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The objective of the course is to introduce students to the psychology of food intake and its clinical deviations to pathological eating disorders.The goal is to form a unified strategy for the normalization of eating behavior and body weight. The objectives of the course are: 1. to examine the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs and course of the neurotic eating disorders; 2. to analize the following clinical variants of neurotic eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, atypical neurotic eating disorders, etc. 3. to provide information about psychotherapy and pharmacotherapyon of the above-mentioned eating disorders; 4. to provide information on the most frequently used psychotherapy methods, drug therapy, correction of somatic and endocrine disorders. The course is taught in Latvian

The aim of the course is to provide opportunities to acquire knowledge about the principles of social policy development and implementation, based on theories, research, as well as Latvia's experience in the development and implementation of social policy. Tasks of the course: 1) to acquaint students with such topics as social policy (SP) development, welfare state, social insurance, social assistance, health care, social work, provision of household; 2) to promote understanding of solutions to current social problems in the context of social policy; 3) to develop the ability to plan the implementation of person-centered solutions to social problems in society; 4) to explain the principles of matching the solutions of social problems of the society with the priorities of other policy areas. The course is lead in Latvian.

The aim of the course is to provide an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of the nature of social work with cases and the role of social work micro-practice. Course tasks: 1) to promote the formation of students' understanding of the forms of social work and the basic methods of social work with a case at the micro level: work with a case, case management, psychosocial work; 2) to create an idea of the basic elements of social work practice models and the connection with other levels of practice; 3) to connect the micro-level practice approaches of social work with the theory and to promote the understanding of an humanitarian vision and the ethical principles of social work in practice; 4) to strengthen the previously acquired knowledge about the social work profession. The study course is lead in Latvian.

The aim of the study course is to provide an opportunity for students to gain an understanding of the observance of human rights principles at all levels, stages and inter-institutional cooperation of social work practice. The tasks of the course are 1) to provide knowledge about the most important historical stages and philosophical directions that have influenced the development of the idea of human rights; 2) to introduce with fundamental human rights, the ways of their expression and current issues; 3) to acquaint with the causes, types of discrimination and the place and role of social workers in the struggle for the observance of human rights and awareness in various social groups of the society; 4) to form an understanding of international and national processes and instruments in the field of human rights, their implementation mechanisms. The course is lead in Latvian and English.

students with understanding the basic value system of the family in interaction with other systems; 2) to present within the systemic perspective the principles used in social working practices with families; 3) to promote the identification of the dynamic processes of family systems in different family models.  The course is lead in Latvian.

The aim of the course is to provide an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of the nature of social work with cases and the role of social work micro-practice. Course tasks: 1) to promote the formation of students' understanding of the forms of social work and the basic methods of social work with a case at the micro level: work with a case, case management, psychosocial work; 2) to create an idea of the basic elements of social work practice models and the connection with other levels of practice; 3) to connect the micro-level practice approaches of social work with the theory and to promote the understanding of an humanitarian vision and the ethical principles of social work in practice; 4) to strengthen the previously acquired knowledge about the social work profession. The study course is lead in Latvian.

Chronologically arranged course of lectures and seminars which introduces history of the material culture – parallels in development of scientific and technical discoveries and achievements and their influence on decorative applied art and similar fields which framed the developing of design. Within a framework of this study course theoretical and philosophical justifications of the main categories linked with Design concepts (style, function, form, image, etc.) are considered. To gain a sense of design’s multiple forms of expression and their links with side branches and overview of the world’s most outstanding designers’ works is provided. The aim of the study course is to develop visual thinking skills and analytical approach in perceptivity of the environment; to form students’ taste and comprehension in things, processes and depictions in artistic forms.

The objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge on the subject matter and key aspects of comparative literature: on the synchronic and diachronic approaches to a national literature in juxtaposition to literatures of other nations; on literary studies in connection with the cultural context (literature and music, literature and fine arts, literature and philosophy, literature and religion, etc.); on the history of comparative literary studies in the world and Latvia. Special attention in the course is paid to the latest trends in Latvian literature in the context of Baltic literatures, analyzing works of the first decade (15 years in the licensing period) of the 21st century, with the emphasis on the issues of intertextuality and context in the latest Latvian literature. The course is to be introduced in cooperation with ERASMUS guest lecturers from other centres of Baltic studies.

The formal definition of algorithm allows to prove unsolvability. Algorithmic problems arise naturally in algebra. Non-commutativity is crucial for unsolvability of words equivalence. The finiteness problem for automaton semigroups is undecidable. This result is reached only last decade. For groups such problem remains chalinge. We stress automaton semigroups can recognize as application of computer science in mathematics. The aim of course is to introduce students in modern problematics concerns algoritmic methods in algebra. Tasks: 1) to digest the technique with the help of which the equivalence of words in factor semigroups and factor groups is analyzed. 2) to digest the technique with the help of which it has been proved that the finiteness problem for automaton semigroups is undecidable. Languages of instruction are Latvian and English.

The aim of the course is to introduce the national literatures of the Baltic sea region and their development processes. The objective is set at to provide an overview of the impact of historical facts, political and philosophical ideas on the very different development processes in the literature of this area (starting with oral literature and ending with the avant-garde of the 21st century). The course offers a glimpse into Latvian, Estonian, Baltic German, Finnish and Lithuanian literatures as well as in the literature of the Scandinavian countries (Swedish, Norwegian and Danish) in the context of political and culture-historical events of the era, focusing on the key texts and their producers. The consolidating seminars (themes: no. 6-8,24) engage students in the establishment of an overview of the literary development processes of the Baltic Sea region. The language of instruction is English.