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Master’s Thesis
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:15
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_016 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 20.00 | ECTS: | 30.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anita Villeruša | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 6 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 6 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The theoretical part of the master's program is completed. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To be able to independently carry out scientific work, Master's Thesis: to formulate and analyse problems of public health, to compile scientific literature, to develop a conceptual model, to choose the most appropriate way to obtain the data necessary for solving the problem, to perform data processing, to gather the obtained information, to analyse it, to provide its assessment and to present the results in academic text form. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept of Master Theses. Guidelines for Master Theses. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Master's Thesis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 10 point system. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Master’s thesis) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Deeply mastered theoretical approaches of the methodology of scientific research work. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Student is able to identify and apply appropriate research approaches to the study of a particular public health problem; Is able to carry out independent research activities at all stages of the research. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Is able to independently carry out scientific work: to formulate and analyse problems of public health, to compile scientific literature, to develop a conceptual model, to choose the most appropriate way to obtain the data necessary for solving the problem, to perform data processing, to gather the obtained information, to analyse it, to provide its assessment and to present the results in academic text form. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
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| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Metodiskie norādījumi maģistra darba izstrādei akadēmiskajā programmā "Sabiedrības veselība" | ||||||||
| 2 | Atsauču un darbā izmantoto avotu un literatūras saraksta noformēšanas metodiskie norādījumi, RSU. | ||||||||
| 3 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 4 | Methodological instructions for developing a master's thesis in the academic program "Public Health" | ||||||||
