Methodology of Graduate Thesis Writing

Course informations

Study program level	Graduate
Study program	Management
Study program direction	Destination management
Course year	2.
Course semester	IV
Course status	Core
ECTS	1
Lectures (h)	-
Excercises (h)	15
Seminars (h)	-

Course objectives

• enable students to complete their graduate thesis by elaborating on a given or individually selected topic, independently using relevant domestic and foreign literature and respecting the basic features of academic writing

Course outcomes

After completing the course, students will be able to:

• Identify the basic features of academic language and writing style
• Establish the principles of writing and the basic characteristics of the quality of graduate work
• To confirm the basic steps in the graduation thesis process
• Critically evaluate the relevance of domestic and foreign literature
• Compare the study literature
• Choose the most appropriate way to write notes
• Argue the structure of graduate work
• Evaluate an appropriate amount of documentation baseline (reference, note writing, use of illustrations, use of literature)
• Self-assess the final version of the graduate thesis

 

Course content

Basic features of academic language and writing style. Problems of plagiarism as the appropriation of another intellectual property. Principles of writing and the basic characteristics of the quality of graduate work. Basic steps in writing graduate thesis. Collection of relevant domestic and foreign literature. Studying literature and writing notes. Determination of the structure of graduate work. Writing a working version and determining the documentation basis for graduate thesis (reference, writing notes, use of illustrations, use of literature). Access to editing the final version of the graduate thesis. Binding and preparation for the presentation of graduate thesis.