Course detail

BA Seminar 1

FaVU-1-BAKS-1Acad. year: 2024/2025

In the final year of the Bachelor's degree, the Bachelor's seminar becomes the second basic creative subject in the study programme, alongside the Studio. In the winter semester, the course provides students with support and guidance in the preparatory phase of the Diploma Project. Based on dialogue with the student, the supervisor formulates an assignment that guides the next steps, including topic, technique, anticipated installation and timeline. The entire course of the birth of the Diploma Project, from the initial collection of possible variations of thematic focus and formal solutions, through the refinement of the concept to the start of the actual implementation, is systematically verified through intensive consultations.  

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Department

Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU)

Entry knowledge

None.  

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit is awarded on the basis of completing at least 10 consultations of the Diploma Project with its supervisor.  
Consultations in the studio at FaVU, or elsewhere based on an individual agreement between the student and the teacher. Consultations take place once a week, the student must attend at least 75 % of the total of 13 consultations per semester. If the number of face-to-face consultations is not sufficient, it is possible to replace them with a distance form of communication after agreement with the teacher.  

Aims

The aim of the course is to define the concept and prepare the assignment of the Diploma Project.  
Students have a defined assignment and have successfully completed the preparatory phase of the Diploma Project, including the definition of the concept, technique and scope, which they can build on by completing the Diploma Project in the following semester.  

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hal FOSTER – Rosalind KRAUSSOVÁ – Yve-Alain BOIS – Benjamin H. D. BUCHLOH, Umění po roce 1900. Modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus, Praha: Slovart 2007
John BERGER, Způsoby vidění, Praha: Labyrint 2016
Umberto ECO, Jak napsat diplomovou práci, Praha: Votobia 1997
ZBÍRAL, R. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7201-779-9.

Recommended reading

Aleš RICHTER, Co je dobré vědět o psaní diplomové či disertační práce, Liberec 2008
ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha: Leda, 1999. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize, Praha: NAMU 2014.
Institut úzkosti. 2021. Kvíření jazyka českého: O užívání genderově inkluzivního jazyka v institucích a organizacích. http://www.institutuzkosti.cz/events/kvireni-jazyka-ceskeho-videozaznam-online-diskuse?src=cz
Jacques AUMONT, Obraz, Praha: Akademie múzických umění 2010
Jan SVENUNGSSON, Umelec a písanie, Bratislava: Slovart – VŠVU 2013
Konrad Paul LIESSMANN, Filozofie moderního umění, Olomouc: Votobia 2000
Nelson GOODMAN, Jazyky umění. Praha: Academia, 2007.
ŠANDEROVÁ, J. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Několik zásad pro začátečníky. Praha: SLON, 2005. ISBN 80-86429-40-7.
Tomáš POSPISZYL, Před obrazem. Antologie americké výtvarné teorie a kritiky, Praha: OSVU 1998
Wolfgang ISER, Jak se dělá teorie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova: Karolinum, 2009.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Diploma seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Syllabus

- Collection of possible topic options and formal solutions 

- Establishing a creative intent, including defining the theme, technique and scope 

- Formulation of the Diploma Project assignment 

- Sketching, collecting material, etc. 

- Starting the actual physical realization of the Diploma Project