The latvian academy of culture

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points:

1. To pass a test.

literature:

1. Latvijas PSR arheoloģija. - Rīga, 1974.

2. Graudonis, J. Urtāns, V. Senatnes pēdās. - Rīga, 1961.

3. Radiņš. Ceļvedis Latvijas senvēsturē. - Rīga, 1996.

The Name of the Course: Introduction into computer science
The Scope of the Course: 32 academic hours (11 hours of lectures, 21 practical class).

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

The Author of the Course: Ass. Prof. Silva Seņkāne, Dr.soc.

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: The fundamentals of computer science as part of the programme of secondary school.

The Contents of the Course: The course ensures that the students acquire/revise the basic notions of computer science and use their skills of working with IBM compatible computers freely. The course gives knowledge about the structure of a computer and its parts as well as its software. The course also provides an overview and teaches basic skills for working in the environment of Windows 95 with programmes like Word, Excel, Access and Internet Explorer. The students will develop their skills for further independent use of the computer.

The aim of the course is to provide the students with a computer as a practical tool for their studies.

Thematic Planning:

Theme	Week	Type of Classes and Hours
The basic notions and the history of PC.	1.	L2
Hardware: The system unit: CPU, the electronic memory RAM, the magnetic memory of ROM. Disk devices, the hard disk, HDD, floppy disks, FDD. The display, the keyboard, the printer, the mouse, the scanner and other peripheral devices. The local network. Software: Operating systems, system utilities, programming languages. Application programmes: text editors, electronic tables, data bases, viruses and others.	2.	L2
The practical work with an IBM PC: turning on, reaction to an operation, turning off.	3.	P2
Windows 95: Basic notions, Windows Explorer, WordPad, Paint	4.	L1,P1
Word 6.0 and 7.0: The WORD environment, work with the excerpts of a text, text formatting, tables, insertion, tools.	5.,6.,7.,8.	L2,P6
Excel 5.0 and 7.0: Introduction to the EXCEL environment, work with the areas of a table, table formatting, table calculation, creation of charts, functions, lists, help and tips.	9.,10.,11.	L2,P4
Access 7.0: Tables, templates, orders, accounting.	12.,13., 14.	L2,P4
The INTERNET	15. 16.	P4

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points: A test in which participation at the practical classes is taken into account. A 7 pages long paper in which both the contents and the design are considered.

Literature:

14. 
    Ðlihta, G., Ðlihta, V. Pamati darbam ar personālo datoru : Eksperimentāla mācību grāmata. Rīga: Mācību grāmata, 1994.
    
15. 
    Stefena, M., Treja R. Datori iesācējiem. Vilnius: Alma Littera, 1995.
    
16. 
    Romanovskis, T. Pirmās nodarbības ar datoru: Mācību līdzeklis iesācējiem: grāmata un diskete. Rīga: SIA Datakom, 1996.
    
17. 
    Introducing Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Corporation
    
18. 
    Getting Results with Microsoft Office for Windows 95 Version 7.0 : Microsoft Corporation
    
19. 
    Sataki, K. MS Word ikvienam. Rīga: ComputerLand / Rīga, 1996.
    
20. 
    Geske, A., Grīnfelds A. Teksta redaktors MS Word 6.0 un 7.0 for Windows Praktikums lietišķajā informātikā. Lielvārde: Lielvārds, 1997
    
21. 
    Geske, A., Grīnfelds A. Tsbulu procesors MS Excel 7.0 for Windows Praktikums lietišķajā informātikā. Lielvārde: Lielvārds, 1999
    
22. 
    Vēzis, V. MS Excel 5.0 ikvienam: Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: ComputerLand / Rīga, 1994.
    
23. 
    Niedrīte, L. MS Excel 5.0 lietpratējiem: Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: ComputerLand / Rīga, 1995.
    
24. 
    Nāgelis, J., MS Access ikvienam. Rīga: Datorzinību Centrs, 1997.
    
25. 
    Pakalne, I., Zīmēsim ar datoru: Attēlu veidošana Word, Paintbrush, Work, Rīga: Mācību grāmata, 1997.
    

Kenedijs A. Interneta rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Nordik 1998

The Name of the Course: Latvian Traditional Music and Folklorism (Latvian ethnomusic)
The Scope of the Course: 32 academic hours (26 hours of lecturers, 6 hours of seminars)

2 credit points.

The type of assessment – a test.

The Author of the Course: lecturer Valdis Muktupāvels, Dr. art.
The Contents of the Course: a characteristics of traditional and modern culture, the genesis of the culture of the Latvian traditional music, its historical, social, functional aspects; verbal, musical, choreographical and other expressions of the traditional culture, their functional characteristics; the three stages of folklorism, their common and distinctive features, the research, acquisition and popularisation of traditional music, the common issues of folklorism and national identity. The aim of the course is to acquire the systems of traditional music and folklorism from the point of view of the dichotomy of traditional and modern culture, both theoretically and practically, as well as to characterize their genesis, development, functioning and mutual relations.

The Thematic Planing:

Theme	Week	Type of classes and hours
What is Latvian traditional music? Sound, the environment of sound. Naturogenic and culturogenic sounds. The acoustic and cultural aspects of music.	1.	L 2
The notion about the culture of music, its composition and typology. The traditional and modern culture of music.	2.	L 2
Latvians: the rational and irrational definition of the term, its ethnogenetic, political, cultural and religious aspects. Peculiarities of various social layers in the culture of music in Latvia. The historic regions of traditional culture.	3.	L 2
A seminar.	4.	S 2
The characteristics of Latvian traditional music. The characteristics of vocal music: the basic types, the relations of music and text, the linear units of performance. Monody and poliphony, its types. The poliphony of the drawn-part singers.	5.	L 2
The textual aspects of the Latvian folk songs (dainas), their composition, language, variety. The arrangement of the dainas. The epical and the lyrical.	6.	L 2
Singing at annual celebrations. Refrains.	7.	L 2
Singing at lifetime celebrations. The tune of celebrations.	8.	L 2
Musical instruments and instrumental music. The instruments of shepherds, traditions and rituals.	9.	L 2
The kokles (the Baltic psaltery). The instruments of dance music.	10.	L 2
The relation of vocal music to movements and other spheres. Long songs, popular songs, ballades. The presence of the epic in Latvian folklore.	11.	L 2
A seminar.	12.	S 2
Music in the context of folklorism. The three stages of folklorism. National romanticism and national folklorism.	13.	L 2
Modern folklorism, its forms. Post-folklore.	14.	L 2
Research, acquisition and popularisation of traditional music.	15.	L 2
A seminar.	16.	S 2

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points:
- attendance of lectures above 50%.

- participation at seminars.

- a successfully passed test.
Literature:
1.Barons, Krišjānis. Par dziesmām un dziedāšanu // Latvju dainas / Kr. Barona kopojumā. - 1. sēj. - Rīga: Valters un Rapa, 1922. - XIX-XXIII lpp.

2.Bendorfs, Vilis. Latviešu tautasdziesmu melodikas elementu senums un cilme // Latvijas PSR Zinātņu akadēmijas vēstis. - Rīga: Zinātne, 1988. - Nr. 10. - 73.-77. lpp.

3.Boiko, Martin. Latvian Ethnomusicology: Past and Present // Yearbook for Traditional Music. - 1994. - p. 47-65.

4.Brambats, Kārlis. The Vocal Drone in the Baltic Countries: Problems of Chronology and Provenance // Journal of Baltic Studies, XIV (1). - 1983. - p. 24-34.

5.Bula, Dace. Teksta formulas - tautasdziesmu struktūras formants un latviešu folkloristikas izpētes objekts // Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmijas vēstis. - Rīga: Zinātne, 1990. - Nr. 10. - 37.-41. lpp.

6.---------. Par improvizāciju latviešu tautasdziesmās // Latviešu folklora: Tradicionālais un mainīgais. - Rīga: Zinātne, 1992. - 122.-130. lpp.

7.Jurjāns, Andrejs. Latviešu tautas mūzika. Ievērojumi, latvju tautas mūzikas materiālus krājot // Jurjānu Andrejs. Raksti. - Rīga: Liesma, 1980. -17.-24., 91.-123. lpp.

8.---------. Latvju tautas mūzikas materiāli. - Rīga: Grothuss, 1894.-1926. - 1.-6. burt.

9.Klotiņš, Arnolds, Valdis Muktupāvels. Latviešu tautas mūzikas instrumenti un to lietošanas semantika K. Barona "Latvju dainās" // Latviešu mūzika, 1985. - Rīga, 1985. - 17. laid. - 53.-82. lpp.

10.Lange, Taīda. Latviešu muzikālās folkloras mācība, I daļa: Eksperimentāls mācību līdzeklis. - Rīga: Izglītība, 1994. - 31 lpp.

11.Melngailis, Emilis. Latviešu muzikas folkloras materiāli. - Rīga: Latvijas Valsts izdevniecība, 1951.-1953. - 1.-3. sēj.

12.Muktupāvels, Valdis. 1-2. Latviešu mūzikas instrumenti, 2-1. Latviešu mūzika, 2-8. Pasaules tautu mūzika Latvijā // B. Avramecs, V. Muktupāvels. Mūzikas instrumentu mācība. Tradicionālā un populārā mūzika. - Rīga: Musica Baltica, 1997. - 24.-39., 79.-96., 163.-7. lpp.

13.---------. Latvia // The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 8: Europe. - New York, London: Garland Publishing, 2000. - pp. 499-508.

14.Priedīte, Īrisa. Ko spēlēja sendienās - Rīga: Latvijas Etnogr. brīvd. muzejs, 1983.

15.Putniņa, Baiba. Latviešu tautasdziesmu refrēna būtība, izcelsme un funkcijas // Latvijas PSR Zinātņu akadēmijas vēstis. - Rīga: Zinātne, 1988. - Nr. 10. - 78.-85. lpp.

16.Siliņa, Elza. Latviešu deja. - Rīga: Latviešu folkloras krātuve, 1939. - 187 lpp.

17.Sneibe, Zaiga. Ziņģe. Melodikas cilme un attīstība // Latvijas PSR Zinātņu akadēmijas vēstis. - Rīga: Zinātne, 1988. - Nr. 10. - 63.-73. lpp.

18.---------. Godubalss latviešu folklorā: struktūra un funkcijas // Latvijas PSR Zinātņu akadēmijas vēstis. - Rīga: Zinātne, 1989. - Nr. 10. - 60.-67. lpp.

19.Vīķis-Freibergs, Vaira. Oral Tradition as Cultural History in the Lyrical World of the Latvian Daina // Linguistics and Poetics of Latvian Folk Songs / Vaira Vīķis-Freibergs, ed. - Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989. - p. 3-13.

20.Vītoliņš, Jēkabs. Latviešu tautas mūzika. - Rīga: Latvijas Valsts izdevniecība, Zinātne, 1958.-1986.: Darba dziesmas (1958), Kāzu dziesmas (1968), Bērnu dziesmu cikls. Bēru dziesmas (1971), Gadskārtu ieražu dziesmas (1973), Precību dziesmas (1986).

21.---------. I. Tautas mūzika. II. Vēsturiskas ziņas par latviešu tautas mūziku // J. Vītoliņš, L. Krasinska. Latviešu mūzikas vēsture, I. - Rīga: Liesma, 1972. - 7.-84. lpp.

22.William A. Wilson. Herder, Folklore and Romantic Nationalism // Folk Groups and Folklore Genres: A Reader, ed. by Elliott Oring. - Logan Utah: Utah State Univ. Press, 1989. - p. 21-37.

The Name of the Course: Lithuanian Folklore and Mythology

The Scope of the Course: 32 academic hours (28 hours of lecturers, 4 hours of seminars)

2 credit points.

The type of assessment – a test.

The Author of the Course: lecturer Rūta Muktupāvela, Mag. art.

Precondition for the Acquisition of the Course:

The aim and tasks of the course is to introduce the students to research on Lithuanian mythology, provide basic knowledge about the sources of Lithuanian religion and mythology, as well as outline the differences in the ancient world outlook of Lithuanians and Latvians; introduce to Lithuanian ethnogenesis, show the most important cultural and historical events; form an opinion of the features, art, dominating music traditions, the verbal folklore of inhabitants of each cultural and historical region and provide knowledge about the most important family celebrations and annual festivities.

The Thematic Planing:

Theme	Week	Type of classes and hours
Insight into Lithuanian ethnogenesis and the history of culture of Lithuania. The current ethnographic regional development.	1.	L2
The analysis of cultural and historical regions: Aukšaitija, Žemaitija, Dzūkija, Suvalkija.	2.,3.,4.,5.	L2;L2;L2;L2
The Small Lithuania and its influence upon the traditional Lithuanian culture.	6.	L2
Lithuanian annual festivities. Family celebrations.	7.,8.	L2;S2
Concepts of religion and mythology. Myths and possibilities of their reconstruction.	9.,10.	L2;S2
The cultural relics of Ancient Europe in Lithuanian mythology. Ancient Lithuanian religions and sources of mythology.	11.	L2
Lithuanian mythological tendencies in various areas.	12.	L2
Lithuanian heavenly and earthly deities.	13.	L2
Holy places and soothsayers.	14.	L2
The Lithuanian traditional understanding of posthumuous life.	15.	L2
Religious reforms of the Balts.	16.	L2

Requirements for the Acquisition of Credit Points:
1. Attendance of lectures and seminars.

2. A successfully passed test.

Literature:

1.Gimbutieme M., Balti aizvēsturiskajos laikos.- Rīga: Zinātne, 1994

2. Gimbutas M., The language of the Goddess.- harper & Row, 1989

3. Greimas J.A., tautos atminties beieškant. Apie dievus ir žmones.- Vilnius:Mokslas, Chikago: A mackaus knygu leid. Fondas, 1990

4. Dunduliene P., Lietuvu etnografija.- Vilnius: Mokslas, 1982

5.Velius N., Senoves baltu pasauležiūra.- Volnius: Mintis, 1983

6. Lithuian Roots. Compilation and editing of Original text and Translationa: Rytis Ambrazevičius. Lietuvos liaudies kultūros centras, 1994

7.Bindokiene D.B., Lithuian Customs and traditions. Chikago: Lithuanian World Community, 1989

8. Sauka L., Lietuviu tautosaka. Kaunas: Šviesa, 1999