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Semester project I - Orientation and Integration
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SBUEK_175 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Economics; Other economic and management sub-sectors | Target Audience: | Business Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Romāns Putāns | ||||||||
| 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) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 6 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Business Research Methodology. Basics of Business English. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To ensure active involvement of students in the study process and use of academic resources, as well as to enhance the student's understanding, knowledge and skills in using these resources. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Presentation of the progress and results of the Semester project I. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Presentation of the progress and results of the Semester project I. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Development of the Semester project and its presentation. During the 1st semester students in teams of 2 (3 students may be in one team if there is an odd number of students) identify academic and research resources available at RSU and out-of-university, their types, applicability and concisely describe them by creating a table or scheme, or info-graphic and its brief analytical interpretation (max. 3 pages), as well as a presentation, which will also be presented (defended) by the team at the end of the semester. The programme will provide a sample presentation structure (questions). In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Development and visualisation of the Semester project (50%) – the ability to identify the set of academic and research resources necessary for the study process is assessed, as well as the ability to find out how to use them; supervising committee also assesses the ability to collect information in a structured way by linking different resource units. Presentation of the Semester project (50%) – the ability to express oneself accurately, to listen and react to other points of view, receive criticism is assessed. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Student knows academic and research resources at RSU and beyond, including human resources, library resources, other institutional, content and information resources. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to identify the set of academic and research resources necessary for the study process, to find out how to apply them and to use the resources for the study and research process. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Able to learn, identify the unknown, search for a solution, formulate information in written, structured analytical and concise manner, present it, express it accurately. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU SBUEK Student`s Manual / RSU SBUEK Studējošā rokasgrāmata | ||||||||
| 2 | Studiju gaitā izmantotā un ar projekta vadītāju apspriestā papildus literatūra un informācijas avoti | ||||||||
| 3 | RSU Studiju reglaments | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Citi informācijas avoti | ||||||||
