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Methodological and Theoretical Seminar for Development of Master’s Thesis
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:25
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SBUEK_042 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Business Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inna Dovladbekova | ||||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | Lecture Length (academic hours) | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Research Methodology, Methods of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Statistics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire the basic principles of writing Master's thesis, understanding about the methodology and methodological means of scientific research, promote knowledge of the development of the methodology of the Master's thesis and the selection and application of research methods. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Research and typology of research work. Methodology and structure of research process. Research methods, stages. Structure of Master’s Thesis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Research and typology of research work. Methodology and structure of research process. Research methods, stages. Structure of Master’s Thesis. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Selection and analysis of literature and information sources. Drawing up and presenting the Master’s thesis application. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Drawing up, discussing and presenting the Master’s thesis application. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On course completion, students know the basic principles of writing Master's thesis, its main elements and the ethics of scientific work. Students will be able to describe the structure of the research methodology and stages of the research process, to define the aim, tasks, types of research methods, their nature and necessity. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On course completion, students will acquire academic writing skills, will be able to develop research structure and stages of research organization, as well as independently apply appropriate research methods in different fields of business research. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On course completion, students are competent in writing scientific papers. Students will be able to develop Master's thesis application according to the chosen topic, to select the necessary sources of information, to be able to apply research methods and interpret the obtained results. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | John W. Creswell Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, SAGE, 4th Edition, 2013. - 265P | ||||||||
| 2 | Uma Sekaran and Roger Bougie. Research Methods for Business: A Skill-Building Approach. 6th ed., 2013. -409P | ||||||||
| 3 | Kristīne Mārtinsone, Anita Pipere, Daiga Kamerāde. Pētniecība: teorija un prakse. RaKa, 2016 | ||||||||
| 4 | Daiga Spila, Kristīne Mārtinsone, Ivans Jānis Mihailovs u.c. Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana. RSU, 2018. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kristīne Mārtinsone. Ievads pētniecībā. Stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. Raka, 2011. - 284lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | M. Saunders, P. Lewis, A. Thornhill. Research methods for business students, Prentice Hall Financial Times: Pearson Education. Harlow, 2013 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | SPSS 15.0 Brief Guide. SPSS Inc., 2006 | ||||||||
