Course detail

Research Paper Seminar 1

FaVU-4RPS-1Acad. year: 2022/2023

The course consists of three parts: seminars, workshops, and individual tutorials with the research paper supervisor. In seminars, student learn the basics of academic writing, examine challenges posed by writing about practice-based research, and practice their writing skills through individual and group assignments. Regular workshops facilitate the writing process through group feedback sessions and discussions about the obstacles that students encounter while writing. Individual tutorials with the research paper supervisor focus on specific issues arising from individual research projects and take place based on individual needs of students and with a view to the completeness of their work.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are able to implement a research plan on a relevant topic and write a research paper based on that topic in keeping with high standards of writing in the field of contemporary art and design.

Prerequisites

Completion of the courses Research Through Art 1, and Research Through Art 2.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Writing skills seminars, workshops with feedback sessions and discussions about the wring process, tutorials with the research paper supervisor.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credits are awarded by the research paper advisor based on tutorial attendance, work towards the research paper, and on the condition of more than 70% attendance in seminars and workshops.

Course curriculum

1. Styles of academic writing, writing strategies, academic vs. creative writing.
2. Basics of academic writing, citation styles.
3. Writing process: deciding on a title, writing an abstract, choosing the right structure — IMRaD, non-academic and experimental approaches, the relationship between form and content.
4. Ethical considerations: inclusive language, accessibility — thinking about the reader, “situated knowledges.”
5. Writing as storytelling, storytelling as worldbuilding.
6. Publishing.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to support students during the process of writing of their research paper.

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

Seminars and workshops take place at the premises of the FFA BUT according to the course schedule. Tutorials take place at dates and times determined by the tutor. Students are required to participate in scheduled tutorials and have attendance of more than 70% in seminars and workshops.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Haraway, Donna. 1988. “Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective.” Feminist Studies 14(3): 575–599. (EN)
Lykke, Nina, ed. 2014. Writing Academic Texts Differently. New York: Routledge. (EN)
Schimel, Joshua. 2012. Writing Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (EN)
Strunk, William I. 1999. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson. (EN)
Swales, John M., and Christine B. Feak. 2009. Abstracts and the Writing of Abstracts: Vol. 1 of the revised and expanded edition of English in Today`s Research World. Michigan: University of Michigan Press. (EN)
Turabian, Kate L. 2007. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme FAAD Master's, 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

8 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Diploma seminar

16 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid