Bachelor's thesis

Course: Folklore Studies, Ukrainian Language and Literature and Foreign Language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Bachelor's thesis
Code
ННД.26
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
8
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Work effectively with information: select the necessary information from various sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyze and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 3. Organize the process of learning and self-education. PLO 7. Understand the main problems of philology and approaches to their solution using appropriate methods and innovative approaches. PLO 15. Carry out linguistic, literary and special philological analysis of texts of different styles and genres. PLO 19. Have the skills to participate in scientific and / or applied research in the field of philology. PLO 20. Demonstrate basic knowledge of the theory of folklore, history of folklore studies, folk verbal and musical creativity, traditions of folk education, customary law for a comprehensive understanding of folk tradition.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
• Before starting work on a research project, students must know the sources, formation, and peculiarities of folk art and folklore studies in Ukraine and the world. • Be able to work with educational and scientific information in the field of folklore studies, process it, make generalizations and conclusions about folklore, folklore and folk cultural heritage. • Possess basic skills of research and development; comparative and poetic analysis, description and evaluation of the value of oral literature samples; research at different levels of cultural text; characterization and analysis of the characteristics of different cultural groups, mastering the skills of their identification and analysis.
Course content
Writing and defending a bachelor's thesis is aimed at deepening the skills and knowledge of research work and establishing the actual compliance of the graduate's level of educational and qualification training with the requirements of the educational and qualification characteristics of the specialty 035.09 Philology (Folklore Studies) under the EP "Folklore Studies, Ukrainian Language and Literature and Foreign Language".
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Requirements for the preparation and writing of academic and qualification papers (for students of philology): Methodological recommendations. Kyiv, 2019. 93 с. URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ybQZwbRd6U2uGzxXR1BC5IMNhrCTt7EL/view . 2. Guidelines for the preparation and defense of bachelor's and master's theses in the educational programs "Ukrainian Language and Literature" and "Literary Creativity" / Compiled by: Brovko O.O., Vintoniv M.O., Lutsiuk M.V. - Kyiv: Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 2019. 88 с. URL: https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/27189/1/M_Loutsiuk_MVDR.pdf . 3. Methodological principles of writing a dissertation: Manual. Kyiv: Twim Inter, 2009. 460с. 4. Shyshka, R. B. Organization of scientific research and preparation of master's and dissertation works: a textbook. Kharkiv: Espada, 2007. 368 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The bachelor's thesis in folklore studies is a research project of first-level (bachelor's) students. Writing a bachelor's thesis involves several stages: I. Choosing a research topic, drawing up a work plan together with a supervisor (choosing a subject, developing a hypothesis, field research strategy), developing a work plan and its (possible) testing during the annual conference of young scientists of the Institute of Philology of KNUTS / annual Folklore Readings dedicated to Professor Lidia Dunayevska; II. Analysis and theoretical comprehension of the collected data and their formalization into a bachelor's thesis. Discussion at the preliminary defense of qualification works. III. Public defense of the bachelor's thesis at the meeting of the examination committee.
Assessment methods and criteria
A bachelor's thesis is graded on a 100-point scale, taking into account the sum of the points assigned by the supervisor, reviewer, and examination committee in accordance with the approved evaluation criteria.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian Language

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olesia Vladyslavivna Naumovska
Department of folklore
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of folklore
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology