Masters qualification paper

Course: Classical Studies and West-European Language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Masters qualification paper
Code
ОК.18
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
12 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. To evaluate one's own educational, scientific and professional activities, to build and to implement an effective strategy of self-development and professional self-improvement. PLO 2. To be confident using state language as well as English and classical languages for written and oral communication; to present research results in state. PLO 3. To apply modern methods and technologies and ensuring research quality in a specific philological field. PLO 7. To analyze, to compare and to classify different trends and schools in linguistics. PLO 9. To characterize the theoretical background and applied aspects of the chosen philological specialization. PLO 11. To carry out a scientific analysis of language. PLO 17. To plan and to present research and/or innovative developments in a specific philological field. PLO 18. To represent the results of one’s own research to the scientific community in scientific publications or speeches at conferences etc.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1) successful mastering of professional knowledge (Masters degree); 2) knowledge of the general requirements for writing, preparing and defense of qualification works of the appropriate level; 3) skills of independent academic research in classical languages; selection and critical analysis of theoretical materials; skills and abilities of translation from classical languages, analysis and interpretation of literary texts.
Course content
The purpose of writing and defending the Masters qualification work is to confirm the compliance of the level of educational and qualification training with the requirements of the educational and qualification characteristics of the major. Annotation. Masters qualification paper is a complex form of control and final certification of Master graduates in the educational and academic program Classical Studies and Western European Language. This is an independent academic paper of theoretical and practical value, which is performed by students at the final stage of training and is one of the forms of demonstration of theoretical and practical knowledge and ability to perform public academic communications. Writing a qualification paper involves academic research, collection, systematization and independent analysis of linguistic phenomena with further results. Masters qualification paper should meet the requirements as to the form and content the supervisors feedback and review should be submitted.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Basic requirements for the preparation and writing the educational, scientific and qualification works (for students of philology): Methodical development. - K., 2011. - 82 p. 2. Methodical recommendations for writing, organizing and defending a Masters research paper on the methods of teaching Ukrainian and foreign languages and literature / V. M. Shovkovyi, L. P. Naumenko, O. V. Liubashenko, T. M. Kolodko, L. G. Smovzhenko, N. V. Sorokina: edited by V. M. Shovkovyi, L. P. Naumenko, O. V. Liubashenko. Kyiv: EC Kyiv University", 2018. 32 с. 3. Methodology, techniques and methods of organization of academic and pedagogical research // Methodology of research: textbook, ed. 3rd, revised / D.V. Chernilevskyi, M.I. Tomchuk, O.A. Dubaseniuk, O.E. Antonova, V.II. Zakharchenko, O.V. Voznyuk, N.Z. Siranchuk / edited by D.V. Chernilevskyi, Vinnytsia: Nilan-Ltd, 2012. - P. 216-241.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Guide conference, tutorials with the supervisor, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
The written qualification paper is submitted to the attestation commission along with other documents required: the supervisors review and feedback. Public defense of the qualification paper is organized as presentation with different forms of visualization of the information. The grade for Masters qualification paper consists of three components: 1) assessment of the supervisor, who fills in the supervisors feedback form according to the evaluation criteria (up to 10 points max.); 2) assessment of the reviewer who fills in the review form (according to the evaluation criteria (up to 45 points max.); 3) points for the defense of the qualification paper (up to 45 points max.), which are assigned by the attestation commission and recorded in the final evaluation sheet, which also contains the total score as an arithmetic whole of the three components (up to 100 points max.).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Lesia Leonidivna Zvonska
Department of General Linguistics, Classical Philology and Neo-Hellenistics
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology