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The student must submit the bachelor's thesis within the deadline specified in the schedule of the current academic year for the relevant date of the state exam. The bachelor thesis is submitted in electronic form via AIS. The work must meet the parameters determined by the internal quality system of Comenius University. The provisions of Article 14 of Internal Regulation no. 5/2020 (Study Regulations of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University) apply to the evaluation of the bachelor's thesis.

The supervisor of the final thesis and its opponent will prepare evaluations of the bachelor's thesis and propose a grade in the A-FX grading scale, which the student receives a minimum of three working days before the defence.

Grading scale: 0-59% -FX, 60-67% -E, 68-75% -D, 76-83% -C, 84-91% -B, 92-100% -A

Bachelor thesis evaluation criteria:

1. The contribution of the bachelor's thesis, the fulfilment of the goals of the thesis in its assignment, and the requirements for the content of the bachelor's thesis given by the internal quality system of Comenius University. The following is assessed: demonstration of knowledge and skills, ability to work creatively in the study program, ability applied in the collection, interpretation, and processing of basic scientific literature; in the case of an empirically oriented bachelor's thesis also mastering the application of theoretical principles in practice and verifiability of hypotheses.

2. Originality of the work (bachelor thesis must not be plagiarized, must not infringe the copyrights of other authors); the documentation for the defence of the bachelor's thesis also includes protocols of originality from the CRZP and Theses systems, to the results of which the thesis supervisor and the opponent express their opinions in their evaluations.

3. Correctness and accuracy of citation of used information sources, research results of other authors and group authors, correctness of the description of methods and working procedures of other authors or group authors.

4. Compliance of the structure of the bachelor's thesis with the prescribed composition defined by the internal quality system of Comenius University.

5. Respecting the recommended length of the bachelor's thesis (the recommended length of the bachelor's thesis is usually 30 – 40 standard pages = 54,000 to 72,000 characters, including spaces), the adequacy of the length of the thesis is assessed by the thesis supervisor.

6. Linguistic and stylistic level of work and formal adjustments.

The student orally presents the content, achieved goals, and conclusions of the bachelor's thesis, and answers the questions and comments of the thesis supervisor, opponent, or members of the examination committee. The committee will comprehensively evaluate the quality of the bachelor's thesis, assess the method and form of defence, and the student's ability to adequately respond to comments and questions from the evaluations of the thesis supervisor and the opponent. The student receives their final grade based on the average of the assessment of the thesis supervisor and opponent from their evaluations, and the assessment of the examination committee.

Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100

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1. The student presents the bachelor's thesis in front of the committee for state exams, the opponent of the bachelor's thesis, and those present.

2. The student responds to comments and questions in the evaluations.

3. The student responds to the questions of the committee for state exams or the questions in a broader debate.

Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100

The student has mastered the basic requirements of writing a scientific text in compliance with the rules of academic ethics, is able to work creatively in the field of study in which he completed the study program, and has adequate knowledge and understanding of the relevant issues. The student can apply his skills in the collection, interpretation, and processing of basic scientific literature, or even in its application in practice, or has the ability to solve a partial task related to the focus of the bachelor's thesis. After a successful defence of the bachelor's thesis, the student is able to logically deal with the theoretical background of the bachelor's thesis and respond to questions relating to the relevant issues.

Summary of literature prescribed in compulsory and optional subjects of the study program Sociology relevant to the content of the state examination in sociological theory, eg:

GIDDENS, A.: Sociologie. Praha: Argo, 2013.

HARRINGTON, A. a kol.: Moderní sociální teorie. Praha: Portál, 2006.

SOPÓCI, J.: Teória sociálnych inštitúcií. Bratislava: Stimul, 2013.

SOPÓCI, J.: Sociologické teórie modernej spoločnosti. Bratislava: Stimul, 2014.

SOPÓCI, J.: Sociálna stratifikácia a mobilita v sociologickej perspektíve. Bratislava: Stimul: 2015.

SOPÓCI, J.: Teórie kolektívneho správania a sociálnych hnutí. Bratislava: Stimul, 2014.

Acquisition of sociological knowledge contained in the courses Sociological Theory 1 to Sociological Theory (in the 2nd level of study), as well as knowledge contained in the courses Predsociological Thinking and History of Sociological Thinking 1 to 3 and acquisition of the ability to use this knowledge in sociological scientific work. Acquisition of general theoretical sociological knowledge and mastering the ways of using this knowledge in theoretical and empirical sociological research activities.

Sociology as a science of society, basic approaches to the study of society. Basic sociological theoretical perspectives (paradigms). Development of theoretical concepts of society in sociology of the 19th and 20th centuries. Culture and socialization, social control and deviation, social groups and formal organizations, social institutions, social inequalities, social stratification and mobility, collective behavior, social movement, social change. Classical and contemporary sociological theories of all these social phenomena, empirical research and sociological knowledge about them.

The student must submit the master’s thesis within the deadline specified in the schedule of the current academic year for the relevant date of the state exam. The master’s thesis is submitted in electronic form via AIS. The work must meet the parameters determined by the internal quality system of Comenius University. The provisions of Article 14 of Internal Regulation no. 5/2020 (Study Regulations of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University) apply to the evaluation of the master’s thesis.

The supervisor of the final thesis and its opponent will prepare evaluations of the master’s thesis and propose a grade in the A-FX grading scale, which the student receives a minimum of three working days before the defence.

Grading scale: 0-59% -FX, 60-67% -E, 68-75% -D, 76-83% -C, 84-91% -B, 92-100% -A

Master’s thesis evaluation criteria:

1. The contribution of the master's thesis, the fulfilment of the objectives of the thesis in its assignment, and the requirements for the content of the master's thesis given by the internal quality system of Comenius University. It is assessed whether the student has worked on the chosen topic at the level of scientific study, with a representative selection of scientific literature, with appropriately chosen scientific procedures and hypotheses that can be verified. Demonstration of the ability to work creatively in the study program is evaluated and the degree of demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the diploma thesis is reflected.

2. Originality of the work (master’s thesis must not be plagiarized, must not infringe the copyrights of other authors); the documentation for the defence of the master’s thesis also includes protocols of originality from the CRZP and Theses systems, to the results of which the thesis supervisor and the opponent express their opinions in their evaluations.

3. Correctness and accuracy of citation of used information sources, research results of other authors and group authors, correctness of the description of methods and working procedures of other authors or group authors.

4. Compliance of the structure of the master’s thesis with the prescribed composition defined by the internal quality system of Comenius University.

5. Respecting the recommended length of the master’s thesis (the recommended length of the master’s thesis is usually 50 – 70 standard pages = 90,000 to 126,000 characters, including spaces), the adequacy of the length of the thesis is assessed by the thesis supervisor.

6. Linguistic and stylistic level of work and formal adjustments.

The student orally presents the content, achieved goals, and conclusions of the master’s thesis, and answers the questions and comments of the thesis supervisor, opponent, or members of the examination committee. The committee will comprehensively evaluate the quality of the master’s thesis, assess the method and form of defence, and the student's ability to adequately respond to comments and questions from the evaluations of the thesis supervisor and the opponent. The student receives their final grade based on the average of the assessment of the thesis supervisor and opponent from their evaluations, and the assessment of the examination committee.

Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100

Slovak

Sociology as a science of society, basic approaches to the study of society. Basic sociological theoretical perspectives (paradigms). Development of theoretical concepts of society in sociology of the 19th and 20th centuries. Culture and socialization, social control and deviation, social groups and formal organizations, social institutions, social inequalities, social stratification and mobility, collective behavior, social movement, social change. Classical and contemporary sociological theories of all these social phenomena, empirical research and sociological knowledge about them.

Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100

A student who passes the state exam comprehensively manages the issue of the state exam in context specified headings. He has theoretical and practical knowledge based on the current state of knowledge from sociological theory, as well as the ability to apply and use them creatively in sociological scientific work. By acquiring the sociological knowledge contained in the teaching of sociological theory courses and courses in the history of sociological thinking, the student acquires the ability to use this knowledge in theoretical and empirical sociological research activities.