Course detail

Bachelor Seminar

FSI-6A-A Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester

Obsahem předmětu je seznámení studentů s celým cyklem vypracování bakalářské práce. Toto zahrnuje výběr tématu, formální zadaní práce, shromáždění a zpracování podkladů, vyřešení zadaného problému, zpracování výsledků do podoby bakalářské práce a splnění formálních požadavků. Nedílnou součástí je i odevzdání práce a její hodnocení. Studenti jsou rovněž seznámeni s průběhem státní závěrečné zkoušky, s přípravou prezentace a obhajobou bakalářské práce.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Supervisor

doc. Ing. Lubomír Klimeš, Ph.D.

Department

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Entry knowledge

General knowledge at the level of the first half of a bachelor's degree with a focus on mechanical engineering.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Conditions for credit: active participation and completion of the credit test.


Participation is mandatory. Any absence must be excused. In the case of prolonged absence, it is the responsibility of the instructor to make up missed classes.

Aims

The aim of the seminar is to familiarize students with the requirements for the bachelor's thesis and the typical course of the state final examination. The aim is to enhance the necessary typographic, presentation skills of undergraduate students.


The student will learn to find relevant sources and cite them correctly. In addition, to produce a more extensive technical text. 

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-STI-A: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus


  1. How to choose a bachelor thesis topic. FSI institutes, what they deal with. The importance of the bachelor thesis supervisor. Preliminary and final BP assignment and other administration.

  2. How to cite sources, standards, tools, CitationPro.

  3. How to search for sources. Faculty library and its services. University-wide library. Interlibrary loan service. How to get CSN standards.

  4. Search engines, Primo, Google Schoolar, Google Books. Electronic databases.

  5. Databases of scientific and scholarly articles, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, IEEE, SAE. Patent databases WIPO PatentScope, esp@cenet, IPT.

  6. Copyright, plagiarism, what is grey area.

  7. Software tools for working with sources, note taking, mind maps, work plan, important terms.

  8. Basics of typography, formal and graphic design of a bachelor thesis.

  9. Tools for writing text, Word, Google Doc, TEX. Tools for creating and editing images. How to make drawings.

  10. Formal and graphic editing of bachelor thesis, formulation of results, drawing documentation.

  11. Rector's directive and other regulations describe the formalities of the BP at the Brno University of Technology.

  12. The course of submission of the BP, preparation of the presentation for the defense of the BP, the course of the state final examination

  13. Credit test