Syllabus
Syllabus: 3.10. Presentation of the seminar content 10.10.
Theoretical basics: method, methodology and methodology; structure of presentation 17.10. Introduction to study and basic academic skills; professional styles 24.10.
Review of electronic resources 31.10. Review of other sources, analysis of topics and proposals for seminar papers 7.11.
Principles of writing term papers I: how to write an annotation, abstract 14.11. Principles of writing term papers II: how to write an introduction and conclusion 21.11.
Structure of a scientific text: content, introduction, structure of the essay, conclusion, literature 28.11. Principles of writing term papers II: citation standards, working with a template 5.12.
Paraphrasing, how to avoid plagiarism + practical exercise 12.12. Reading a professional text I (Method in theology, J.
Regner) 19.12. Reading of the professional text II (Verbum spirans amorem, Štěpán M.
Filip) 9.1. JP II: Fides et ratio: discussion based on the studied text of the encyclical
Annotation
This seminar introduces the students to the aim, meaning, context, structure, and rules of the theological studies and it gives the first introduction to the general methodology, the reading and writing of an academic text and presentation, and the use of the essential research sources and tools.
International students are welcome to participate: at the beginning of the course, an individual curriculum will be prepared for each student, according to his or her language skills and other possibilities. The course will be successfully finished with a written paper on the topic selected by the teacher.