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Civil Defence and Environmental Protection
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:13.00
Study Course Accepted:18.09.2024 08:44:33
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_433 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Civil and Military Defense; Person and Property Defence; Law | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Vitālijs Rakstiņš | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | No prior knowledge is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with knowledge on functioning of the civil protection system and developments in environmental protection. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Hazards and risks. Introduction to civil protection. History. Civil defense system. Regulations and plans. Dangerous objects. Civil protection plans of objects. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Crisis management. Special legal regime: extraordinary situation, state of exception. Mobilization. Civil defense in time of war. Examples from the Ukrainian war. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Work with local government Civil Defense plans | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Resilience and business continuity. Action algorithms. Crisis communication (disaster communication). | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Development of the object's civil protection plan (homework presentation, discussion) | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Hazards and risks. Introduction to civil protection. History. Civil defense system. Regulations and plans. Dangerous objects. Civil protection plans of objects. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Crisis management. Special legal regime: extraordinary situation, state of exception. Mobilization. Civil defense in time of war. Examples from the Ukrainian war. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Work with local government Civil Defense plans | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Resilience and business continuity. Action algorithms. Crisis communication (disaster communication). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Development of the object's civil protection plan (homework presentation, discussion) | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students draw up an civil protection plan. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In this course, a civil protection plan for a facility must be developed by the time of the exam (credit). At the end of the course, an exam must be taken in an electronic environment and a mark of at least 55% must be obtained. In case of a failing grade, the following action will be taken according to Study Regulation No 1. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students have an idea of a civil protection system in the world, knowledge of legal regimes in an emergency and state of exception, in other similar situations. Knowledge of the types of disaster, threats and inherent injuries caused by a disaster, specifics of communication in case of disaster, current legal matters in environmental protection. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student is able to act in a disaster situation; skills in providing information in a disaster situation, planning of civil protection measures at an institution. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student is able to understand the conditions causing a disaster and to act accordingly. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Civilās aizsardzības un katastrofu pārvaldības likums | ||||||||
| 2 | Par ārkārtējo situāciju un izņēmuma stāvokli | ||||||||
| 3 | Valsts Civilās aizsardzības plāns | ||||||||
| 4 | Nacionālās drošības likums | ||||||||
| 5 | Valsts materiālo rezervju likums | ||||||||
| 6 | Starptautiskās palīzības likums | ||||||||
| 7 | Mobilizācijas likums | ||||||||
| 8 | Noteikumi par civilās aizsardzības plānu struktūru un tajos iekļaujamo informāciju Ministru kabineta 07.11.2017. noteikumi Nr. 658/LV, 223, 09.11.2017. | ||||||||
| 9 | Minimālās prasības obligātā civilās aizsardzības kursa saturam un nodarbināto civilās aizsardzības apmācības saturam Ministru kabineta 05.12.2017. noteikumi Nr. 716/LV, 252, 19.12.2017. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Enerģētikas likums | ||||||||
| 2 | likums Par pašvaldībām | ||||||||
| 3 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 4 | Energy Law | ||||||||
| 5 | On Local Governments | ||||||||
