Meklēšana

The aim of the course is to learn Latvian and international regulations for professional activity of a lawyer, as well as to familiarise with the most significant aspects of a lawyer’s practice. In addition to professional principles significant to the legal system in general, the students will familiarise themselves with the practical issues as well, for example, determining the lawyer’s royalty and regulation of professional advertisement. Visiting lecturers who are practising representatives of the legal professions (judges, advocates, notaries) will participate in classes of the course. Regulations for professional activities of the lawyers of the other Baltic States and the European Union will be evaluated in the course.

The goal of the course us to equip students with business related language and skills necessary for their business studies and future professional activities. The course develops their 1) reading and listening comprehension skills, 2) speaking skills in key business communication contexts: meetings, presentations, press conferences, 3) writing skills of the key genres: letters, emails, reports and press releases, 4) lexical competence by providing opportunities to express themselves by reformulating business concepts in their own words while synthesizing, summarizing, analyzing and discussing ideas.

The study course aims to promote students' understanding of research data and processes related to their management. Study tasks: presenting the transformation of research processes in the context of development of information and communication technologies; understanding of the data concept and data typology; describing trends such as open access, open science, open data; analysing the impact of these trends on research data management; comparative analysis of data policies of different institutions; presentation of data management styles; and data management planning according to life cycles of research and data generation.

The aim of the study course is to promote an in-depth understanding of the main problems of Latvia's political, economic and social history in the period from the Revolution of 1905 to the Latvia's accession to the European Union in 2004. Tasks of the course are to introduce students to: 1. the processes that influenced developments in the territory of Latvia in the first two decades of the 20th century; 2. the challenges of Latvia as an independent state in the interwar period; 3. the consequences caused by the occupation forces in the territory of Latvia; 4. the processes of restoring Latvia's independence and the country's challenges at the turn of the century.

The aim of the course is to promote students' understanding of the origin, development and historical nature of ancient Eastern civilizations. The tasks of the course are: - to provide a general introduction to the history of ancient Eastern civilizations; - discover the importance of the ecological and geographical environment in the creation and development of ancient civilizations; - to gain an understanding of the specifics of statehood, forms of governance, social structure and cultural life of ancient civilizations; - discover common and different features among various cultures of the ancient East; - to understand the dynamics of the relationship between ancient civilizations and the "barbarian" periphery. The language of instruction is Latvian.

The language course is designed for foreign students, who study Latvian at UL and have completed “Elementary Latvian Course” (levels A1; A2). Objectives of the course include improving speaking and writing skills, extending knowledge of grammar issues, developing communicative, linguistic, pragmatical and sociocultural competence. The course envisages to give an insight of usage of Latvian in the social context, fiction and journalism. The course has been developed in accordance with the set European Framework of Language. (B1 Threshold level requirements).

The aim of the course is to promote students' understanding of the origins of Ancient Greek culture, its achievements, nature and importance in the history of European civilization. The tasks of the course are: - to provide general knowledge of the most important achievements of Ancient Greek culture, - to gain an understanding of cultural processes and mechanisms, - to explain the specific features of Ancient Greek culture and to show its importance in the creation of European civilization. The content of the course is organized systematically and chronologically, accordingly, it provides an opportunity to understand the main regularities of the development of Ancient Greek culture. The language of instruction is Latvian.

The aim of the course is the development of the communicative competence of students. The goals of the course are as follows: improvement of the reading, listening, speaking and writing skills (Russian as a Foreign Language (Level A2 2); correction and improvement of pronunciation; development of vocabulary; acquisition of grammatical patters of the Russian language; introduction to peculiarities of the Russian cultural communicative behavior. The course is based on the communicative approach which is intended to activate the language skills using communication-oriented tasks. The content of the course is worked out in accordance with the requirements of the EU language policy.

The aim of the course is to promote students' understanding of the origin of Ancient Roman civilization, its nature and historical fate. The tasks of the course are: - to provide general knowledge in the history of Ancient Rome; - discover the importance of the ecological and geographical environment in the creation and development of the Ancient Roman civilization; - to gain an understanding of the specificity of statehood, forms of power, social structure and cultural life of Ancient Rome. The course content is organized in systematic and chronological order, which gives an opportunity to understand the main regularities of the development of ancient Roman civilization. The language of instruction is Latvian.