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Drafting and Defence of the Master's Thesis with a Proseminar
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:12
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KF_074 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 20.00 | ECTS: | 30.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science; Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Vita Savicka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Research methodology, other Master’s study programme courses. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To enhance MA students’ comprehension of research and skill in developing their own draft study – Master’s thesis, including its detailed substantiation and implementation process, the planned data acquisition and processing procedures; evaluate the possible risks and hazard of the planned study; characterise the legal and ethical aspects of the study, as well as draw the attention to scientific writing. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory class. Research planning. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Scientific (and science fiction) style (historical retrospect, impact of different cultures, modern characteristics) in the Latvian language stylistic system. Substyles and typical genres of scientific style. Adaptation of scientific style in publicistic writing. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Structure of a scientific text: logical arrangement of expressions, use of terms, structure of sentences, quotes, references, footnotes. Author’s objectivity and identitylessness. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Scientific style dictionary: terms and foreign words. Linguistic, interlinguistic and extralinguistic principles of term use. Sources of terms, databases. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Stylistics and editing of a research paper (stylistics of introduction, talk abstracts, conclusion). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Perform the search, selection and analysis of the literature, which is appropriate for the study subject, and develop their draft study, including the substantiation of the study, the bibliography and detailed description of study methodology; evaluate the possible risks and hazard of the planned study; characterise the ethical aspects of the study; and present the project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In accordance with the requirements set by RSU for assessment of a Master’s thesis. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Master’s thesis) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students comprehend, compare and critically evaluate different theoretical dispositions and study results in relation to the study subject; comprehend the requirements of the drafting and implementation of Master’s Thesis and its assessment criteria. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students formulate the problematic issues of the research; pursuant to the subject, select and critically evaluate the sources of literature; substantiate the topicality and problem of the study, formulate the aim and question(s)/hypothesis (hypotheses) of the study; choose the methodology of the study that is suitable for the study aim pursuant to the ethical norms in the study; describe the planned data analysis methods; and evaluate the risks and hazards of the potential study; collect, process and analyse data, describe and interpret obtained results. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students independently plan and implement a study that is compliant with the basic principles of research and ethical norms. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana (K.Martinsones un A. Piperes zin. redakcijā). Rīga: RSU, 2018. | ||||||||
| 2 | Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RaKa, 2016. | ||||||||
| 3 | RSU Maģistra darba izstrādes noteikumi | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kroplijs A., Raščevska M. Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs. Rīga: RaKa, 2004. | ||||||||
| 2 | Lietratūra par mūsdienu pētniecību | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Ievērojot izvēlēto maģistra darba tematu | ||||||||
