European information

Master's seminars

The main aim of the seminar is student’s preparation for editing the text of dissertation on European information.

The seminar is conducted in the form of student’s individual work with the thesis supervisor. The student chooses the subject of thesis and the research method. Then he collects the literature and analyses it in order to write the summary of his thesis. Then he writes consecutive chapters of his thesis. The seminar is finished when the whole dissertation is ready.

Topics: information and communication policy, information and communication strategies, media strategy, information systems, information networks, language policy, access to information, flow of information, information society.

Student’s workload:

seminar – 60 hours

subject - 20 hours

bibliography – 40 hours

critical analysis - 60 hours

summary – 50 hours

thesis writing – 150 hours

editing - 40 hours

altogether – 420 hours

1. Boć J., Jak pisać pracę magisterską, Wrocław 1997.

2. Eco U., Jak napisać pracę dyplomową. Poradnik dla humanistów, Warszawa 2007.

3. Pieter J., Ogólna metodologia pracy naukowej, Wrocław 1967.

4. Pioterek P., Zielenicka B., Technika pisania prac dyplomowych, Poznań 2004.

5. Pułło A., Prace magisterskie i licencjackie. Wskazówki dla studentów, wyd. 4, Warszawa 2006.

6. Woźniak K., O pisaniu pracy magisterskiej na studiach humanistycznych. Przewodnik praktyczny, Warszawa-Łódź 1998.

After the seminar students

in range of knowledge:

- know issues and the state of research related to your dissertation

- appreciate the value of different perspectives and opinions expressed in various scientific traditions

- know methodical rules governing academic papers

- know technical aspects of academic writing

- understand the need for reliable documentation of scientific statements (references, bibliography)

- know basic ethical rules governing in research

in range of skills

- are able to organize the workshop and plan the stages of work

- are able to collect , select and analyze source materials

- are able to use the foreign language sources

- know how to apply the methodology of conducting scientific research

- know how to apply the methodology in research

- are able to independently conduct and carry out a study

- know how to present the results of research and formulate conclusions

- know how to edit the text of the thesis

- understand what is ethics in research and are responsible for the accuracy of the results obtained

- are able to work under the guidance of tutors

- appreciate the value of independent research

- are able to identify their own mistakes and accept constructive criticism

in range of social competences

- know that the value of individual work depends on the intelligible presentation

- understand the responsibility associated with the use of a variety of messages and formulating conclusions based on them

- respect the other achievements.

Assessment of the seminar :

Semester I:

- attendance,

- the formulation of theses research

- identification of the research problem (theme of the work), preparation of plan of work divided into chapters,

- collecting literature and building a proper bibliography,

- critical analysis of the material

- raising the competence of language, grammar and spelling, developing the skills of drafting and editing.

Semester II :

Presentation at the seminar meetings consecutive chapters work in the order of their writing and regularly consulting their content.

Supervisor assesses: systematic work, the clarity of the plan and narrative, completeness theses, language and style, correct scientific workshop (bibliography, footnotes), original nature of the work, diligence editing.

The pass mark for the whole of the seminar is to allow the seminarian to defend on the basis of approved work.