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Bachelor Thesis

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Course abstract

The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to carry out research work in the field of information technology in order to obtain a professional engineering bachelor's degree in information technologies and the qualification of a programming engineer. During the development process of the bachelor's thesis, the student's theoretical and practical knowledge of the researched question is systematized, strengthened and expanded, which allows to assess the depth and breadth of the student's knowledge, the ability to find and use knowledge sources and information materials, the ability to analyse and critically evaluate the works published by other authors, the ability to choose and apply more suitable methods for the implementation of thesis tasks, clearly present the work results, the ability to formulate conclusions about the research results and present proposals arising from the research, using the knowledge acquired during the studies.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

As a result of the study course students:
• know the methodological rules for the development and defence of a bachelor's thesis, as well as the design rules - a bachelor's thesis;
are able to justify the topicality of the subject of the bachelor's thesis, formulate research goals and tasks in accordance with the topic, apply research methods that correspond to the set goal of the work - bachelor's thesis;
• are able to identify and summarize the necessary theoretical basis, work with scientific and professional literature, perform information processing, analysis and systematization, perform critical evaluation of works published by other authors for the needs of development of a bachelor's thesis - bachelor's thesis;
• are able to organize and plan their time, as well as to choose appropriate methods for achieving research results - bachelor's thesis;
• are able to communicate professionally, argue and convincingly demonstrate the results related to the development of research, when working individually, in a team or managing the work of other people - bachelor's thesis, defence of bachelor's thesis;
• are able to independently find a solution for a specific task, formulate conclusions, make proposals, publicly defend work results and justify personal opinion, as well as answer questions - bachelor's thesis and defence of bachelor's thesis.

Course Content(Calendar)

1 Familiarisation with the guidelines for writing and defending a bachelor thesis (4h)
2 Choice and formulation of the bachelor's thesis topic. Coordination of the topic with the supervisor (2h)
3 Formulation and justification of thesis goal and tasks (12h)
4 Designing the form of bachelor's thesis task, coordinating with the supervisor, as well as submitting and approval of the form of bachelor's thesis task (3h)
5 Preparation of the thesis structure (table of contents) (7h)
6 Preparation of the list of literature to be analysed (8h)
7 Data and information acquisition, processing of the information and data acquired, analysis of literary sources (78h)
8 Preparation of a draft of a bachelor's thesis and coordination of the bachelor thesis draft with the supervisor (18h)
9 Justification of the development part of thesis (16h)
10 Description of the development part of thesis and coordination of the prepared thesis part with the supervisor (40h)
11 Development of the experimental part (214h)
12 Description of results and coordination of the thesis part with the supervisor (40h)
13 Preparation of thesis summary and conclusions and coordination of the prepared thesis part with the supervisor (16h)
14 Submission and approval of the thesis (4h)
15 Preparation of the presentation for the defence of the bachelor’s thesis and coordination with the supervisor (16h)
16 Defence of the bachelor’s thesis (2h)

Requirements for awarding credit points

All study courses included in study programm must be successfully completed. Developed, submitted and defended Bachelor's thesis.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

1. The student must independently familiarize himself with the ITF methodological rules for the development and defence of the Bachelor's thesis and ITF methodological rules for the preparation of Course theses, bachelor's theses and master's theses, as well as the calendar schedule for the development of the Bachelor's thesis.
2. The student must independently develop the tasks defined in the bachelor's thesis to achieve the set goal, regularly consulting with the supervisor.
3. The student must prepare the Bachelor's thesis, which must be formatted in accordance with the ITF methodological rules for the preparation of Course theses, bachelor's theses and master's theses, coordinated with the supervisor and submitted according to the instructions.
4. The student must prepare a presentation of the Bachelor's thesis for the defence.
5. The student must defend the Bachelor's thesis in front of the State Examination Commission.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

A positive review of the Bachelor thesis (with the lowest positive rating and above) and a positive review of the supervisor.
Successfully graded (passed) defence of the
bachelor's thesis.

Compulsory reading

1. ITF Kursa darbu, bakalaura darbu un maģistra darbu noformēšanas metodiskajiem noteikumiem. ITF, 2022 [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://www.itf.llu.lv/lv/studiju-un-reglamentejosie-dokumenti, In English available:
https://www.itf.llu.lv/en/writing-bachelor-and-master-thesis
ITF Bakalaura darba izstrādes un aizstāvēšanas inženierzinātņu studiju programmā “Datorvadība un datorzinātne” un informācijas tehnoloģiju profesionālajā studiju programmā “Informācijas tehnoloģijas ilgtspējīgai attīstībai” metodiskie noteikumi. ITF, 2017 [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://www.itf.llu.lv/sites/itf/files/files/lapas/ITF_BD_Noteikumi.pdf

Further reading

1. Ievads pētniecībā: stratēģijas, dizaini, metodes. Sast. K. Mārtinsone. Rīga: RaKa, 2011. 284 lpp.
2. Rubene Z. Kritiskā domāšana studiju procesā. Otrais papildinātais izdevums. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2008. 215 lpp.
3. Wolf C., Joye D., Smith T.W., Fu Yang-chih. The Sage Handbook of Survey Methodology. Croydon: Sage Publications Ltd, 2016. 716 p. ISBN; 978-1-4462-8266-3
4. Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana. K. Mārtinsones un A.Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga: RSU, 2018. 301 lpp.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Scopus datubāze [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://www.scopus.com
2. Web of Science datubāzes [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://apps.webofknowledge.com
3. ScienceDirect Freedom Collection datubāze [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://www.sciencedirect.com
4. EBSCO eBook Academic Collection datubāze [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?vid=0&sid=5b9d8f4e-5779-40cd-9b4b-5e20f3d1432b%40pdc-v-sessmgr02
5. EBSCOhost datubāzes [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: http://search.ebscohost.com/
6. Wiley Online Journals datubāze [tiešsaiste]. Pieejams: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

Notes

ITF professional education bachelor study program “Information Technologies for Sustainable Development”.