CREDITS 3 ECTS - 32 Contact Hours
This course aims to build on the existing English language capabilities of the undergraduate students, both spoken and written as they enter academic life. The academic linguistic environment is very different and more demanding than that which they have previously encountered in secondary school.
Especial attention will be also paid to identifying fake news and to digital safety and digital security as these are very pertinent issues in today’s world.
- Teacher: Alīna Nidagundi
Course will be divided into two parts.
Part 1. Civil protection
First part of the course will examine the role of Civil Protection system in Latvia (as in framework of the EU and NATO), its organization and management structure, and main tasks of the system’s subjects. The course explores the disaster management principles and planning aspects, analyses the legal and practical measures of cooperation among state, local government and other stakeholders during disaster situations. Course gives an insight on possible daily dangerous situations and threats, considers and provides safe behavior principles and actions during such situations. Course ensures that students obtain general knowledge on disaster medical system and the role and practical implication of the first aid.
Part 2. Environmental Science and Sustainability
Second part of the course will be dedicated to Environmental Science and Sustainability is multidisciplinary and focuses on the sustainable concepts of Environment, Natural Processes in frame of Circular Economy & Technology. Materials and energy in nature and industry transform in cyclic way by human actions and this course provides moderate to advanced understanding of various processes of these transformations from the perspectives of the environment and sustainability. The course additionally contains actual discussions on sustainable natural ecosystems and their valuation as well as environmental management important for decision makers, authorities, lawyers and business people. This course is giving the wider perspective how society is changing the attitudes and shifting the process from linear (open loop) systems (production-product-waste) to closed loop circular economy system or ‘beyond the zero waste system’ where wastes become inputs for new processes and so on. Significant part of the course is devoted to Environmental Health and Legislation.
- Teacher: Juris Burlakovs
- Teacher: Imants Jevdokimovs
- Teacher: Linda Apse