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Bachelor's Project I - Physics - NFPL301
Title: Bachelor's Project I - Physics
Guaranteed by: Department of Condensed Matter Physics (32-KFKL)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/3, C [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Belongs to the student work of type: bakalářská práce
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Jana Kalbáčová Vejpravová, Ph.D.
Is co-requisite for: NFPL804
Annotation
Bachelor’s Project I leads towards a Bachelor's thesis, an integral part of the Final Exam (SZZ). Within the area of study chosen by the student, the student learns how to solve the research problem under the guidance of the advisor.
Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (17.02.2022)
Course completion requirements -

Bachelor projects serve as a demonstration of the student's ability to formulate scientific questions, design and execute experiments, analyses, theory or calculations, and interpret findings critically. The work must show independence, intellectual rigor, and originality.

Formal Requirements

Length ~30 standard pages, excluding references and supplements. Supplements such as raw datasets, protocols, codes, large tables, etc. may be included and must be referenced within the text.

Suggested Structure

Abstract (~2000 characters)

Introduction (~8 pages): Background, hypothesis, and relevance

Methodology (~8 pages): Experimental design, analytical or numerical approach, methods, theory

Results (~8 pages): Data presentation and analysis

Discussion (~5 pages): Interpretation, limitations, alternative explanations

Novelty and Significance (~1 page): What is new and why it matters

References: ~20 relevant references

Scientific criteria:

The thesis should pose an original and clearly defined scientific question or hypothesis, be grounded in authentic work carried out by the student, demonstrate logical coherence between aims, methods, and conclusions, include careful interpretation and recognition of limitations, present a scientifically significant and novel contribution.

Evaluation criteria:

Originality and scientific novelty

Depth of understanding

Adequacy of methodology

Quality and reproducibility of results

Soundness of discussion and interpretation

Relevance and quality of used literature

Coherence and writing style

Justification of significance to science and/or society

Supervision and submission

Each student has a supervisor. Supervisors may advise, but the intellectual and practical work must be done by student.

Final submission must include a signed statement confirming the originality of work.

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (29.09.2025)
Literature

Specific for each particular Bachelor’s project.

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (17.02.2022)
Syllabus -

Specific for each particular Bachelor’s project.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor’s Project in Physics, the student is able to independently formulate a well-defined scientific question or hypothesis within a selected area of physics, design and carry out appropriate experimental, analytical, theoretical, or computational work, and apply relevant methods and concepts at an undergraduate level. The student can critically analyze and interpret data or theoretical results, assess limitations and uncertainties, and place the outcomes in the context of existing scientific literature. The student demonstrates the ability to structure and present scientific work coherently in written form, justify the novelty and significance of the results, and adhere to principles of academic integrity and reproducible research.

Last update: Kalbáčová Vejpravová Jana, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (12.01.2026)
 
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