Course detail

Methodologies of Scientific Work

FSI-9MOP Acad. year: 2025/2026 Both semester

The course prepares students for individual research activity that leads to writing and successfully defending the dissertation thesis. Aim is placed on handling methodology of scientific work and writing scientific text and presenting it. The course integrates and further develops knowledge of methodology that students acquired during their study.

Language of instruction

Czech

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of methodology of scientific work acquired in bachelor's and master's study.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Exam is awarded on the following conditions:
- submitting five assignments,
- submitting and defending dissertation thesis project.
Attendance is obligatory and checked by the lecturer.

Aims

Students will be able to identify scientific goals in methodologically correct way, choose appropriate methods how to solve them, to solve them and formulate the results in research paper.
- Ability to elaborate critical research on a scientific topic.
- Ability to identify research goals, formulate scientific question and set working hypotheses.
- Ability to choose appropriate methods of problem solving.
- Ability to structure correctly extensive scientific text.
- Presentation skills.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme D-ENE-P: Power Engineering, Doctoral, recommended course

Programme D-IME-P: Applied Mechanics, Doctoral, recommended course

Programme D-KPI-P: Design and Process Engineering, Doctoral, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

– Doctoral study. Research and development.
- Philosophy of science
- Scientific publication and its style.
- Working with information sources, their types and relevance. Citation.
- Presentation.
- Research project.
- Legal aspects of research and development.
- Science Evaluation.