Bachelor’s Thesis Seminar (KSK_119)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide necessary information and to ensure seminar discussions so that each student drafts abstracts of their own Bachelor’s thesis and defends them successfully, continuing to work on their Bachelor’s thesis after course requirements are satisfied. During the course students will be familiarised with the requirements to the Bachelor’s thesis, academic writing and academic ethics, as well as will discuss at seminars theory, methodology and data acquisition problems in the process of drafting a theoretical and creative Bachelor’s thesis related to communication, journalism, public relations, advertising, multimedia and other study directions. At seminars, when presenting Bachelor’s thesis ideas, students will clarify concepts of the Bachelor’s thesis, adapt theoretical rationale, research methodology and data acquisition process to each topic and goals of each specific works.
Prerequisites
Research Methods in Social Sciences, Qualitative Research Methods, Communication Theories, Mass Communication Theories.
Learning outcomes
About requirements to the Bachelor’s thesis – methodical instructions.
About the concept of the Bachelor’s thesis.
To prepare the idea of the Bachelor’s thesis, to formulate goals, tasks, novelty, topicality, theoretical foundation, select research methods or creative work concept guidelines.
To create an independent research or creative work in communication science, formulating an original and topical topic.
Study course planning
Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
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Photography, FO | 5 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Ruta Siliņa, Alnis Stakle, Līga Ozoliņa, Sergejs Kruks, Ilva Skulte, Anda Rožukalne, Vineta Silkāne, Diāna Kiščenko, Kristīne Rolle, Dita Rietuma, Lāsma Šķestere, Dite Liepa, Klāvs Sedlenieks | |
Multimedia Communication, MK | 5 | Bachelor’s | Required | Ruta Siliņa, Alnis Stakle, Līga Ozoliņa, Sergejs Kruks, Ilva Skulte, Anda Rožukalne, Vineta Silkāne, Diāna Kiščenko, Kristīne Rolle, Dita Rietuma, Lāsma Šķestere, Dite Liepa, Klāvs Sedlenieks | |
Multimedia Communication, MKN | 7 | Bachelor’s | Required | Dite Liepa, Anda Rožukalne, Alnis Stakle, Ilva Skulte, Klāvs Sedlenieks, Ruta Siliņa, Līga Ozoliņa, Sergejs Kruks, Vineta Silkāne, Diāna Kiščenko, Kristīne Rolle, Dita Rietuma | |
Public Relations, SA | 5 | Bachelor’s | Required | Ruta Siliņa, Alnis Stakle, Līga Ozoliņa, Sergejs Kruks, Ilva Skulte, Anda Rožukalne, Vineta Silkāne, Diāna Kiščenko, Kristīne Rolle, Dita Rietuma, Lāsma Šķestere, Dite Liepa, Klāvs Sedlenieks | |
Journalism, ZR | 5 | Bachelor’s | Required | Ruta Siliņa, Alnis Stakle, Līga Ozoliņa, Sergejs Kruks, Ilva Skulte, Anda Rožukalne, Vineta Silkāne, Diāna Kiščenko, Kristīne Rolle, Dita Rietuma, Lāsma Šķestere, Dite Liepa, Klāvs Sedlenieks |