Bachelor's seminar 3600-7-SI3-SL1
The seminar provides students with assistance in the process of writing undergraduate theses. The lecturer informs the students about the rules and requirements associated with the process, in particular current regulations and deadlines, formal and technical aspects of thesis preparation, the process of collecting source materials, organizing the text, using correct style in academic writing, etc. After a series of conversations with the participants concerning their academic interests and preliminary research results, the topics are chosen and outlines of theses are drawn up. The final stage of the seminar is the participants’ writing process, which will be steadily supervised by the lecturer.
Course coordinators
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Type of course
Mode
Blended learning
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
The subject offers knowledge, skills and social competences as the learning outcomes to a student, who:
has advanced knowledge of the place and importance of Oriental studies in the humanities and their specificity in relation to the subject and methodology (K_W01)
knows the state of research in chosen aspects pertaining to China, Taiwan and Chinese civilization (K_W17)
knows and understands basic analysis and interpretation methods of various products of culture characteristic of chosen theories and schools of research within the scope of cultural, literary, linguistic studies, philosophy, religious studies and history (K_W18)
knows and understands basic analysis and interpretation methods of various products of culture characteristic of local traditions in China (K_W19)
knows and understands the basic terms and rules of copyright and protection of intellectual property (K_W20)
can search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources (K_U01)
has a good command of a foreign language at least at the B2 level (K_U11)
can analyze and interpret source texts in the Chinese language (K_U13)
can interpret key terms from a chosen culture of China through linguistic/philological analysis (K_U15)
has the necessary skills to prepare seminar papers: can select and find sources and analyses in the Chinese language, knows the methodology of writing seminar papers (K_U18)
can use basic knowledge in the scope of methodology of cultural research in a seminar paper (K_U19)
can choose and formulate a subject of a BA thesis, select and find sources in the Chinese language, make references to basic theoretical approaches (K_U20)
has the ability of substantive argumentation with the use of other authors’ views (K_U23)
can use electronic and internet tools both in Polish and in Chinese (K_U24)
can communicate with specialists in the fields of academic research and in academic disciplines pertinent to the Oriental studies-sinology using contemporary IT technology (K_U25)
can acquire knowledge independently and develop research skills following the research supervisor’s instructions (K_U26)
understands the need to learn all one’s life (K_K01)
can set appropriate goals and ways to achieve them in the context of academic, professional and social activity (K_K04)
has awareness of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional and historical roots and its significance for understanding modern world (K_K05)
is aware of Chinese culture's meaning in the context of global culture (K_K07)
acts in aid of sharing and promoting cultural and linguistic heritage of China (K_K08)
is ready to act in the public interest and to think and act in an entrepreneurial manner (K_K10)
Assessment criteria
Presence and active participation in class are mandatory. The students are required to present their progress in the process of thesis preparation in class. To obtain credit in the winter semester the participants are required to submit an outline of the planned thesis. To obtain credit in the summer semester the students are required to submit complete theses.
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis, trans. Caterina Mongiat Farina and Geoff Farina, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 2015.
Other literature will be dependent on the subject of the participant's thesis.