| Course title | Fundamentals of Engineering Work |
| Course code | LauZ2036 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 1.5 |
| Total Hours in Course | 40.5 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 8 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 8 |
| Independent study hours | 24 |
| Date of course confirmation | 10/03/2015 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Engineering and Energetics |
| Course developers | |
| Dr. sc. ing., prof. Ilmārs Dukulis Dr. sc. ing., asoc. prof. Ruslans Šmigins |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| The aim of the course is to deal with the specifics of engineering work, the engineering problem solving strategies and methods, an efficient organization of engineering work, and the requirements of engineering work formatting and to use acquired knowledge in elaboration of engineering work related with speciality. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| Knowledge about the systemic approach to the engineering problem solving, research methods and techniques, theoretical and empirical studies, research result’s acquisition, processing and evaluating methods.
Skills to choose the research topic, the research objectives and hypothesis of research, to search and process an information, to choose an appropriate research methodology and to realize it, to process the study report and to present it. Competence, working in group or independently, to find the specialty-related problems and give their solutions, as well as to convince others and argue own viewpoint. |
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| Course Content(Calendar) | |
| 1. Engineer and engineering work. Content of engineering work. (1 h lect.)
2. Criteria for choosing the research topic. (1 h practical w.) 3. Systems and their analysis in engineering work. (1 h lect.) 4. Research work as a system. (1 h lect.) 5. Information search. (1 h practical w.) 6. Information processing. (1 h practical w.) 7. Formulation of the research task. (1 h practical w.) 8. Work hypothesis and substantiation of work direction. (1 h lect.) 9. Choice of research methodology. (1 h practical w.) 10. Systems analysis. (1 h practical w.) 11. Model, its definition and the need for creation. (1 h lect.) 12. Types of empirical research. (1 h practical w.) 13. Forms of empirical research results. (1 h lect.) 14. Processing of research results. (1 h practical w.) 15. Research efficiency and conclusion of the work. (1 h lect.) 16. Basic requirements for rational organization of engineering work. (1 h lect.) |
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| Requirements for awarding credit points | |
| Accumulative overall test with a grade. All practical works have been developed; four tests have been successfully completed. Each test is evaluated in a 10-point system. Tests can only be performed at the specified times. | |
| Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work | |
| Preparation for tests and practical works. | |
| Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes | |
| A student can obtain a successful grade for a test if at least 50% of the questions are answered correctly. The test mark is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the average marks of the tests. | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1. Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana / K.Mārtinsones un A.Piperes red. – Rīga: RSU, 2019. – 311 lpp.
2. Marder M. Research methods for science. – NY: Cambridge University Press, 2011. – 227 p. 3. Creswell J.W. Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. – California: Sage, 2009. – 260 p. |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. Arhipova I., Bāliņa S. Statistika ekonomikā. Risinājumi ar SPSS un Microsoft Excel: mācību līdzeklis. – Rīga: Datorzinību centrs, 2003. – 352 lpp.
2. Prezentēšana: mācību līdzeklis [kompaktdisks]. – Rīga: Biznesa augstskola Turība, 2004. 3. Holman J.P. Experimental methods for engineers: 6th edition. – McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2005. – 616 p. (Pieejama pie kursa atbildīgā mācībspēka) |
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| Notes | |
| First level professional higher education study program “Technical expert” | |