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Development of Master’s Thesis and Defence with Proseminar
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_240 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 20.00 | ECTS: | 30.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science; Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Vita Savicka | ||||||||
| 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) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | Class Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||||
| Total Contact Hours | 8 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Research methodology, professional activity. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To improve the postgraduate students' comprehension about research and skills in developing their own research project by including a detailed justification and implementation process, planned procedures for data obtaining and processing, assess possible risks and threats of the planned research, describe ethical aspects of research. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introductory lecture. Planning of research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Justification of the topicality of the research, formulation of a research problem, aim, research question/hypothesis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Conditions for writing a literature review. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Data analysis methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To search for, select and analyse literature relevant to the topic of research and develop the research project by including the justification of the research, literature review and a detailed description of the methodology; to evaluate possible risks and threats of the planned research, characterise ethical aspects of the research; to present the project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Introduction, literature review, description of methodology, analysis and presentation of research data, its visual and verbal aspects. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Master’s thesis) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Comprehend, compare and critically evaluate various theoretical statements and research results related to the topic of research; comprehend the requirements for drafting Master's Thesis and assessment criteria. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Formulate research questions according to the topic, select and critically evaluate sources of literature, justify the topicality and the problem of the research, formulate the aim of the research and question(s) / hypothesis(-es), select the research methodology appropriate to the purpose of research in accordance with ethical norms, describe methods for the planned data analysis, evaluate the risks and threats of the potential research. Carry out data collection, processing and analysis, description and interpretation of the results obtained. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Independently plans and carries out the research corresponding to basic principles and ethical standards of research. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research Design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. | ||||||||
| 2 | Leech, N.L., Barrett, K.C., & Morgan, G.A. (2008). SPSS for intermediate statistics: Use and interpretation. Third Edition. New York: London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. | ||||||||
| 3 | Mārtinsone, K., Pipere, A., & Kamerāde, D. (Sast.). (2016). Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: RaKa. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | DeVellis, R.F. (2017). Scale development : theory and applications. Los Angeles. | ||||||||
| 2 | Guest, G., Namely, E. E. & Mitchell, M. L. (2013) | ||||||||
| 3 | Collecting Qualitative Data: A FieldManual for Applied Research. Los Angeles: SAGE. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kaplan, D. (2009). Structural equation modeling : foundations and extensions.Los Angeles | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Saskaņā ar izvēlēto pētījuma tēmu | ||||||||
