Optional classes in the academic year 2020/2021
According to the curriculum, PhDstudents choose at least one optional course (for at least 2 ECTS) in each academic year. PhD students choose from the offer of the Doctoral School, doctoral studies or classes from other universities (other doctoral schools). In the last case, PhD students should obtain permission to participate in classes from the coordinator of the relevant area of education.
The offer of the Doctoral School classes is presented below (in alphabetical order).
Registration will take place via the USOS system. It will start on Friday, October 9 at 9:00 AM and will end on Monday, October 12 at 3:00 PM.
Registration in USOSweb for facultative classes from the offer of the Doctoral School
Second phase of registration is now open (27.10.2020-.02.11.2020).
- Only for PhD students who have participated in a previous registration. From Tuesday October 27th from 16:30 to Thursday October 29th until the end of the day (23:59), the right to register for the subject groups is open to all who have chosen the subjects in the previous stage (only for subjects you’ve chosen). We emphasize – the current record is not sufficient to participate in the classes – now you have to choose one group. Due to the high occupancy of some subjects, please choose only one group. Technically, it is possible to select more than one group, but we ask that each of you only register in one group during this registration (the office will delete redundant entries on Friday). Note – one subject was not admitted to the next stage due to insufficient registrations. Some (but few) of your choices have been canceled (because the subject was restricted to different disciplines).
- Registration open to all PhD students. An additional supplementary registration is open from Saturday October 31th from 9:00 am to Monday November 2nd until 12:30 pm. In this registration, each PhD student may unsubscribe or subscribe to any number of groups, as long as there are vacancies. All PhD students who are interested in this registration should check (form October 27th) whether the registration is displayed in your USOSweb – if not, please inform the office (ryszard.knapek@us.edu.pl).
The offer of facultative classes in the Doctoral School for 2020/2021
The offer is listed below in alphabetic order. Subjects named in English will be conducted in English (please ignore sugestion “Polish”).
prof. dr hab. Piotr Skubała
language: English
summer semester
the field of science and natural sciences, and engineering and technology;
stationary
exercise
number of hours: 15
The aim of the module is to broaden the students’ knowledge on advanced methods in statistics applied in natural sciences. Students learn different methods of multivariate analysis, especially ordination, classification (cluster analysis) and discriminant analysis. Indirect gradient analyses, e.g. Polar ordination (PO), Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA), Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS), Principal Components Analysis (PCA), Correspondence Analysis (CA), Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and direct gradient analyses, e.g. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA), Detrended Canonical Correspondence Analysis (DCCA), Redundancy Analysis (RDA) are discussed and practiced on many examples. As regards cluster analysis, hierarchical agglomerative methods is mainly practiced. Practicals are taught using the following statistical programs: CANOCO, Statistica, Multivariate Variate Statistical Package (MVSP) and PAST (PAleontological STatistics).
Prof. Jan Kisiel
language: English
summer semester
the field of science and natural sciences, and engineering and technology;
online
exercise
number of hours: 15
Selected modern experiments in the physics of elementary particles will be presented, with particular emphasis on neutrino experiments. This will be preceded by a review of elementary particles and fundamental interactions. The course will end with a discussion of experiments trying to explain the asymmetry of matter-antimatter in the Universe after the Big Bang. Students will solve problems that illustrate the presented issues.
dr Karol Piekarski (MediaLab Katowice)
language: English
summer semester
open for all, primarily for humanistic and social science PhD students
on-line
workshop
number of hours: 15
term: 10-11th May (whole day workshops)
Learning the basics of data opens up enormous possibilities – automatic data acquisition and easy publication of charts or online maps. Unlike many other courses with a narrow focus on analysis or visualisation, this class offers a holistic approach – from cleaning and transforming data (e.g. transposing, geocoding) to different types of datasets and storage (tabular, textual, spatial), to powerful yet easy-to-use tools for data processing and visualisation (Google Sheets, DataWrapper). The two-day course is designed for beginners with no or little experience who would like to pick up new skills and automate the research process with data.
prof. Wacław Osadnik (University of Alberta)
language: Polish and English
summer semester
humanistic and social science PhD students
on-line
conservatory
number of hours: 15
Course on the translator’s workshop, primarily Polish-English and English-Polish.