Seminar I - MC260S62

• Title: Seminar I
• Guaranteed by: Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry (31-260)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/1, C [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Filip Uhlík, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Jan Černý, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: RNDr. Kateřina Ušelová, Ph.D. (31.01.2022)

The Seminar I provides introduction into the university environment and into the world of science. It covers practical
topics, such as, literature and databases access and search, research communication essentials, or scientific
method basics. Second, it opens general topics of contemporary science and its role in the society (see Syllabus
for the list). There will be various hosts attending seminars, discussing particular topics with students.

Literature

Last update: RNDr. Kateřina Ušelová, Ph.D. (31.01.2022)

There is no particular literature for this seminar. Students will be given short readings/listening/watching from open resources on the weekly basis.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: RNDr. Kateřina Ušelová, Ph.D. (31.01.2022)

The credit for Seminar I is based on students active participation during the semester. Students will be asked to prepare short presentations on selected topics.

Syllabus

Last update: RNDr. Kateřina Ušelová, Ph.D. (26.05.2022)

- Charles University and participating faculties
- Literature, libraries, open sources
- Scientific Method
- Studying effectively
- Research communication essentials
- Science - goals and responsibility
- How to evaluate the performance in science
- Scientific career
- Social Media - science, algorithms, threads