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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:10 / 15
Course supervisor:Kristīne Šneidere
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Psychology
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Psychology; General Psychology

Objective

To improve undergraduate students' understanding of research and the ability to design their own research project, including a detailed justification and implementation process, planned data acquisition and processing procedures; assess the potential risks and threats of the planned study; to characterize ethical aspects of the research.

Prerequisites

All courses acquired in study programme.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Understands, compares and critically evaluates different theoretical approaches and research results related to the research topic; names and characterizes methods of data acquisition, processing and analysis, identifies the practical application of research results, understands requirements for the development of Bachelor's Thesis and evaluation criteria.

Skills

Formulates the aim of the research and sets the research tasks and question(-s)/hypothesis(-es) according to the topic, selects and critically evaluates literature sources, substantiates the topicality and problem of the research. Students are able to plan and carry out research, including the selection of samples and instrumentation appropriate to the purpose of the study, and the development of a protocol and appropriate data processing and analysis methods. Able to describe and interpret the research results, identify the limitations and strengths of the research, and draw appropriate conclusions.

Competence

Independently plans and develops research according to basic principles of research and ethics, synthesizes its content based on selected literature and obtained results, independently organizes work and makes decisions, discusses the obtained research results and conclusions using argumentation.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Psychology, LFPSb5Bachelor’sRequired
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Psychology, LFPSb6Bachelor’sRequired