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Scientific Research Methodology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:17.08.2022 14:56:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_261 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Theory and History of Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science; Person and Property Defence; Civil and Military Defense | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aivars Stankevičs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Law | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, jf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67409218 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 6 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General knowledge of science, writing of research paper. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to prepare a specialist who has knowledge and skills needed for carrying out scientific research work. Objectives: to promote acquisition of knowledge needed for conducting research work. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction or research methodology. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Formatting the research paper. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Selection of scientifically reliable information for the research paper. Research methodology. | Lectures | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Introduction to the course. The nature of the research work. | Lectures | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction or research methodology. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Formatting the research paper. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.20 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Selection of scientifically reliable information for the research paper. Research methodology. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.60 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Introduction to the course. The nature of the research work. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.20 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with normative acts and sources of literature, databases, etc.; selection of scientifically reliable information for the development of an individual project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | A student who has attended less than half of the classes and has not passed the practical work is not allowed to take an exam. The final assessment for the course consists of a mark for practical work and the test, the main criterion of which is the amount and quality of the acquired knowledge. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | About the nature of research work and the role of methodology in research. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To plan the research work and understand the role of methodology in research. On completion of the study course the student will have to be able to write an introduction for the research paper, including formulating the research problem and methodology; the student has to be able to format the research paper. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to write an introduction of the research paper independently; be able to recognise methodological mistakes; be able to format the research paper. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Republikas Satversme: Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr.43, 01.07.1993. | ||||||||
| 2 | Zinātniskās darbības likums: Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr.70, 05.05.2005. | ||||||||
| 3 | Dokumentu izstrādāšanas un noformēšanas kārtība: Ministru kabineta 28.09.2010. noteikumi Nr.916. Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr.163, 14.10.2010. | ||||||||
| 4 | Pētnieciskā darba izstrādāšanas, noformēšanas un aizstāvēšanas metodiskie noteikumi: RSU Juridiskās fakultātes Domes 31.08.2017. sēdes noteikumi. Pieejams: http://www.rsu.lv/fakultates/juridiska-fakultate - aplūkots 20.08.2016. | ||||||||
| 5 | Eko, U. Kā uzrakstīt diplomdarbu. Rīga, J.Rozes apgāds, 2006, 318 lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Pieejams: http://www.la.lv/jaunos-juristus-grib-eksaminet/ - aplūkots 29.07.2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Kristapsone, S. Zinātniskā pētniecība studiju procesā. 2. aktualizētais izdevums. Rīga, BA Turība, 2014, 350 lpp. | ||||||||
| 8 | Laiveniece, D. Zinātniskās rakstīšanas skola. Liepāja, LiePa, 2014, 150 lpp. | ||||||||
| 9 | Mārtinsone, K. Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģija, dizaini, metodes. Rīga, RaKa, 2011, 248 lpp. | ||||||||
| 10 | Mūze, B., Pakalna, D., Kalniņa, I. Bibliogrāfiskās norādes un atsauces. Metodiskais līdzeklis. Rīga, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2005, 133 lpp. | ||||||||
| 11 | Vedins, I. Zinātne un patiesība. 1.nodaļa. Zinātnes pasaule. Rīga, Avots, 2008, 702 lpp. | ||||||||
| 12 | Winstanley, C. Writing a Dissertation for Dummies. [b.v.], John Wiley&Sons Ltd., 2010, p. 338. | ||||||||
| 13 | Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana/Aut.kol. K.Mārtinsones un A.Piperes zin.red. Rīga, RSU, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Pētniecība. Teorija un prakse/Aut.kol. K.Mārtinsones, D. Kamerādes zin.red. Rīga, RaKa, 2016, 546 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Hahele, R. Skolēna zinātniski pētnieciskā darbība. Rīga, RaKa, 2005, 68 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Juristus grib eksaminēt – ar „copy-paste” metodi vairs diplomu iegūt nevarētu. | ||||||||
| 4 | Plaģiāta dēļ uzteikts darba līgums. Rīga, RaKa, 2011, 136 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | The A – Z of Social Research//Miller, R.L., Brewer, J.D. [b.v.], Sage, 2003, p.345. | ||||||||
