Course code MežZ4089

Credit points 6

Bachelor Thesis I

Total Hours in Course162

Independent study hours162

Date of course confirmation17.01.2017

Responsible UnitInstitute of Forest Management

Course developer

author Mežsaimniecības institūts

Agris Zimelis

Ph.D.

Prior knowledge

Ekon3040, Finances and Credit

InfT1026, Information Technology

MežZ1015, Forest Work and Machinery I

MežZ1016, Forest Work and Machinery II

MežZ2044, Forest Work and Machinery III

MežZ3077, Methodology of Research

Course abstract

During the writing of the bachelor thesis student needs to prepair a title, a contant, an aim of research and the main tasks as well as the list of literature sources and its analysis and short description of theme.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Students will acquire:
• knowledge about the structure and requirements of methodic guidelines of the development and formatting of the Bachelor’s thesis;
• skills to formulate the aim and tasks of the research adequate to defined theme and to gather information about the necessary theoretical basis:
• competence to develop the schedule, and to select appropriate methods of gathering and processing the information; possibilities to select and justify the choice of scientific and professional literature.

Compulsory reading

1. Arhipova I., Bāliņa S. Statistika ekonomikā un biznesā: risinājumi ar SPSS un MS Excel. Rīga: Datorzinību centrs, 2006. 362 lpp.
2. Arhipova I., Bāliņa S. Statistika ar Microsoft Excel 97 ikvienam: mācību līdzeklis. 1.daļa. Rīga: Datorzinību Centrs, 1999. 168 lpp.
3. Sisenis L., Ābele A. Metodiskie norādījumi Meža fakultātes studentiem "Studiju noslēguma darbu struktūra un noformēšana", 2015 [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: http://www.mf.llu.lv/sites/mf/files/files/lapas/SND.PDF. Skatīts 2018.gada 8.janvārī.
4. Miller M.B. Mathematics and statistics for financial risk management. Hoboken: Wiley, 2014. 317 p.

Further reading

1. Russo M., Ferrari A. Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010 [elektroniskais resurss]: give your data meaning. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2011. 384 p.
2. Меженный O.A. Microsoft Office 2010: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher: краткое руководство. Москва [и др.]: Диалектика, 2011. 367 с.
3.Mērvienību noteikumi: MK noteikumi Nr. 1186 [tiešsaiste]. Pieņemts 29.10.2013. Stājas spēkā 02.11.2013. [Skatīts 2018.gada 9.janvārī]. Pieejams: http:/likumi.lv/ta/id/261495-mērvienību noteikumi.

Periodicals and other sources

1. LLU Rraksti (Proceedings of LAU, www.llu.lv); ISSN 1407-4427. Skatīts 2018.gada 8.janvārī. Rural Sustainability Research. Former: Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture. Berlin: De Gruyter Open. ISSN: 2256-0939.
2. Starptautiskais zinātnisko rakstu krājums "Baltic Forestry". Pieejams: http://www.balticforestry.mi.lt/; ISSN 1392-1355. Skatīts 2018.gada 8.janvārī.
3. Zinātnisko rakstu krājums "Mežzinātne" [tiešsaiste]. Salaspils: Latvijas Valsts Mežzinātnes institūts "Silava". ISSN 1407-270X. Pieejams: http://www.silava.lv/Mezzinatne/lejupieladei.aspx. Skatīts 2018.gada 8.janvārī.