Project Production and the Defence of Doctoral Dissertation

Pre-requisites: Passed all mandatory and elective course exams and fulfillment of requirements imposed by the Statute.

Course objectives: Successful production and defence of doctoral dissertation project, according to the demands of modern scientific methodology, in the function of efficient research work and finishing doctoral dissertation.

Course description: Theoretical course: -Application of research competences acquired during methodological training -Project designing in accordance with the scientific structure - defining the subject, theoretical frame, literature review, research model. Practical course: -Project presentation: Electronic presentation, hand-out, oral presentation; The defence of the topic, research model and literature.

Learning Outcomes: Student will be capable: -to design the research project for doctoral dissertation according to the demands of modern scientific methodology and the characteristics of the topic and scientific area; -to effectively present the project; -to successfully defend the project in a scientific discussion.

Literature/Reading:

• Doctoral Handbook, The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University, Washington DC, 2002.
• Ristić, Ž., O istraživanju, metodu i znanju, Institut za pedagoška istraživanja, Beograd, 1995.
• Mihajlović, B., Kako napisati, pripremiti i prikazati naučni i stručni rad, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad,Sremska Kamenica, 2003.
• Popović, Z.V., Kako napisati i objaviti naučno delo, Akademska misao i Institut za fiziku, Beograd, 2004.
• Sarić, M., Opšti principi naučno-istraživačkog rada, Srpsko društvo za istoriju nauke i Institut za istraživanja u poljoprivredi, Beograd, 2002.
• Malacko, J., Priprema i odbrana diplomskog i naučnog rada, Samostalno izdanje, Novi Sad, 1991.