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===== Selection of topic and official assignment ===== | ===== Selection of topic and official assignment ===== | ||
- | LCT students typically select the topic at the beginning of their second year, i.e. during October. At the same time they must find their supervisor (typically among ÚFAL professors, researchers and Ph.D. students, although the supervisor may in theory come from other departments of Charles University). Those doing their second year at another university still must find a co-supervisor at ÚFAL. They will also have to come in person and defend the thesis at Charles University, regardless what other procedures are required at their second university. | + | LCT students typically select the topic at the beginning of their second year, i.e. during October. At the same time they must find their supervisor (typically among ÚFAL professors, researchers and Ph.D. students, although the supervisor may in theory come from other departments of Charles University). Those doing their second year at another university still must find a co-supervisor at ÚFAL. They will also have to come in person and defend the thesis at Charles University, regardless what other procedures are required at their second university. Along the same lines, students doing their second year at Charles University should check with their first-year university and/or with the program coordinators (drs. Lopatková and Kuboň) what additional steps might be required by the other university and whether they need a co-supervisor there. |
The student and his 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 his 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. | ||
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When the student plans their classes for the academic year (and has them registered at the student office, in SIS and in their index book), they should also register for the three pseudo-courses reflecting their work on the thesis: NSZZ023 Diplomová práce I, NSZZ024 Diplomová práce II and NSZZ025 Diplomová práce III. At the end of the summer semester they will (hopefully) get the credits (in SIS and in the index book) from their supervisor. This is not directly connected with the fact that the thesis will be (can be) defended. The credits just reflect the fact that the student has invested significant time and effort into doing the work and preparing the thesis. The supervisor will not be able to award the credits if SIS does not know that the student wants them, i.e. if the student has not registered for these pseudo-courses! While the registration can be completed just before the submission of the thesis, it may complicate the situation because the assistance of the student office is needed, the staff may be out of office (vacation time!), you may be traveling from the other end of Europe, trying to find all the people and get all the signatures within one afternoon etc. | When the student plans their classes for the academic year (and has them registered at the student office, in SIS and in their index book), they should also register for the three pseudo-courses reflecting their work on the thesis: NSZZ023 Diplomová práce I, NSZZ024 Diplomová práce II and NSZZ025 Diplomová práce III. At the end of the summer semester they will (hopefully) get the credits (in SIS and in the index book) from their supervisor. This is not directly connected with the fact that the thesis will be (can be) defended. The credits just reflect the fact that the student has invested significant time and effort into doing the work and preparing the thesis. The supervisor will not be able to award the credits if SIS does not know that the student wants them, i.e. if the student has not registered for these pseudo-courses! While the registration can be completed just before the submission of the thesis, it may complicate the situation because the assistance of the student office is needed, the staff may be out of office (vacation time!), you may be traveling from the other end of Europe, trying to find all the people and get all the signatures within one afternoon etc. | ||
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+ | ===== Preparation of the thesis ===== | ||
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+ | There are official templates and instructions, | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
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+ | It is strongly recommended that the abstract in your thesis differs from the abstract in the official assignment. Even though in theory you could claim that you did exactly what was in the assignment, it is better to show the reviewer that it is not //just a copy.// Typically, the assignment is more vague because you do not know what exactly you will do after you see the results of the first experiments. In contrast, the abstract should summarize what you actually did. Even if your thesis closely matches the assignment, the abstract probably should highlight your main achievement(s) (e.g. “we were able to improve the state of the art by 50%”). |