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Introduction to History and Politics of Latvia
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:22.04.2024 11:42:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_002 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; The Theory of Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilga Kreituse | ||||||||
| 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) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of Latvian and world history in the amount of secondary school requirements. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Studying the problems of Latvia’s political history linking them to the events and solutions of today’s active politics. Arrangement of chronological material for analysing the process of formation of patterns. Understanding the process of shaping political decisions. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Baltic region until the 13th century. Formation and collapse of Livonia. Fight for the Baltic Sea in the 16th – 19th century. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Latvia within the Russian Empire. First awakening. Revolution of 1905. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | World War I. Establishment of the independent Latvian state. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Freedom fights of the Republic of Latvia. Domestic and foreign policy in the period of parliamentarism. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Domestic and foreign policy of Latvia in 20s and 30s. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Authoritarianism in the Republic of Latvia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Latvia in World War II. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Occupation and annexation of the Republic of Latvia, 1940–1941. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Latvia under Soviet Occupation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Awakening of Latvia and regaining independence of the state. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Restoration of the parliamentary system in the Republic of Latvia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Decision making and lawmaking in the Republic of Latvia. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Constitution of the Republic of Latvia | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Description of fractions of the 14th Saeima. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Reform policy of the 14th Saeima and implementation problems. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Learn about Latvia – group game. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Groupwork, individual presentations. To assess the overall quality of the study course, the student must complete the course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures – 5%, positive seminar assessment – 10%, assessment of summaries – 15%, report assessment – 20% and examination grade – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After taking the course, the student will understand the political history of Latvia and the principles of operation of the Latvian political system. | ||||||||
| Skills: | An analytical critical approach has been mastered by studying and analysing fact-based material. The basis for comparative analysis has been obtained. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to understand and use understanding of causes and patterns in the further study process. Ability to link areas of influence of external factors in domestic national political processes. To interpret political activity using hidden information. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | LR Satversme. | ||||||||
| 2 | 20.gs. Latvijas vēsture. R., 2000. | ||||||||
| 3 | Šiilde, Ā. Latvijas vēsture 1914-1940. Daugava, 1992. | ||||||||
| 4 | Latvijas okupācija un aneksija 1939-1940. R., 1995. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Baltijas valstis likteņgriežos. R.,1998. | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvijas vēsturnieku komisijas raksti. 1.-27.sējums. R. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Likumi/Laws | ||||||||
| 2 | CVK/CEC | ||||||||
| 3 | Saeima | ||||||||
