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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:20 / 30
Course supervisor:Māris Andžāns
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Political Science
Language:English, Latvian
Branch of science:Politics

Objective

Drafting and defence of a Master’s thesis.

Prerequisites

All the necessary study courses of the programme have been mastered.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will obtain in-depth knowledge of the selected topic of the Master’s thesis from both the empirical and theoretical perspective. Students will be familiar with the methodological and methodical issues of large-scale work that can be used not only in the development of this and other possible diploma papers, but also in professional activities.

Skills

Students will conduct large-scale individual work under stress, when a range of tasks of different importance and complexity are to be done at the same time. Skills acquired during the Master’s thesis development process will include work planning, task prioritization skills, as well as stress resilience skills. Students will deepen their skills to listen to the views of others (members of the defence commission, paper supervisor and students) about their work and assess the need for improvement.

Competence

Through the development of the Master’s thesis, students will improve the competence to develop new innovative solutions in professional work in the academic environment, public administration, the non-governmental sector and the business environment.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Russia and Eurasia Studies, RESMeng4Master’sRequiredElizabete Elīna Vizgunova-Vikmane, Lelde Metla-Rozentāle
International Governance and Diplomacy, IGDMeng4Master’sRequiredElīna Vrobļevska, Kārlis Bukovskis, Edijs Bošs, Valters Ščerbinskis, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Mārtiņš Daugulis, Mārtiņš Vargulis, Māris Andžāns, Elizabete Elīna Vizgunova-Vikmane, Lelde Metla-Rozentāle
International Relations and Diplomacy, SEDM4Master’sRequiredKārlis Bukovskis, Andris Sprūds, Daina Bleiere, Edijs Bošs, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Māris Cepurītis, Mārtiņš Daugulis, Lelde Metla-Rozentāle, Māris Andžāns, Vineta Kleinberga, Sintija Broka