1. Characteristics of diploma thesis, faculty regulations, formal requirements.2. The selection of the topic of diploma thesis.3. Cooperation with the supervisor, consultations.4. The selection of appropriate approaches and methods.5. The schedule of work on diploma thesis.6. The work with information sources.
The course develops students' ability to formulate a problem, state the goals of a thesis, choose adequate procedures and methods, assess the character, value-added and possible use of the results. Part of the course is a discussion over the projects of diploma theses of the students.