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THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF CULTURE

BA Study Programme

SELF-ASSESSMENT

Subprogramme : The History and Theory of Audio-Visual Culture (AVC)

The Author of the Subprogramme: Lecturer Inga Pērkone

1. The Objective of the Course

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   To educate all-round specialists in audio-visual culture who are capable of creative thinking and writing.
   
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   To provide students with general arts education, alongside with theoretical and practical knowledge about audio-visual culture.
   

2. Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course

Students have acquired secondary education. The display an interest in and have an idea about Latvian and world culture The knowledge of Latvian and foreign languages is also required.

3. The Scope and Organization of the Course

The BA programme in the speciality of The History and Theory of Audio-visual Culture has been developed and implemented by the Film and Theatre Department. The study programme has been designed in accordance with the Law on Higher Education of the Republic of Latvia and the decisions of the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Culture.

4. The Structure of the Study Programme
According to the Law on Higher Education of the Republic of Latvia and the decisions of the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Culture, the programme consists of:

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   A – the general compulsory part,
   
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   B – the speciality compulsory part,
   
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   C – the optional part.
   

Part A consists of the general theoretical courses offered by the Department of the Theory of Culture of the Latvian Academy of Culture (some of them are reduced in scope) and also the basic course of the AVC programme The History of the World Cinema. By acquiring Part A students gain 80 credit points.

Part B consists of general theoretical courses of the Latvian Academy of Culture and the study courses offered by the Film and Theatre Department offering theoretical and practical knowledge about audio-visual culture – The Analysis of a Work of Art, The Fundamentals of the Film Production, Camerawork and others. In Part B a student earns 90 credit points.
In part C students can choose among the courses offered by the Latvian Academy of Culture or other institutions of higher education. In Part C students shall gain at least 10 credit points.
Students are also offered special courses read by guest lecturers (Genres of the Cinema, Introduction to Film Semiotics, and others), as well as participation in the film events in Latvia (the film festival Arsenāls, Kinovēstures vasaras skola (The Film History Summer School )the Symposium of Documentarists and others).

The students study for 4 years (8 terms), in Term 8 they write and present their Bachelor’s Paper in the Theory and History of Audio-visual Culture.

5. Study Provision and Control

Students use the film library, the Academy library and film and video equipment during this study process. Once a week, film shows are organized in the hall of the Academy of Culture. The films come from the film stock of the Academy of Culture and Riga Film Museum, The National Cinematography Centre, the archives of the Kinofotofonodokumenti (Cinema, Photo and Audio documents), foreign embassies and other institutions. Students enjoy the opportunity to visit the cinemas of Riga either free of charge or with a discount.

BA STUDY PROGRAMME

THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF AUDIO-VISUAL CULTURE (AVC)

A

Compulsory	1	2	3		4	5	6	7	Hours	Credit Points	Lecturer
World Film History: Actor Films	64: 4 T	64: 4 E	64: 4 T		64: 4 E	64: 4 T	64: 4 E		386	24	XCVII.Lect.I. Pērkone
General Theory of Culture	48:3 :T	48:3E							96	6	Prof.R. Vilciņš
History of Philosophy			32:3 E		32:3 E				64	6	Prof.P. Laķis
Western Philosophy of the 20^th Century								32:2 E	32	2	Prof. P. Laķis
Ethics						32:2E			32	2	Lect.S.Lasmane
Aesthetics							32: 2E		32	2	Prof. J.Celma
History of World Art: Painting	48:3 T	48:3 E	48:3E					32:2 E	176	11	Ass.Prof. M.Lapiņa
History of World Theatre	48:3T	48:3E							96	6	Prof.V.Čakare
History of World Literature	48:3 E	48:3 E	48:3 E		48:3 T	48:3 E			240	15	Lect. B.Cirule, Ass.Prof. I.Karbanova, Lect. Z.Šilina
Foreign Language	64:2 E	64 : 2 T	32:1 T	32:1 E					192	6	Lecturer E.Meija, Lecturer D.Volkenšteine, Lecturer I.Baiže, Lecturer A.Vaišļe
Total	18	18	14	11		9	6	4		80