Semestral Project for Master's Thesis

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Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering

Synopsis:

The objective of this course is to prepare students for high-quality preparation and writing of their final qualification thesis (Master's thesis).

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Principles of creating a final thesis with a pedagogical-technical focus.

2. Fundamentals of literature search and source management (academic literature, corporate literature, general web sources, etc.).

3. Fundamentals of typography for text formatting and image processing.

4. Captions, citations, and cross-references in continuous text (creating a table of contents and an index).

5. Captions, citations, and cross-references in continuous text (creating lists of figures, charts, and tables).

6. Principles of citation ethics and standardized formatting of references to literature used.

7. 13. In the second half of the semester, in cooperation with the thesis supervisors, students individually address specific problems arising from the implementation of their own thesis, supplemented by didactic support from the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies (MIAS).

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Principles of creating a final thesis with a pedagogical-technical focus.

2. Fundamentals of literature search and source management (academic literature, corporate literature, general web sources, etc.).

3. Fundamentals of typography for text formatting and image processing.

4. Captions, citations, and cross-references in continuous text (creating a table of contents and an index).

5. Captions, citations, and cross-references in continuous text (creating lists of figures, charts, and tables).

6. Principles of citation ethics and standardized formatting of references to literature used.

7. 13. In the second half of the semester, in cooperation with the thesis supervisors, students individually address specific problems arising from the implementation of their own thesis, supplemented by didactic support from the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies (MIAS).

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Tichá, L., et al.: Jak psát vysokoškolské závěrečné práce [How to Write University Final Theses], Central Library of CTU in Prague, 2009, updated IX/2016. Available at: https://security.fd.cvut.cz/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jakpsatdp_1.pdf

CTU Portal: Diplomové a disertační práce [Master's and Doctoral Theses]. Available at: https://portal.cvut.cz/informace-pro-studenty/diplomove-a-disertacni-prace/

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: