Course detail
Friday CEITEC BUT seminar
CEITEC VUT-DS446Acad. year: 2024/2025
The course is intended to set a foundations of selected soft skills with the first year PhD students, with emphasis on preparation of funding applications and scientific publications. The course provides initial views of PhD study, as well as introductory lectures in different fields during individual seminars.
- Academic writing and preparation of scientific publications, publishing process
- Presentation skills
- Commercionalizations and setting up a start-up
Language of instruction
English
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Given that the course is introductory, no previous knowledge is necessary.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
To fullfil the requirements 60% attendance is mandatory.
Aims
Not applicable.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
David Lindsay: Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words. 2nd Revised edition edition. CSIRO Publishing 2020. ISBN-13: 978-1486311477. (EN)
Simon Sinek: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone. Penguin 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0241958223. (EN)
Stephen B Heard: The Scientist’s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career. Princeton University Press 2016. ISBN-13: 978-0691170220. (EN)
Simon Sinek: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone. Penguin 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0241958223. (EN)
Stephen B Heard: The Scientist’s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career. Princeton University Press 2016. ISBN-13: 978-0691170220. (EN)
Recommended reading
Christopher Hayes, Patrick Magana: Critical Thinking Unleashed: How To Improve And Refine Your Thinking Process To Think More. Independently published 2019.ISBN-13: 978-1652830689. (EN)
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