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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Seminar of Astrobiology - MS107023A
Title: Seminář z astrobiologie
Czech title: Seminář z astrobiologie
Form of teaching: practicals
Guaranteed by: Department of Philosophy and History of Science (31-107)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2022
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 1
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Tomáš Petrásek, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jan Toman, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Tomáš Petrásek, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Lecture series extending the introductory course Elementary Astrobiology (MS107023). The course consists of lectures of invited experts and interactive exercises or discussions on astrobiological topics.
Last update: Petrásek Tomáš, RNDr., Ph.D. (16.02.2022)
Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme -

At least 75 % attendance at lectures.

Last update: Petrásek Tomáš, RNDr., Ph.D. (30.10.2019)
Syllabus -

Detailed programme will be specified at the beginning of the summer semester.

Last update: Petrásek Tomáš, RNDr., Ph.D. (16.02.2022)
Learning outcomes -

Upon successful completion of the seminar, the student:

  1. Demonstrates orientation within the thematic and methodological diversity of contemporary astrobiology and related fields, and distinguishes whether presented approaches are grounded in biology, planetary sciences, physics, computer science, history of science, philosophy, or the social sciences.
  2. Clearly summarises the main ideas of guest expert lectures, identifies their key questions, assumptions, and conclusions, and situates them within a broader astrobiological context.
  3. Critically evaluates the presented hypotheses, models, and interpretations, distinguishes between empirical claims, speculation, and popularising simplifications, and argues for their respective strengths and weaknesses.
  4. Actively participates in scholarly discussion, formulates substantive questions, and responds to diverse perspectives, including controversial or unconventional topics (e.g. exotic life, intelligence, technology, and popular-cultural representations of extraterrestrials).
  5. Integrates insights from the seminar with the content of other courses at the Faculty of Science and applies acquired concepts to the interpretation of new astrobiological problems not previously addressed.
  6. Reflects on the social, cultural, and media dimensions of astrobiology, assesses modes of communicating scientific results, and distinguishes between scientific discourse, popularisation, and pseudoscience.
Last update: Toman Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (28.01.2026)
The course does not include work placement
 
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