Course detail

Essentials of Work and Study in Research and Technology 1

FIT-WP1aAcad. year: 2022/2023

The study activities happen during face-to-face meetings once a week with student's Patron - an academic who helps the student in the studies, consults with them both scholarly and organizational issues and helps them with communication with other academics. The Patron helps the student with selection of elective courses that determine the focus of their studies and thus helps them concieve their "individual study plan". Besides that, the Patron helps the student identify gaps in their knowledge which would complicate study in the study plan's courses and directs them towards individual study aimed at overcoming these gaps.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Overview of organization of study at FIT BUT. Understanding of principles of individual engineering work and self-study. Selection of suitable courses that will form a coherent and manageable individual study plan of the student.

Communication with the Patron. Self-management and planning of own study and focus.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Meetings with the Patron.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Help student, often coming to the english masters programme from a foreign institution, to get oriented in the organization of studies at FIT BUT and to sucessfully start their masters studies at FIT BUT.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MIT-EN Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

The study activities happen during face-to-face meetings once a week with student's Patron - an academic who helps the student in the studies, consults with them both scholarly and organizational issues andhelps them with communication with other academics. The Patron helps the student with selection of elective courses that determine the focus of their studies and thus helps them conceive their "individual study plan". Besides that, the Patron helps the student identify gaps in theirknowledge which would complicate study in the study plan's courses and directs them towards individual study aimed at overcoming these gaps.