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THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF CULTURE
BA Study Programme
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Subprogramme : The Theatre, the Cinema and TV Drama
The Author of the Subprogramme: Lecturer Lauris Gundars
The Objective of the Course
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To educate and train highly qualified specialists working independently and creatively in the three branches of drama, i.e. the theatre, the cinema and television drama.
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In the framework of the course students acquire both the general laws and regularities of the theory of drama, their application in the presentation of the drama material irrespective of the genre as well as study the peculiarities of each genre of drama in detail – writing plays, TV scenarios and film scripts. Students also study the specific nature of each genre depending on the scope of the work and its stylistic peculiarities.
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Students get a Bachelor’s degree in the Theatre, the Cinema and TV Drama upon acquiring and completing the programme, thus gaining the right to continue his/her studies in the Master’s programme.
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The programme has been specially developed for the Latvian conditions, it is organically linked with the development of the three genres in Latvia, and it is part and parcel of the development tendencies of world drama.
2. Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course
Applicants are selected during a creative competition prior to the entrance examinations and during the entrance examinations.
3. The Scope and Organization of the Course
The BA programme The Theatre, The Cinema and TV Drama is unique and it has been specially developed for the conditions and needs of Latvia, it educates specialists for all the three genres of drama. There is no practice of delivering such an extensive programme in similar institutions of higher education abroad.
The study programme has been designed according to the Law on High Education of the Republic of Latvia and the decisions of the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Culture.
The programme is based on the classical course of the theory of drama. After the acquisition of the fundamentals, the teaching is divided in three big areas, i.e., the theatre, the cinema and TV, which in their turn consist of two interrelated courses: The Practical Seminar of Drama (the creation of drama material) and The Analysis of Drama.
Students shall do creative work during the study course: write a one-act play, a script for a short film and do a theoretical analysis of these works in written form. At the end of the programme the student writes a Bachelor’s Paper of his/her choice. It be a play with several acts or a (TV) script for a full-length film and the student writes its theoretical analysis.
As part of the study programme there are creative summer schools with the participation of foreign specialists of drama from Russia (at the international workshop Radīt būtnes (To Create Creatures)) and from the Scandinavian countries (at the international workshop Mare Liberum). The Latvian system of teaching has incorporated the teaching traditions of these countries.
4. The Structure of the Study Programme
The BA study programme in the speciality of The Theatre, The Cinema and TV Drama consists of:
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Subjects of Part A (80 credit points),
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Subjects of Part B according to the speciality (80 credit points).
In order to get a BA degree the students shall:
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pass the examinations and tests in the subjects of both Part A and B, gaining the credit points;
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pass a Bachelor’s Examination in The Theory and History of Culture;
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pass the final examinations in: foreign language, the theory of drama, the analysis of drama works;
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write a Bachelor’s Paper and its theoretical analysis and present the paper with the Bachelor’s Examination Board (viva voce).
5. Study Provision
Apart from the theoretical lectures and seminars the students are provided with the opportunities of viewing films and videos both during everyday training and special workshops.
BA STUDY PROGRAMME
Theatre, Film and TV Dramaturgy A
Compulsory
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Hours
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Credit Points
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Lecturer
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General Theory of Culture
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48:3
T
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48:3 E
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128
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6
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Prof.R.Vilciņš
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History of Latvian Literature
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48:2 T
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48:2
E
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48:2
T
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64:3
E
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|
|
|
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208
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9
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Ass.Prof.R.Briedis,
Lecturer I.Tāle
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History of World Literature
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48:3 E
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48:3
E
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48:3 E
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48:3 T
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48:3 E
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|
|
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160
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15
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Ass.Prof. B.Cīrule,
Lecturer Z.Šiliņa
Ass.Prof.I.Karbanova
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Foreign Language
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64:2 E
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64:2
T
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32:1
T
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32:1
E
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|
|
|
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192
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6
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Lecturer E.Meija, Lecturer D.Volkenšteine, Lecturer I.Baiže, Lecturer A.Vaišļe
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History of Philosophy
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|
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48:3
T
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48:3
E
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|
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|
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96
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6
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Prof.P.Laķis
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History of World Art
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48:2
T
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48:3
E
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48:3 E
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|
|
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32:2
E
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176
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10
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Ass. Prof. M.Lapiņa
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Practical Seminars in Drama
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96:2
T
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96:2
E
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96:2
T
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96:2
E
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96:2
T
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96:2
E
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96:2
E
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672
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14
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Lect. L.Gundars
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The Analysis of Drama
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64:2
T
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64:2
E
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64:2
T
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64:2
E
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64:2
T
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64:2
E
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64:2
T
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448
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14
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Lect. L.Gundars
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Total
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16
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17
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16
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14
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7
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4
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6
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80
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