Conducted in terms: 2025/26_Z, 2025/26_L, 2026/27_Z, 2026/27_L

ECTS credits: 8

Language: Polish

Organized by: Faculty of Law and Administration

Master's Seminar WP-PRZ-SEM-FM-V

The aim of the master's seminar is to prepare the student to independently develop a master's thesis under the supervision of an academic supervisor.

During the seminar, the student refines the thesis topic and research problem, prepares an outline of the thesis, selects and analyses relevant sources, and develops successive parts of the master's thesis. Individual chapters are prepared according to agreed deadlines and discussed with the supervisor.

The outcome of the seminar is the submission of a complete master's thesis meeting the substantive, methodological and formal requirements applicable to a master's thesis.

Term 2025/26_L:

None

(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się

law

(in Polish) E-Learning

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

Course coordinators

Filip Manikowski

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

Participation in the seminar – 16 hours Searching for and analysing literature, case law and legal acts – 50 hours Development of the thesis concept, research problem and structure – 34 hours Preparation of successive parts of the master's thesis – 80 hours Introducing revisions and additions resulting from the supervisor's comments – 20 hours Total: 200 hours = 8 ECTS.

Subject level

intermediate

(in Polish) Punkty ECTS

(in Polish) 8

Learning outcome code/codes

PR_W02, PR_U02 PR_U07, PR_U08 PR_U09, PR_K01 PR_K02, PR_K03

Type of subject

obligatory

Preliminary Requirements

(in Polish) Wiedza z zakresu postępowania cywilnego.

Learning outcomes

W01 – the student characterises the sources of law relevant to the thesis topic and the principles governing their selection, analysis and use in a master's thesis.

U01 – the student formulates a research problem and defines the scope and structure of the master's thesis.

U02 – the student searches for, selects and analyses legal acts, case law, legal literature and other sources relevant to the thesis topic.

U03 – the student analyses legal problems covered by the thesis topic, constructs legal arguments, and formulates and justifies their own conclusions.

U04 – the student prepares successive parts of the master's thesis in accordance with the substantive, methodological, linguistic and formal requirements applicable to legal academic writing.

U05 – the student prepares basic drafts of normative acts or acts applying the law related to issues discussed during the seminar.

U06 – the student presents and justifies the assumptions, findings and conclusions resulting from the research conducted and the master's thesis being prepared.

K01 – the student independently organises their research work, takes account of feedback received and makes appropriate revisions to the text being prepared.

K02 – the student critically evaluates the sources used and their own legal reasoning, and observes the principles of academic integrity and research ethics.

K03 – the student participates in seminar discussions, presents their own position and responds to arguments and comments made by other seminar participants.

Assessment criteria

Winter semester – the assessment is based on the preparation and presentation of a master's thesis outline, including the thesis topic, research problem, proposed structure and key sources.

Summer semester – the assessment is based on the submission of a complete master's thesis prepared in accordance with the agreed topic and structure and meeting the applicable substantive, methodological and formal requirements.

3.0 – the student submits the required material meeting the basic substantive and formal requirements; correctly identifies the main assumptions of the thesis and selects relevant sources, although the structure, analysis or argumentation require significant supplementation or revision.

4.0 – the student submits material that is substantively, methodologically and formally correct, appropriately selects and analyses sources, maintains a logical structure of argumentation, formulates justified conclusions and properly incorporates the supervisor's comments.

5.0 – the student submits material of a high substantive, methodological and formal standard, independently and critically analyses sources, constructs coherent legal reasoning, formulates and justifies their own conclusions, and consistently and independently makes use of comments provided during the seminar.

Bibliography

Literature depends on the topic selected by the student.

Term 2025/26_L:

None

Term 2026/27_Z:

Required literature:

• current legal acts, case law and academic literature relevant to the topic of the master's thesis being prepared;
• guidelines for the preparation of degree theses applicable at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.

Supplementary literature:

• methodological and specialist literature selected individually according to the topic of the master's thesis in consultation with the supervisor.

Notes

Term 2025/26_L:

None

Additional information

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

Description of WP-PRZ-SEM-FM-V in USOSweb