Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Development of Master’s Thesis and Defence
Course Code
PZK_032
Branch of Science
Political science
ECTS
30.00
Target Audience
Political Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Māris Andžāns
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
Drafting and defence of a Master’s thesis.
Preliminary Knowledge
All the necessary study courses of the programme have been mastered.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.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
1.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.
Competences
1.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.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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Drafting a Master’s thesis is an individual process with support of a research paper supervisor.
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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Decision of the Master’s thesis defence commission.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Unaided Work
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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0
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Topics
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Defence of Master's thesis
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Unaided Work
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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0
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Topics
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Defence of abstracts of a Master’s thesis and pre-defence of a Master’s thesis.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
30.00
Contact hours:
0 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Master’s thesis)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Unaided Work
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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0
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Topics
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Defence of Master's thesis
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Unaided Work
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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0
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Topics
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Defence of abstracts of a Master’s thesis and pre-defence of a Master’s thesis.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
30.00
Contact hours:
0 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Master’s thesis)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Depatment of Political science Master`s thesis guidelines. Rīga: Rīga Stradiņš University, 2020
2.
Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Nolikumus “Nolikums par kvalifikācijas darba, studējošā pētnieciskā darba, bakalaura darba un maģistra darba izstrādāšanu un aizstāvēšanu”
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Atsauču un darbā izmantoto avotu un literatūras saraksta noformēšanas metodiskie norādījumi. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2016
4.
Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Nolikums “Studējošo kvalifikācijas, bakalaura, maģistra vai citu noslēguma darbu elektronisko versiju iesniegšanas un uzglabāšanas kārtība RSU institucionālajā atvērtās piekļuves e-resursu repozitorijā
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Ārvalstu studnetiem/For international students:
6.
Riga Stradiņa University Regulations "Regulations on developing and defending a qualification thesis, student research thesis, bachelor's thesis and master's thesis"
7.
Methodical instructions for drawing up a list of references and sources and literature used in the work. Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2016
8.
Rīga Stradiņa University Regulation "Procedure for submission and storage of electronic versions of students' qualifications, bachelor's, master's or other final theses in RSU's institutional open access e-resources repository
9.
Depatment of Political science Master`s thesis guidelines. Rīga: Rīga Stradiņš University, 2020