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
Supervisor
Department
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.