The latvian academy of culture

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points:

1. 
   Positive assessment at the seminars;
   
2. 
   An oral examination.
   

Literature:

1. 
   Tyler, G. Miller. Living in the environment. California: 1994.
   
2. 
   Liepa, I., Mauriņš, A., Vimba, E. Ekoloģija un dabas aizsardzība. Rīga: Zinātne, 1991.
   
3. 
   Hokan, Pleijers. Ekoloģijas grāmata (tulk. no zviedru val.). Rīga.: Vide, 1993.
   
4. 
   In praise of nature. Washington: 1990.
   
5. 
   Chiras, Daniel D. Environmental science. California: 1988.
   

The Name of the Course: Culture Institutions
The Scope of the Course: 32 academic hours. (26 hours of lectures, 6 hours of seminars).

2 credit points. The form of assessment: a test.

The Author of the Course: Lecturer Ruta Munkevica
Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: Acquired basic knowledge in statistics.

The Contents of the Course: The objective of the course is to give an idea about the statistical analysis and possibilities of culture processes in Latvia.

Thematic Planning:

Theme	Week	Type of classes and hours
Preconditions for the statistical analysis of culture processes.	1.	L2
The basic principles of the creation of culture indicators.	2., 3.	L2,S2
Application of the national programme "Culture" in the strategic planning of culture processes.	4.	L2
The analysis of theatre activities (the sub-programme “Theatre”)	5., 6.	L2,S2
The use of statistics in the analysis of processes in music.	7.	L2
Visual art and statistics.	8.	L2
The analysis of museum activities.	9.	L2
Research of the processes of amateur art in traditional culture.	10.	L2
The analysis of the system of culture education.	11., 12	L2,S2
Culture industry and the field of the cinema.	13.	L2
The field of books.	14.	L2
The analysis of library activities.	15.	L2
Culture heritage in Latvia.	16.	L2

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points: a passed test.

Literature:

18. 
    Kultūrpolitika Latvijā. Nacionālais ziņojums. Eiropas padomes ekspertu ziņojums. – Rīga,1998
    
19. 
    Nacionālā programma "Kultūra" – 1999
    
20. 
    Kulturindikatorer; Norden. Enstudie; komparativ kulturstatistik – 1993
    
21. 
    Danish Cultural Policy, '98, '99
    
22. 
    Yearbook of Nordic Statistics – 1996, 1998
    
23. 
    Statistical Yearbook of Sweden '97, '98
    

The Name of the Course: Applied Research

The Scope of the Course: 64 academic hours. (30 hours of lectures, 34 hours of seminars).

4 credit points. The form of assessment: 2 tests

The Author of the Course: Lecturer Anda Laķe, Mag. Art.
Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: Basic knowledge in economics and management, acquisition of the empirical methods of sociology.

The Contents of the Course: The course gives an overview about the organization and process of applied research, the empirical research methods which can be used in applied research. It allows to comprehend the relations with such forms of research activities as demoscopy, statistics, sociology.

The objective of the course is to promote the practical skills of students in the application of the methodology of sociology and develop research tools.

Thematic Planning:

Theme	Week	Type of classes and hours
Introduction. Definitions. Applied research: ecoscopic and demoscopic market research. The aim of market research. Opinion research, demoscopy, marketing research, PR research.	1.	L2
Applied research and information.	2.	L2
Applied research and community. The history of market research, its present state and the future developments.	3.	L2
The organization of applied research. The issuer of an agreement. The institutions of market research.	4.