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Semester Paper-Social Problems of Social Work Target Groups
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:24.02.2023 15:19:04
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_179 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Marika Lotko | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 8 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 6 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The study course “Course Paper: Human in Social Environment” has been mastered. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To form and promote the development of evidence-based, systematic and analytical thinking in the identification and resolution of social problems; to collect, systemise and analyse the information obtained from research of scientific literature. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 2 | Development and preparation of design for the course paper in accordance with the selected topic. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Selection of a topic for the course paper (based on the analysis of the current situation, evidence-based data are searched). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Development and preparation of design for the course paper in accordance with the selected topic. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students autonomously carry out the theoretical research of the course work under the supervision of the supervisor. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independently and appropriately prepared literature analysis and realized the research part on the chosen topic and its presentation (defense). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Semester paper) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Defence (Semester paper) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student obtains profound knowledge of the selected social problem, its resolution; knows profoundly the basic principles of scientific methodology and their use; steps of planning and implementation of scientific research work. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of mastering the study course, students will be able to justify the topicality of the selected topic by providing evidence-based data; will be able to collect and analyse scientific literature on the subject of the course paper, draw conclusions, compare theoretical concepts within the selected topic. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of mastering the study course, students will be able to independently develop a course paper, studying in practice one of the social problems, express a reasoned opinion in the reflection of the selected social problem. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, LK, Pipare, A. Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. RaKa. 2011 | ||||||||
| 2 | Mārtinsone, LK, Pipare, A. Pētniecības terminu skaidrojošā vārdnīca. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Specialized Ethnographic Methods: a Mixed Methods Approach. 2013. | ||||||||
