XAIS Introduction to Study

Moravian Business College Olomouc
winter 2024

The course is not taught in winter 2024

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavla Ludvíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavla Ludvíková, Ph.D.
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Supplier department: Moravian Business College Olomouc
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to acquaint students with difficulties of university studies and provide effective ways to overcome them. Students get acquainted with specificities of university studies and the environment of the college they study at. They learn to work with sources of information, identify information and resolve its content with respect to its originator, they learn how to refer correctly to the sources used. During teamwork activities realised mainly at the adaptation course, the students develop their teamwork skills, creative thinking, and communication skills.
Syllabus
  • 1. Tertiary education in the Czech Republic, the position of MVSO in the education system; mission, vision, and organisational structure of MVSO.
  • 2. Studies at the college (basic forms of teaching, ways of course assessment, credit system, final state exams and graduation)
  • 3. Academic degrees – awarding, ways of proper addressing at campus.
  • 4. Possibilities of studying abroad
  • 5. Project-oriented teaching focused on CSR projects
  • 6. Course assignment as one of the key forms of knowledge and skills verification. Plagiarism, citation and citation norm, literature processing, literature research.
  • 7. Communication at the college (basic division of communication, features of communication)
  • 8. Teamwork. Adaptation course.
Literature
    required literature
  • LUDVÍKOVÁ P. a I. KOVAČIČINOVÁ. Úvod do studia. Olomouc: Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc, 2018. info
  • The Higher Education Act. 2018. URL info
  • Study and Examination Regulations. 2019. URL info
  • ISO 690: 2010. Information and documentation – Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources. 3rd ed. Geneva: International Organization for Standardization, 2010, 40 pp. info
  • DEVITO, J. A. Human Communication: The Basic Course. Pearson Education, 2017. ISBN 9780134409450. info
    recommended literature
  • LUDVÍKOVÁ P. a I. KOVAČIČINOVÁ. Kvalifikační práce na MVŠO. Olomouc: Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc, 2018. info
Assessment methods
Course credit: active participation in seminars, participation at the introductory adaptation course, fulfilment of the assigned tasks
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
Course credit: active participation in seminars, participation at the introductory adaptation course, fulfilment of the assigned tasks
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2021, winter 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (winter 2024, recent)
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