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The student and their supervisor put together the title of the thesis and the description of the work (abstract): this will constitute the official assignment. It should be broad enough to allow deviations once the student gets their first results and realizes that the originally anticipated course of experiments is not the best one to follow. Later changes of title and topic are in theory possible but it is an administrative hassle that is better to avoid. | The student and their supervisor put together the title of the thesis and the description of the work (abstract): this will constitute the official assignment. It should be broad enough to allow deviations once the student gets their first results and realizes that the originally anticipated course of experiments is not the best one to follow. Later changes of title and topic are in theory possible but it is an administrative hassle that is better to avoid. | ||
- | The supervisor puts the assignment into SIS (the information system), the student registers for the topic via SIS, the supervisor approves their name and also prints three hardcopies, which should be passed | + | Necessary steps: |
+ | * The supervisor puts the assignment into SIS (the information system), | ||
+ | * the student registers for the topic via SIS, | ||
+ | * the supervisor approves their name and | ||
+ | * the supervisor | ||
The student office will later send back the hardcopy stamped and signed by the vicedean. Ms. Brdičková will keep it until the end of the academic year. The student will then have to pick it up and include it in one of the printed copies of the thesis (mandatory part, this copy goes to the faculty library). | The student office will later send back the hardcopy stamped and signed by the vicedean. Ms. Brdičková will keep it until the end of the academic year. The student will then have to pick it up and include it in one of the printed copies of the thesis (mandatory part, this copy goes to the faculty library). | ||
- | Assignment of the thesis via SIS https:// | + | Assignment of the thesis via SIS is described here: https:// |
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(Petricek, 2016)((Tomas Petricek [@tomaspetricek]. (2016, May 11). //Making silly #latex jokes is much more fun than doing final tweaks in my thesis on # | (Petricek, 2016)((Tomas Petricek [@tomaspetricek]. (2016, May 11). //Making silly #latex jokes is much more fun than doing final tweaks in my thesis on # | ||
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+ | For LCT students: You should follow the instructions for the thesis formatting as strictly as possible; however, some slight deviations commonly occur for LCT students and are tolerated. You can have your other university' | ||
==== Referencing, | ==== Referencing, | ||
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==== Submitting | ==== Submitting | ||
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+ | **Note that you have to finish all your courses and get necessary credits before you are allowed to submit your diploma thesis and/or registered for the state exam.** | ||
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You are suppose to submit your thesis in the following formats: | You are suppose to submit your thesis in the following formats: | ||
- | - An electronic version of the thesis should be submitted to SIS in due time. The electronic file should not exceed 850 MB in size. | + | - An electronic version of the thesis should be submitted to SIS in due time. |
- | - Two hardcopies are submitted as well -- the thesis must be bound in hardcover | + | - Two hardcopies are submitted as well |
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- | The hardcopies typically also contain a CD/DVD with the electronic version of the text (PDF) and all data and software that you created during the work, including documentation and possibly third-party software, if it is relevant and redistributable. | + | |
- | //TODO: is this still true in 2021? The standard way is a zip attachment in SIS (plus a link to GitHub/ | + | |
- | If you order the binding in Prague, the stores typically know how the product should look like, so they will only ask you your name and the name of the faculty. You will have to submit two hardcopies of the thesis: one for the supervisor / the opponent and one for the library. The hardcopy for the library must also contain the original assignment, signed and stamped from the dean's office (at this time it is probably being kept for you by Ms. Brdičková – see above). | + | |
+ | === Electronic version === | ||
Don't fall in the '' | Don't fall in the '' | ||
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+ | The electronic file should not exceed 850 MB in size. | ||
//Dan píše ve svých poznámkách:// | //Dan píše ve svých poznámkách:// | ||
PDF-A requirements: | PDF-A requirements: | ||
there is an ufal-wide installation of the verapdf tool available at / | there is an ufal-wide installation of the verapdf tool available at / | ||
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+ | === Hardcopies | ||
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+ | The hardcopies typically also contain a CD/DVD with the electronic version of the text (PDF) and all data and software that you created during the work, including documentation and possibly third-party software, if it is relevant and redistributable. | ||
+ | //TODO: is this still true in 2021? The standard way is a zip attachment in SIS (plus a link to GitHub/ | ||
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+ | If you order the binding in Prague, the stores typically know how the product should look like, so they will only ask you your name and the name of the faculty. You will have to submit two hardcopies of the thesis: one for the supervisor / the opponent and one for the library. The hardcopy for the library must also contain the original assignment, signed and stamped from the dean's office (at this time it is probably being kept for you by Ms. Brdičková – see above). | ||
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===== Final Examination ==== | ===== Final Examination ==== | ||