Diploma Seminar 340-AG1-3SEM5

Profile: general academic.
Full-time studies, obligatory course (M_12)
Humanities, English Philology, diploma seminar.
Year III, terms V and VI.
Initial requirements: completed second year of studies.
Number of didactic hours: 60h seminars.
Didactic methods: discussion, presentations, written works.
ECTS points: 19
Students’ workload balance and number of hours:
- Participation in seminars and additional consultation provided to students by teachers on duty 2x30h+25h
- Preparation of a research paper/multimedia presentation 35h
- Self-study revision of material on courses under chosen specialization 60h
- Library research 50h
- Gathering research materials 90h
- Writing thesis 80h
- E-mail contact with tutor (supervisor) 20h
- Editing thesis, corrections, revisions, etc. 50h
Total:500 19 ECTS
Quantitative indicators and number of hours:
- Student’s workload connected with classes which require assistance from the teacher. 105h - 4 ECTS
- Student’s workload connected with participation in seminars (research paper, multimedia presentation), and preparation of BA thesis. 500h - 19 ECTS

Term 2022:

Discussing thesis requirements

Discussing the topic of the seminar:
- the Beats
- Afro-american writing
- writers of the American South
- literary experimentators (1960-1970)
- ethnic writing, women's writing
- new realism

Term 2023:

Discussing thesis requirements

Discussing the topic of the seminar:
- the Beats
- Afro-american writing
- writers of the American South
- literary experimentators (1960-1970)
- ethnic writing, women's writing
- new realism

Term 2024:

Discussing thesis requirements

Discussing the topic of the seminar:
- the Beats
- Afro-american writing
- writers of the American South
- literary experimentators (1960-1970)
- ethnic writing, women's writing
- new realism

Prerequisites (description)

Knowledge of English at the advanced level (B2-C1). Knowledge of theories and methods connected with the field of the seminar.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Blended learning

Learning outcomes

1. Students know research methodology – in qualitative and quantitative terms.
2. Students have knowledge of the most important publications regarding the topic of their BA thesis.
3. Students can acquire knowledge without assistance using various sources.
4. Students can develop research skills.
5. Students can develop research methods and instruments.
6. Students develop skills in writing an academic text.
7. Students participate in discussions, presenting their own standpoint.
8. Students know and understand basic terminology and rules concerning copyright and intellectual property

Knowledge
- K_W01, K_W03, K_U04, K_W05, K_W06, K_W07, K_W08, K_W09, K_W12,

Skills
- K_U01, K_U02, K_U03, K_U05, K_U10, K_U11, K_U12, K_U13, K_U14

Competence
- K_K01, K_K03, K_K04, K_K05, K_K07

Assessment criteria

To pass the course, students have to regularly attend the classes, submit parts of their work for evaluation, and finally submit a complete diploma thesis that will fulfill the necessary requirements. Students can be absent only twice during a term. Students whose number of unexcused absences is more than twice per semester are obliged to get credit for the material covered during the classes he/she was absent on.

Bibliography

See bibliography attached to individual seminars.

Term 2022:

Selected reading;

The Norton Anthology of American Literature (7th ed.) (vol. C-E)
A New Literary History of America (Harvard University Press, 2009)
Historia literatury amerykańskiej XX wieku (Universitas, 2004)
A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture (Blackwell, 2004)
The Cambridge Companion to American Literature, vol. 7 (CUP, 2008)

Term 2023:

Selected reading;

Term 2024:

Selected reading;

Notes

Term 2022:

Writing and submitting a thesis.

Term 2023:

Writing and submitting a thesis.

Term 2024:

Writing and submitting a thesis.

Additional information

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