Introduction to Finance course, designed for students with no previous background in finance, combines two critical skill sets: understanding financial statements and applying financial insights to corporate decision-making. While holding its high ambitions to provide the basis of those broad areas during one course, Introduction to Finance keeps its strong focus on the management perspective of the user of the information, while keeping the high pace and intensity of the lectures.
The course begins with the basic conceptual framework of accounting, introducing the purpose and structure of balance sheets and income statements. Students learn to read these documents and to evaluate performance of the company. The second half shifts to corporate financial decisions, including how businesses fund operations and evaluate new projects. Key principles like the time value of money, risk-return trade-offs, and capital budgeting are introduced.
The course contains lectures and consultations. The lectures cover the theoretical material where both theoretical and practical parts are applied – the theoretical concepts are applied and tested by the students when the problems are solved and solutions discussed and analysed. To prepare for the upcoming lecture, students need to read the chapters stated in the course outline. The suggested tasks, as listed in the course outline, are optional, while highly recommended for students’ self-practice at home (all the tasks have answers provided by the textbook). Whatever career path students might be willing to choose knowledge obtained in this course will make them sophisticated users of financial information equipped for the decision-making process.
- Teacher: Nataļja Točelovska
For the purposes of the Law and Finance Master programme(s) the field of International Law which is most relevant is International Economic Law. This field covers economic, trade and financial relations between States and non-State actors. It also refers to relevant EU law on foreign trade and freedom of movement of capital, services and goods. Law and Finance programme(s) is not designed to provide students with extended and in-depth study of International Economic Law, but it is necessary to give students an overview of the main concepts and sources of international law which appertain to International Law as such but are inevitably the basis for International Economic Law. The purpose of the overview of relevant international law concepts and sources of international law is to equip the students of the Law and Finance Master programme(s) to recognize the relevant economic and financial issues subject to international law regulation, to be aware of the relevant global debate and challenges as well as to know where to look for relevant sources and material for a further investigation.
- Teacher: Ieva Miļūna
- Teacher: Ineta Ziemele
3 ECTS
The Foundation course consists of 2 distinct parts.
The first part consists of four inter-related parts. First, it addresses the notions of State and order of rules from the perspective of political thought. Second, it introduces the notions of law and power from a legal perspective. Third, it examines the emergence of the State centred world order. Finally, it looks at ever closer integration between States and asks the question of the way forward.
The second part introduces students to the legal study skills they will need, along with some basic concepts, terminology and study fields, to give them a better platform for beginning their studies and choosing electives.
- Teacher: Kristaps Tamužs
This course aims to introduce students to the key concepts and principles of privacy and data protection law, paying particular attention to new emerging technologies.
The course is designed on several assumptions. Firstly, although it is intended to be an advanced course on data protection, it will initially provide a general overview of the core principles of data protection in Europe, before building on this with advanced knowledge of new technologies. Secondly, the course aims to impart more regulatory knowledge. Thirdly, the course focuses on new technologies that pose new risks to data protection and privacy.
This course is intended to be more practical than theoretical. At the start of the course, students will be asked to select (or develop) a particular technology. During the subsequent lectures and seminars, students will examine and discuss their chosen technologies and associated risks in relation to various privacy topics, including the scope of personal data and privacy concerns, the rights of data subjects, international transfers, privacy policies, cloud technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). By the end of the course, students will have a solid understanding of the various data protection issues relating to their chosen technology.
- Teacher: Aleksandrs Potaičuks
- Teacher: Beatrise Agnija Veinšteina
3 ECTS
The finance course
represents the combination of two sets of knowledge: reading financial
statements and decision-making in a company. While holding its high ambitions
to cover those broad areas during one course, Finance keeps its strong focus on
the management perspective of the user of the information while keeping the
high pace and intensity of the lectures.
The course starts with
the basics of the conceptual framework of accounting and the preparation of
financial statements: a balance sheet and an income statement. The course
further develops the aspect of the analysis of the financial statements by
adding the ratio analysis. The second part of the course shifts the focus to
decisions the company is making on its financing as well as its new projects.
The course contains
lectures and consultations. The lectures cover the theoretical material where
both theoretical and practical parts are applied – the theoretical concepts are
applied and tested by the students when the problems are solved and solutions
discussed and analysed. To prepare for the upcoming lecture, students need to
read the chapters stated in the course outline. The suggested tasks as listed
in the course outline are optional while highly recommended for students’
self-practice at home (all the tasks have answers provided by the textbook). The
consultations are scheduled once a week. Whatever career path
students might be willing to choose knowledge obtained in this course will make
them sophisticated users of financial information equipped for the
decision-making process.
- Teacher: Nataļja Točelovska
The course is aimed for Law school graduates and legal professionals to master and improve their writing skills, through the illustration of various types of documents to be redacted. Course content consists of a mix of theory and practice in class, with practical tasks and tips to reinforce theory.
Each session will be a combination of lecture and seminar in order to test practical skills and to put into practice what learnt during the class. There will be a consistent part of homework focused on the theory and practice acquired during each session.
Course materials will be handed or published in the RGSL web throughout the course.
- Teacher: Monica Migliarotti