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2. Business conversation.

How to maintain contact on the phone. Acquaintance. Appologies.

How to let know one’s coordinates and set a meeting.

Profession.

Indefinite article. Verbs of the first group.

, ,

, , . Singular and plural nouns.

Numbers till 1000.

3. House.

Rooms, their interior and furniture.

House and garden. Way of life.

Notices about an apartment rent, lease, search.

Negotiations with the immovable property agency.

Definite article. Fonetic conjunctions. Denial. Ordinal numerals.

Pouvoir, vouloir et vendre. Ordinal numerals.

4.Orienting oneself in the city.

Location and plan of a hotel.

Transport. Orienting in the airport, railway station, and bus station.

Orienting outside the city. How to ask and explain the way.

Development of the tour route. Feminime adjectives.

Place and coordination of adjective.

Imperative mood.

Interrogative pronoun.

Prepositions.

5. Appointment of personal and business meatings.

Agreement on the place and time of a meeting.

Informing about the future pans, clarifying. Wark calendar.

Invitation letters. Congratulations, responses on the invitations.

Usage of time and date.

Business etiquette.

Appologies letter.

possessive pronouns.

6. Business interaction in the professional sphere

Character of a perxon and his profession. National peculiarities of a person.

Conversation with a partner. How to make good impression.

Presentation. Advertisement, its types.

Presentaion of a firm. Project presentation. Letter for the press.

Letter for the sponsors.

Complement d’objet direct (COD).

Prepositions with relation to the states.

7. Fashion and business style.

Les boutiques. Male and female fashion. Purchases in the supermarkets.

Intercultural differences in fashion.

Appearance of a human and his character.

Description of a person.

How to express and argument one’s opinion.

Importance of the clothes’ style in business.

Suggestions and advice.

Verbs ,
, , .

Comparisson (plus que, moins que, aussi que). Demonstrative pronouns.

8. Meals.

Menu. Types of restaurants. Personnel.

Types of products, meals and beverages.

Service, cheques.

Recipes of different regional French dishes.

Culinary tradicions in France: what, where, and when do the Frenchs eat.

Most charasteristic French meal and beverages, their assortment and cooking. Wines and apperetives.

Usage of the positive article.

9.Vacation and spare time.

Tourism objects in France and Latvia.

Description of different types of vacations.

Weather conditions. Impersonal constructions.

Immediate future.

Simple future.

Completed past.

Incompleted past.

Requirements:

Participation in the lectures (not less than 75%). Successfully completed tests, intermediate tests.

At the end of the course – exam.
Literature:

1. Monnerie-Goarin Annie. Champion 1: methode de francais / Annie Monnerie-Goarin,

Evelyne Sirejols.- Paris : CLE International. Livre de l’eleve. – 151, [1] p. : ill.

2. Monnerie-Goarin Annie. Champion 1 : methode de francais / Annie Monnerie-Goarin,

Marie-Chantal Kempf, Evelyne Sirejols. –[S.I.] : CLE International. Cahier d’exercises. –

95, [1] p. 

3. Vicher Anne. Grammaire progressive du francais pour les adolescents : niveau debutant / Anne Vicher. – Paris : CLE International, 2001.- 127, [1]p.

4. Vocabulaire illustre. Hachette FLE. D Filpa-Ekvall, F. Prouillac. 1988., 143 p.

5. Gregoire Maia. Grammaire progressive du francais avec 400 exercises : niveau debutant.

6. Girardet Jacky. Campus 1: methode de francais/Jacky Girardet, Jacques Pecheur.- Paris: CLE Internetional.

7. Girardet Jacky. Campus 1: methode de francais/Jacky Girardet, Jacques Pecheur.- [S.I.] : CLE International. Cahier d’exercises.

8. Escales 1. Methode fe francais. CLE International/J. Blanc, P. Lederlin, J.-M. Cartier.

1996., 190 p.

9. Claire Miquel. Vocabulaire progressif de francais avec 250 exercises.

10. Exercons-nous. Vocabulaire Illustre avec 350 exercises : niveau debutant.

11. Girardet Jacky., Jean-Marie Clidlig. Metode

BALTIC RUSSIAN INSTITUTE

Title of the course: PROBLEMS OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
The course is a constituent part of the professional BA program in Cultural Administration, part C.
Course compiled by: Ivans Mihailovs, MA iur., MA art.
Course abstract: during the studies the main attention is paid to the maintenance of the European system. On the basis of the contact hours there are lectures about the topicalities of the European integration, institutions and politic of the European organizations. Withing the study course the students get acquainted with the present system of the European integration by developing professional skills for the business opportunities in Europe.
Aims and tasks of the course:

1.1. to give an idea about the basics of the European integration, giving necessary knowledge about the united European structures and politics, stressing the business opportunities in the united Europe.

1.2. Tasks:

• 
  Development of the understanding about the process of the European integration;
  
• 
  Getting the students acquainted with the institutions and politics of the European Union;
  
• 
  Review of the activities and structures of the European organizations;
  
• 
  Development of the practical skills with regard to the possibilities of the professional business in Europe.
  

Credit value: 1 CP
Assessment: seminar, completing the test in due time.
Plan:

1. 
   Idea of Europe. History of the European integration. Creation of the European Union;
   
2. 
   Institutions of the European Union, their competence and functions;
   
3. 
   Policy of the European Union.
   
4. 
   Cultural policy of the European Union. Cultural support of the European Union. Possibilities of education within Europe;
   
5. 
   Legal basis of the European Union. Development topicalities in the European Union. European Constitutional treaty;
   
6. 
   Participation of the Republic of Latvia in the European Union. European structural funds;
   
7. 
   European Council;
   
8. 
   Seminar.
   

List of the basic literature:

15. 
    Blūzma V., Buka A., Deksnis E. D., Jarinovska K., Jundzis T., Levits E. Eiropas tiesības. – Rīga:Juridiskā koledža,2004. – 288.lpp.
    
16. 
    Eiropas Savienības atbalsts kultūrai. Informatīvs palīgs projektu pieteicējiem un interesentiem//http://www.km.gov.lv /UI/main.asp?id=15655
    
17. 
    Kas Latvijas uzņēmējam jāzina par Eiropas Savienību. – Rīga:Rasa ABC,2003. – 321.lpp.
    
18. 
    Paiders J. Nē Eiropa: Vai Latvijai ir nākotne ārpus Eiropas Savienības. – Rīga:i/u JPA,2002. – 222.lpp.
    
19. 
    Šreters H. Eiropas Savienības leksikons: Politika. Ekonomika. Vēsture. Kultūra. – Rīga:Jumava,2004. – 265.lpp.
    
20. 
    300 soļi līdz ES. – Rīga:Dienas Bizness, 1.daļa . – 2003. – 223.lpp., 2.daļa. – 2004. – 241.lpp.
    

21. 
    A Community of cultures. The European Union and the arts. – Brussels: European Communities, 2002. – 24 p.
    
22. 
    Borchardt K.D. The ABC of Community law. – Luxenburg: EC, 2000. – 123p.
    
23. 
    Forty years of European Cultural Co-operation / sup. E. Grosjean // http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Cooperation/Commun?40Cceng.asp#P343_77724
    
24. 
    Grevi G. Beyond the Delimitation of Competences implementing Subsidiarity // http://europa.eu.int/futurum/documents/other/oth250901_en.pdf
    
25. 
    Legislation for Culture in the EU // http://www.efah.org/en/resources_for_culture/inventory?lfc.htm;
    
26. 
    Вайденфельд В., Вессельс В. Европа от А до Я. – Rīga: „Alberts XII”,2002. – 544c.
    
27. 
    Шемятенков В. Европейская интеграция. – Москва:Международные отношения,2003. – 400с
    

7. 
   www.eiropainfo.lv
   
8. 
   www.am.gov.lv
   
9. 
   www.latvija-eiropa.gov.lv
   
10. 
    www.europa.eu.int
    
11. 
    www.eurounion.org
    

BALTIC RUSSIAN INSTITUTE

Title of the course: 20 ^TH CENTURY MUSIC

The course is a constituent part of the professional BA program in Cultural Administration, part C.
Course compiled by: Prof. Boris Avramec, Dr phil.
Abstract of the course:

The course gives an overview on the development of 20^th century new music, it especially characterises innovation and avant-garde movements, and reveals the aesthetic aspects of the new music as well as its incorporation into the social and cultural contexts. The creative work of the most important composers is characterised.

The aims of the course:

Systematic notions about the development of 20^th century music, important movements and styles, the leading composers and their creative work. Ability to orient in the complicated contemporary culture situation.

Credit value of the course: 1 CP
Type of examination: test
Requirements for the students:

1. 
   Attendance of lectures – at least 50%
   
2. 
   Written report (4-6 pages)
   
3. 
   Successful answer to the test questions – about all course
   

Course content:

1. 
   Introduction. The contents of the course and requirements. What is “new music”?
   
2. 
   Music of New Vienna School and expressionism. System and creative work of A.Schoenberg; music of A. Berg and. A.Webern.
   
3. 
   Neoclassicism in the 20^th century music. Creative work of I. Stravinsky. P.Hindemitt and A.Onneger.
   
4. 
   Creative work of the USA composers – innovators – Ch.Ives, E.Varez, H.Cauel and H. Parch.
   
5. 
   New music in the USSR in 1920-1950 – between avant-garde and socialistic realism.
   
6. 
   Music and composition system of O.Messian. J. Cage and radical changes of the principles of musical language.
   
7. 
   Avant-garde in Europe after the World War II. Part I. Preconditions, conceptions, and principles. Creative work of P.Boulez.
   
8. 
   Avant-garde in Europe after the World War II. Part II. Creative work of K.H.Schtockhausen and I.Xenakis.
   
9. 
   Avant-garde in Europe after the World War II. Part III. Music of L.Berio, L.Nono and G.Ligeti.
   
10. 
    Avant-garde in Europe after the World War II. Part IV. Polish school (K.Penderecky, V.Lutoslavsky). M.Kagel and German school.
    
11. 
    Electronic music: principles and development.
    
12. 
    Computer music: principles and achievements.
    
13. 
    History and transformations of minimalism: St. Reich, T.Riley, Ph.Glass and others.
    
14. 
    Soviet “avant-garde” (1970-1980): A.Schnitke, E,Denisov, S.Gubaidulina, V.Silvestrov. Contemporary composers of Russia (A.Knifel, V.Martinov, A.Bagatov).
    
15. 
    New music in Baltic States. Postmodern situation and the newest tendencies in the development of contemporary music.
    

Literature:

1. 
   Dambis P. 20. gadsimta mūzikas vēsture: ceļi un krustceļi. R., 2003.
   
2. 
   Torgāns J. Mūzika šodien. Apraksti par 20. gs. Mūziku. R., 1983.
   
3. 
   Aesthetics of live electronic music. Andover, 2000.
   
4. 
   Constructing modernity and roconstructing nationality. Lituanian music in the 20th century.Vilnius, 2004.
   
5. 
   Continuum encicyclopedia of popular music of the world. London, 2003.
   
6. 
   Davies S. Themes in the philosophy of music/ Oxford, 2003.
   
7. 
   Kostelanetz R. A dictionary of the avant-garde (music, film, visual arts, dance, theatre) 2^nd edition. New York, 2000.
   
8. 
   Nyman M. Experimental music: Cage and beyond. 2^nd edition. Cambridge, 2000.
   
9. 
   Postmodern music / postmodern thought. London, 2002.
   
10. 
    Rehding A. Hugo Reimann and the birth of modern musicak thought. Cambrige, 2003.
    
11. 
    Rerw music material: electronuc music djs today. Zurich, 2002.
    
12. 
    The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2^nd edition. London, 2001.
    
13. 
    Адорно Т. Философия новой музыки. М., 2001.
    
14. 
    Великие мюзиклы мира: популярная энциклопедия. М., 2002.
    
15. 
    Дубинец Е. Метафора ХХ века – предельно организованный хаос. О творчестве Конлона Ненкэрроу. Музыкальная академия, 2000. № 2
    
16. 
    Лэмер Ф. Музыка ХХ века в России и в республиках бывшего Советского Союза. СПб.2003.
    
17. 
    Королев Ою Краткий энциклопедический словарь джаза, рок- и поп-музыки. М., 2002.
    
18. 
    Розен А. Критический взгляд на историю электронной музыки // Музыкальная академия, 2000 № 4
    
19. 
    Рубин Дж. Харуки Мураками и музыка слов. СПб.2004.
    
20. 
    Усманов О. Герои рок-н-рола. М., 2004
    

BALTIC RUSSIAN INSTITUTE

Title of the course: INTRODUCTION INTO THE MYTHOLOGY OF BALTS
The course is a constituent part of the professional BA program in Cultural Administration, part C.
Course compiled by: Iveta Narodovska, MA philol.
Aim of the course: the mythology studies the mythical conception, mythological idea about the world’s origins, the ideas of the ancient people about the world’s origins, about Gods and legendary heroes, about the nature phenomenons. This is the way of thinking in the partticular historic period, which reflects the social and economic structure of that time. The knowledge of mythology helps to understand the way of development of the human recognition, for it reveals general and most important regularities in the development of conscious, reflects the peculiar understanding of the world’s unity.
Course tasks:

1. to improve the students’ idea about the mythology of Balts and content and peculiarities of the folklore, as well as its relation to the mythical ideas of the hindoeuropean people.

2. 
   to improve the students’ comprehension of mythology as the cultural archeology, which, in turn, helps to reveal many psychological aspects and symbolic meaning of different everyday traditions
   
3. 
   to help to reveal the regularities of the development of the world view and see the evolution of conscious from myth to logos by analyzing myths of different centuries.
   
4. 
   to understand how the elements of the mythical thinking in the modified way have been preserved throughout the human history, literature, art, religion, sociology, politics, etc. of the new time.
   

Credit value: 1 CP
Assessment: test
Requirements: 1. Attendance of the lectures – at least 50 %.

2. Preparation of a report (writing, 4-6 pages).

3. Successful answers on the test questions – about the whole course.
Course content:

1.	Subject of mythology. Sourses and main notions of the mythology of the Balts
2.	Mythological space. Classification of the mythical creatures
3.	The cosmogony and cosmology of the Balts. The cosmos deities
4.	Home mythology. Fertility deities and home spirits
5.	Fate deities and mother in the mythological perception
6.	Janis and Devil
7.	Time calculation in the ancient times. Seasonal holidays
8.	Seasonal holidays and family traditions
9.	The meaning of a tree in the mythical perception
10.	Symbolic meaning of animals, fish, and insects
11.	Myth and symbol. Symbolic meaning of colors. Symbolic meaning of figures.
12.	Mythical explanation of symbols, drawings, beliefs and their involvement into the national traditions
13.	Magicians, corceres, fortune-tellers, witches in the national stories and beliefs
14.	The connection of the mythology of Balts and Finno-Ugrics.

Literature.

1. 
   Adamovičs L. Senlatviešu reliģija vēlajā dzelzs laikmetā. - R., 1939.
   
2. 
   Ankrava S. Vai Lāčplesis bija karalis Artūrs? R., 2000.
   
3. 
   Biezais H. Seno latviešu debesu dievu ģimene. – R., 1998.
   
4. 
   Biezais H. Gaismas Dievs seno latviešu reliģijā. – R., 1994.
   
5. 
   Džons Boldoks. Kristietības simbolika. – R., 1999.
   
6. 
   Eliade M. Mīts par mūžīgo atgriešanos. – R., 1995.
   
7. 
   Eliade M. Sakrālais un profānais. - R., 1996.
   
8. 
   Eliade M. Mīta aspekti. – R., 1999.
   
9. 
   Gimbutiene M. Balti aizvēsturiskajos laikos: Etnoģenēze, materiālā kultūra un mītoloģija. – R., 1994.
   
10. 
    Kargaudiene A. Dievai ir šventieji Lietuviu’ etnokultūroje. Kaunas, 2004.
    
11. 
    Kursīte J. Latviešu folklora mītu spogulī. – R., 1996.
    
12. 
    Kursīte J. Mītiskais folklorā, literatūrā, mākslā. – R., 1999.
    
13. 
    Leeming D. Oxford, 2003.
    
14. 
    Lācis latviešu pasakās un teikās. R., 2002.
    
15. 
    Latviešu folklora : tradicionālais un mainīgais. – R., 1992.
    
16. 
    Latviešu tautas teikas: Izcelšanās teikas. – R., 1991.
    
17. 
    Mūks R. Mīts un iztēle. – R., 1991.
    
18. 
    Neulande R. Jumis senlatviešu reliģijā. – R., 1999.
    
19. 
    Philip, N Mitilogija;encikl. R., 2001.
    
20. 
    Rubenis A. Cilvēks mītiskajā pasaules ainā. – R., 1994.
    
21. 
    Soures of Baltic religion and mytology. Vilnius, 2001.
    
22. 
    Straubergs Ltviju mitoloģija. R., 1934.
    
23. 
    Straubergs J. Latviešu tautas paražas. – R., 1944.
    
24. 
    Šmits P. Latviešu mitoloģija. – R., 1926.
    
25. 
    Šterna M. Senā gadskārta. – R. , 1998.
    
26. 
    Teikas par Dievu. – R., 1929.
    
27. 
    Viķe – Freiberga V., Freibergs I. Saules dainas. – R., 1988.
    
28. 
    Ziemassvētki: Gadskārtu ieražas. – R., 1989.
    
29. 
    Gimbutas M. The Balts. – London, 1963.
    
30. 
    Лосев А. Ф. Философия. Мифология. Культура. - Москва, 1991.
    

Appendix 9.1 BRI PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR PROGRAMME “THE CULTURAL ADMINISTRATION”

Study plan

Title of the programme „Cultural administration”

Code of the programme 42 345 13

Certificate Manager of Culture Projects (2414)

directions of specialisation: - Project management and organisation in professional art and recreation culture;

- Management and draft of crossculturall connection projects;

Duration of the programme 4 years (8 terms) of the full-time studies

Credit value 160 CP