Course detail

Quotations in a Research Work

FEKT-DPA-CVPAcad. year: 2022/2023

The course acquaints students with the issues of citation (creation of reference, plagiarism, citation analysis, etc.) and the copyright aspects of scientific publishing. In addition, attention is also paid to searching for scientific information and scientific writing. The course is focused on the practical use of scientific resources.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Dědičová

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. 

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Literature

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

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is in the form of lectures and seminars, including e-learning support in Moodle

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For successful completion of the course, it is necessary to complete the assigned tasks in the individual chapters. 

Language of instruction

English

Work placements

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction

2. Working with resources

3. Scientific and citation ethics

4. Copyright and Open Access

5. Citation in practice: working with text

6. Citation in practice: citation methods and styles

7. Citation in practice: document citation

8. Citation in practice: reference management software

9. The other side of citation

10. Conclusion

 

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.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DPA-KAM Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPA-EKT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPA-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPAD-EIT Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPA-MET Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPA-SEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPA-TLI Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective
  • Programme DPA-TEE Doctoral, any year of study, summer semester, 2 credits, elective

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Dědičová