning about the methods and techniques of writing a thesis.

Term 2024/25_L:

The class is dedicated to learning about the methods and techniques of writing a thesis.

Course content
1. Introduction to the course and thesis writing
2. Academic vocabulary
3. Working with the text: defining plagiarism, paraphrasing, summary writing, combining sources, references
4. How to form research question?
5. Research project as thesis vs MA thesis: how to structure the thesis
6. Thesis ted talk
7. Methodology of thesis writing
8. Introduction and conclusion
9. Critical thinking – how to discriminate facts from fiction
10. Learning by doing – case study on planning MA thesis
11. Students’presentation of MA thesis project

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

1 ECTS - participation in classes 0.6 ECTS - preparation for classes 0.4 ECTS - preparation of final project

Subject level

intermediate

Learning outcome code/codes

OB2_W02 OB2_W11 OB2_U03 OB2_U04 OB2_U08

Type of subject

obligatory

Preliminary Requirements

nonę

Course coordinators

Term 2024/25_L:

Dominika Dzwonkowska

Term 2023/24_L:

Ryszard Sadowski

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes:
1. Knowledge - upon completion of the course, the student knows what a research problem is and the main methods in environmental research.
2. Skills - the student is able to formulate his/her opinion in academic language, knows how to paraphrase and how to formulate a research question and hypothesis.
3. Competences - the student applies knowledge of academic writing to the chosen thesis topic. In addition, the student is able to distinguish facts from false information.

Assessment criteria

Course activity and active participation in class - 40% of the final mark; ted talk presentation - 30% of the final mark; final presentation - 30% of the final mark.

Bibliography

1. Bibliography, citations style: e.g. APA style: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/book-references
2. Subhash Chandra Parija, Vikram Kate (ed.), Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. Program, Springer 2018
3. Stephen Bailey, Academic Writing. A Handbook for International Students, Routledge 2006.
4. Halyna M. Kornuta, Ron W. Germaine, A Concise Guide To Writing A Thesis Or Dissertation, Routledge 2019.

Term 2024/25_L:

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of WF-OB-PPD in USOSweb