Course detail

Quotations in a Research Work

FEKT-DPA-CVPAcad. year: 2021/2022

The course acquaints students with the issue of citations (citation creation, plagiarism, citation analysis, etc.) and copyright aspects of scientific publishing. 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Jana Hocová

Department

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEKT)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will know the principles of ethical use of information. They will be able to create references of various kinds of documents and use reference managers to create them. They will know the copyright aspects of publishing and open access issues. They will be able to search in the electronic information sources available at BUT. They can critically evaluate information found on the Internet.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching takes place in the form of e-learning in the Moodle system and is supplemented by individual consultations. 

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For completing the course is necessary fulfill the assigned tasks.

Course curriculum

  1. Scientific Resources
  2. Scientific and Citation Ethics
  3. Copyright Law and Open Access
  4. Citation in Practice: Working with Text
  5. Citation in Practice: Citation Methods and Styles
  6. Citation in Practice: Reference Management Softwares
  7. Citations from the Other Side

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the copyright requirements for their work and the correct referencing to the extent that they are able to pass this knowledge to their own students.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Krčál M., Teplíková Z.: Naučte (se) citovat. Blansko: Citace.com, 2014. ISBN 978-80-260-6074-1. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DPA-KAM Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPA-EKT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPA-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKA-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPAD-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPA-MET Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPA-SEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPA-TLI Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DPA-TEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Jana Hocová

eLearning

eLearning: currently opened course