Guidelines and criteria for producing and delivering a seminar paper

Guidelines and criteria for producing and delivering
a seminar paper

General provisions:
Student Information System – hereinafter „SIS“
Seminar paper – hereinafter „the paper“
Please, respect the following guidelines while writing the seminar paper:
1. The paper needs to be delivered in the prescribed layout (sample “Layout_seminar
paper” in the SIS).
2. The seminar paper has to be submitted in the MS Word document.
3. When submitting, the paper needs to be uploaded to SIS (Section Submit seminar
paper under the particular course within the program).
4. When consulting the paper, the author and the tutor communicate via Communication
section in SIS
5. The topic of the paper is chosen from a list of the course’s prescribed/given topics.
6. If the author can’t use their own practical knowledge, it can be replaced with model
situations or case studies.
7. In case of non-compliance with formal criteria or other serious defects in seminar
paper, the tutor is entitled to return the seminar paper to student for revision.
8. If the student makes revisions or corrections to the seminar paper they have to be
marked intelligibly so that tutor understands which parts of the text have been
changed.
Assessing criteria for the seminar paper:
Tutor assesses relevance, form of the paper etc. according to guidelines described in this
document. Tutor assesses the final version of the seminar paper within 10 business days.
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The assessing form is delivered electronically and it is after uploaded in student’s e-account
in the SIS.
Tutor produces the assessment report only in case the seminar paper has met all of the
defined criteria:
CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PAPER

Abstract – whether it is of the prescribed length.

Keywords – whether they are listed in the prescribed format and alphabetical
order.

Introduction – whether hypothesis, objectives of the paper, and information whom
is the paper intended for, and how is the paper beneficial for the practice, is
included.

Formulation of the objectives – whether they are clearly stated.

Conclusion – whether the stated objectives, evaluation of the depth and breadth
of the seminar paper, new ideas and findings, and analysis of new perspectives of
the topic is included.
FORMAL CRITERIA

Scope of the paper – whether the paper is of the prescribed length.

Structure of the paper – whether the chapters and subchapters are logical.

Layout– whether the current layout is used (papers submitted in other than
prescribed layout will not be accepted).

Spelling and vocabulary – whether there are no grammatical errors in the paper
and standard language is used.

Formal issues – whether the paper is in compliance with the formal criteria (font,
font size, line spacing etc.).
REFERENCES

Graphical marking of citations and paraphrases – whether they are uniformly
graphically distinguished from the rest of the text.
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Sources in the bibliography – whether they are stated in the correct form and
alphabetical order.

Pictures, figures and charts – whether they are correctly numbered and marked.
EVALUATION OF THE PAPER

Practical impacts of the paper – whether the paper is linked with practical issues
and its outcomes can be used in practice.

Meeting the set objectives – whether the objectives set at the beginning of the
paper were met.

Author’s own thoughts – whether the paper contains author’s own thoughts,
whether the issue is written in author’s own words or it is merely transcribing texts
of other authors.
General formal criteria of the seminar paper:
· Length of the seminar paper: 3,800 – 5,000 words excluding the excluding the
introductory page, contents and appendices. (Word count is shown in the bottom left
corner in the Word text editor – Words)
· Spacing:1,5
· Font: Arial
· Size: 12
· Alignment: block text
Detailed information on the form and method of producing and delivering a seminar paper
can be found in the Guide for seminar papers, which can be downloaded in the Student
information system.
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