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Master Thesis
Study Course Description
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| Course Code: | LUSDK_042 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 5.00 | ECTS: | 7.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
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| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vilka | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
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| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
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| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | To pass social research methodology | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students abilities: to adapt theoretical knowledge, systematize, analyze and evaluate scientific literature according chosen topic; to deepen knowledge of different areas of social work; to develop abilities to choose appropriate research areas, scientific literature. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Analysis of scientific literature and national and international researches. | Classes | 1.00 | ||||||
| 2 | Implementation of research and data collecting | Classes | 2.00 | ||||||
| 3 | Preparation of scientific text | Classes | 3.00 | ||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Analysis of scientific literature, reasoning the relevance of the topic, analysis of research data. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Certification - 100% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Master’s thesis) | ||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge about scientific texts analysis in different perspectives, contradictions, alternatives; knowledge about research process and specifics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Student demonstrate that s/he able to assess critically not only others but also her/his reasoning. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to anlyze different social aspects and issues to choose a research topic; develope ability to conduct a research on chosen topic. | ||||||||
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