| Course title | Bachelor Thesis |
| Course code | Soci4005 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 18 |
| Total Hours in Course | 486 |
| Independent study hours | 486 |
| Date of course confirmation | 08/05/2013 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Course developers | |
| Dr. oec., doc. Dace Kaufmane |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| Bachelor's Thesis is a research carried out by a student that confirms acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge; methodical and organisational skills in the field of studies as well as the ability to conduct a research with the elements of novelty or practical usage, and to draw relevant conclusions without assistance. Writing it systemizes, improves and develops student's theoretical knowledge and skills to use them while solving a particular theme. It shows student's level of practical preparedness to work in the speciality; promotes improvement of research work, and further education. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| Knowledge of: how to draw up Bachelor's Thesis; the structure of the paper and necessary elements of programmatic part; carrying out a research; methods for obtaining information; data processing and interpreting; drawing conclusions and outlining proposals.
Skills: to define the elements of programmatic part; to gather and to sum up the theoretical foundation of the research; to carry out the research; to demonstrate the ability to use acquired knowledge; to use the methods of scientific work critically and without assistance; to identify problems appearing while the research and to outline proposals in order to solve the problems. • Competence: to be competent in using theoretical literature and choice of information; to be able to select the appropriate literature for the chosen theme; to base on choice of research methods; to be able to interpret the results of the research; to draw conclusions, and to outline the proposals. |
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| Course Content(Calendar) | |
| 1. Selection and validation of the Bachelor Thesis theme. Introduction to methodological instructions for the development and defense of a bachelor's thesis
2. Data mining and literature studies 3. Data mining and literature source studies 4. Data mining and literature studies 5. Processing of information and data obtained 6. Processing of information and data obtained 7. Development of Bachelor's thesis 8. Development of Bachelor's thesis 9. Pre-defense of Bachelor's thesis 10. Improvement of Bachelor Thesis 11. Submission of Bachelor's thesis to the Institute and review 12. Bachelor thesis defense |
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| Requirements for awarding credit points | |
| Bachelor's thesis, review of bachelor's thesis, defense of bachelor's thesis on the 10 point scale on the date indicated in the semester plan. | |
| Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work | |
| Bachelor's thesis, review of bachelor's thesis, defense of bachelor's thesis. | |
| Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes | |
| Bachelor's work is assessed according to the requirements of compliance quality. The elaboration, management, submission, pre-defense and defense procedures of the Bachelor's thesis are regulated by the Methodological Guidelines for the Development and Defense of Bachelor Theses. | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1.Metodiskajiem norādījumiem bakalaura darbu izstrādāšanai un aizstāvēšanai. Pieejams: http://www.esaf.llu.lv/lv/studiju-un-reglamentejosie-dokumenti 2.Kalve I. Apseglot pārmaiņu vējus. Stratēģiskā un pārmaiņu vadība. Rīga: Biznesa augstskola Turība, 2005. 293 lpp 3. Eko U. Kā uzrakstīt diplomdarbu. Rīga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2006. 319 lpp. | |
| Further reading | |
| 1. Alley M. The Craft of Scientific Writing. New York: Springer, 1996. 282 p. 2. Gibaldi J. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003. 361 p. | |
| Notes | |
| Graduation paper for professional bachelor study program External Relations of Organizations | |