Bachelor´s Thesis

• TOPIC SELECTION AND THESIS SUPERVISOR

Students select their Bachelor’s thesis topic in the second year of study (at the beginning of the 4th semester). Departments publish the list of available topics and supervisors in IS/STAG under: My Study – Final Thesis Topics (Témata VŠKP), no later than the end of January. Students may also propose their own topic, which must be discussed with a teacher who, based on their expertise, could supervise the thesis.

Instructions for registering thesis topics are provided in this GUIDE. The final deadline for topic registration is usually at the beginning of March – the exact date is specified in the Academic Year Schedule.

Assignment of the topic and appointment of the supervisor is a prerequisite for completing and passing the compulsory courses related to the Bachelor’s thesis. These courses are listed in the student’s study plan. If the student does not have a properly assigned thesis topic and supervisor, the thesis-related courses of MES (Methodological Seminar), PJKT (Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar I), and PJKT2 (Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar II) cannot be recognized.

The student who does not have a properly registered Bachelor’s thesis topic in IS/STAG cannot be assigned a Final State Examination (SZZ) date in the future!

 

• PROCESS OF WRITING THE BACHELOR’S THESIS

In the second year of study, during the summer semester, students take the compulsory course MES (Methodological Seminar), which provides them with the basic knowledge and skills needed to write their Bachelor’s thesis. Students in the Tourism Management programme take this course under the code MET, already in their first year of study.

A required component of the Bachelor’s thesis is the thesis assignment proposal, which includes the exact title of the thesis in Czech and English, a brief description of the topic and tasks to be achieved, the objective of the thesis, a detailed outline, and a list of basic literature. The student discusses the thesis assignment proposal with their thesis supervisor at the beginning of the third year, typically by mid-October. The exact deadline is  specified in the Academic Year Schedule. In justified cases, the supervisor may extend the deadline in agreement with the student.

In the third year, the student must submit the first complete version of the thesis to their supervisor by 31 January of the relevant academic year. This is a mandatory condition for receiving credit for the course PJKT (Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar I) in the winter semester. Credit for PJKT2 (Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar II) in the summer semester is awarded after the thesis is submitted to the department.

Student’s Guide to Bachelor’s/Diploma Thesis

 

• SUBMISSION OF THE BACHELOR’S THESIS TO THE DEPARTMENT

The exact deadline for submitting the final version of the Bachelor’s thesis for defence is specified in the Academic Year Schedule. The deadline depends on the SZZ examination period in which the student will defend the thesis.

The student with a confirmed SZZ date must submit the completed thesis to the relevant department. By the deadline, the student must complete both submission steps:

1. Upload the identical electronic version of the thesis to the eVŠKP system (electronic university thesis repository) before submitting the printed copy.

2. Submit one printed copy of the thesis to the Administrative Assistant at the Department. The printed copy must include the student’s signature in the “Declaration” section. This copy will be returned to the student after the defence. (In exceptional cases, students may submit their thesis even if they are not yet registered for the SZZ. This applies when the thesis is completed in advance and the student wishes to submit it before the registration period for their chosen SZZ term has opened.)

The Administrative Assistant at the Department will validate the electronic version in eVŠKP (provided the printed copy has also been submitted) and assign the opponent (the opponent may also be assigned before submission). The supervisor and opponent will be informed of the latest deadline for submitting their evaluations. Both evaluations must be made available to the student no later than 5 days before the defence date. They will be accessible in the eVŠKP system, and the student will also receive an email with a link to the evaluations via their university email account.
It is the student’s responsibility to read these evaluations.

• DEFENCE OF THE BACHELOR´S THESIS 

The student usually begins with a brief presentation of their thesis, lasting no more than 10 minutes, supported by a visual presentation (e.g. MS PowerPoint). In the presentation, the student explains why they chose the topic, how they approached the research and writing process, what results they achieved, and what challenges they encountered during the preparation of the thesis. After the presentation, the key parts of the evaluations from the opponent and the thesis supervisor are presented, including their final assessments. The student then responds to any comments raised in both evaluations. This is followed by a discussion with the student, based on questions from the opponent and the supervisor, and then from the members of the examination committee.
The purpose of this discussion is to assess how well the student understands the professional issues related to their thesis and how effectively they can respond to the topics raised. As part of the Final State Examination, both the thesis and its defence are evaluated, and both are included in the final grade. A key component of the defence is the student’s ability to demonstrate that the thesis was completed independently.