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Scientific Research Methodology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:25
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | JF_406 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Kitija Bite | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 9 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 18 | ||||
Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | General knowledge of the state and law. | ||||||||
Objective: | Develop an idea of conducting research work in law and promote students’ independent research work. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Science. The nature of the research work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Starting the research work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
3 | Types of a research problem. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
4 | Choosing a topic and formulating the research question. Research plan. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | study trip | |||||||
5 | Choosing a research design. Time planning for the research. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
6 | Methodology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
7 | General scientific research methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Analysis of legal provisions. Methods of interpretation of legal provisions. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
9 | Research development and results. Presenting the results. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Science. The nature of the research work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Starting the research work. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Methodology. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | General scientific research methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
9 | Research development and results. Presenting the results. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Students are required to master the materials in e-studies. Students’ knowledge is regularly tested during the course: tests, group work, active participation in seminars. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | 50% Compulsory attendance: 20%. Participation in seminars: 20%. 4 tests passed: 20% Individual home assignment [introduction to research work]: 20%. Written examination: 20%. The examination is taken by those students who have fulfilled the course requirements. The final assessment for the study course is an average mark. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | - name and describe science branches in Latvia; - names the types of research design; - arranges the stages of the research in a logical order; - outlines the conditions of the Methodological Rules for the basic requirements for research design; - identifies types of academic honesty; - name 4 types of legal problem and describe each of them; - defines the types of sources and the possibilities of finding them for scientifically reliable sources; - describes the topic and topic differences; - reproduces the logic of the content chapters from the sample; - identifies 11 elements of research methodology; - names methods and methods of interpretation of legal norms, knows how to handle them; - describes the nature of scientific writing style; - name the features of other writing styles; - describes the essence of the final research work; - summarizes the research results from the sample; - recognizes the stages of presenting the research result. | ||||||||
Skills: | - explains and argues the choice of research design for legal science research; - explains and justifies the necessity of the sequence of research stages; - explains the essence of the Methodological Rules and recognizes errors in their non-observance; - recognizes violations of academic honesty in practical situations; - identifies the type of legal problem in a specific situation; - recognizes and knows how to find scientifically reliable sources; - can formulate topics and topic names in examples; - can formulate a simple table of contents from a sample; - can explain the use of methodology in study work I; - knows how to arrange the elements of the methodology in the correct order and is able to describe this order; - able to describe differences in methods and methods of interpretation of legal norms; - recognizes the scientific writing style in the text; - is able to explain the mechanism of formation of the conclusion of the research work; - is able to select research results from the sample to be forwarded for presentation; - knows how to identify the most important research results that characterize the topic; - able to lay out the final content in a presentation sample (PPTX); - able to work in a team, discuss, argue and present research results. | ||||||||
Competencies: | - resolves practical violations of academic integrity and does not allow them in their activities; - describes a specific legal problem for its topic; - knows how to find and use scientifically reliable sources for his topic; - plans and describes the research methodology for the chosen topic; - modifies the methods and methods of interpretation of legal norms for the topic of his research work; - knows how to design a research paper in accordance with the requirements of the Methodological Regulations; - analyzes foreign text, finding methodology errors and correcting them; - practically knows how to present the results of research work using a sample (PPTX). | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | Pētnieciskā darba izstrādāšanas, noformēšanas un aizstāvēšanas metodiskie noteikumi: RSU Juridiskās fakultātes Domes 17.06.2021. sēdes noteikumi. Pieejams: http://www.rsu.lv/fakultates/juridiska-fakultate - aplūkots 20.08.2016. | ||||||||
2 | Pētniecība. Teorija un prakse/Aut.kol. K.Mārtinsones, D. Kamerādes zin.red. Rīga, RaKa, 2016, 546 lpp. | ||||||||
3 | Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana/Aut.kol. K.Mārtinsones un A.Piperes zin.red. Rīga, RSU, 2018 | ||||||||
4 | Zinātniskās rakstīšanas skola. D. Laiveniece. Liepāja, LiePa, 2015. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | Kā uzrakstīt diplomdarbu. U. Eko. Rīga, Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2006. |