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Defence of Abstracts of a Bachelors Thesis and Pre-Defence of a Paper
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:19.03.2024 12:11:36
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_035 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Political Science | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Cepurītis | ||||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Students should have successfully passed the course “Development of Scientific Research and Methods of Research” or a course with equivalent content. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To draft a Bachelor’s thesis in a gradual, well-considered and qualitative manner. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Defence of the abstracts of a Bachelor’s paper | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Pre-defence of a Bachelor’s thesis | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The student must submit abstracts and draft a Bachelor’s thesis according to the schedule set by the Department of Political Science. A presentation to be presented to the commission should be prepared for the defence and pre-defence of abstracts. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Knowledge of own Bachelor’s thesis; orientation in problems of the topic; skill in defining basic settings of research; skill in structuring the research according to the achievement of the objective. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | To know the basic requirements, methodology and content of research paper development. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Skills to apply mastered theories of politics and international relations in a practical, empirical study. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Competence to carry out independent research work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU Nolikums par bakalaura darba izstrādāšanu un aizstāvēšanu./RSU Regulation on developing and defending a bachelor's thesis. | ||||||||
| 2 | Studiju reglaments I/Study regulations I | ||||||||
