FACULTY OF VISUAL PLASTIC ARTS
GLASS ART
      BA 2        
      THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS        
code subject name ECTS   type of class type of examination lecturer additional info
      Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year program percentage.        
MākZ2061 Stained Glass Composition 6 Task 1. Heraldic composition (armorial bearings, glass melting).
Task 2. Self-portrait (different techniques).
Task 3. Interpretation of historical stained glass copy.

 Lecture, practical work Assessment show Sandra Utāne Good knowledge in glass art is required.
MākZ2215 Plastic Composition 6 Studies of glass melting technique “Pate de Verre”.
Modeling in wax, the use of different materials.Studies of glass melting technique “Pate de Verre”.
Modeling in wax, the use of different materials.


 Lecture, practical work Assessment show Ilze Dūdiņa Basic knowledge of glass technologies is required. 
      THE DEPARTMENT'S ELECTIVE SUBJECTS        
      Specialty subjects that can be taken in addition to the basic study programme.        
MākZ2679 Stained Glass Basics 3 The course introduce students to the classic stained-glass technique; students are able to realize their own composition or choose to copy a sample. Lecture, practical work Assessment show Sandra Utāne Students are provided with tools and materials.
MākZ1681 Experimental Project in Glass Sculpture 3 The course introduce students to the Plastic Composition basics, how to use glass modeling and cold work techniques and create an individual glass piece (relief, sculpture, or object). Lecture, practical work Assessment show Agnese Gedule Basic knowledge in glass art  Students are not provided with tools and materials .
      GENERAL ART SUBJECTS        
      Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time.
       The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
MākZ2213 Painting 3 The aim of the course is to master the means of still life painting expression, combined with individual and professional interests (connected with the department's educational programmes), blurring imaginary boundaries. During the course, students paint settings from nature; the lecturer may assign a creative task (unrelated to the setting) to be carried out individually. Practical work Assessment show    
MākZ2058 Modeling 3 1. Creating a simple geometric model of the hand. The aim is to introduce students to more complex spatial compositions, the structure of the human body and the construction of its details. The simplification and the geometrization of the face. Compositions of geometric figures. 2. Creating a hangings composition. Composing a simple hanging arrangement, simplifying details and rendering them plastic. Practical work Assessment show Valtis Barkāns Elective Subject
MākZ2050 Drawing 3 Standing nude figure. Composition. Understanding the proportions of the figure. Dimensional drawing. Pencil, A2 paper. Practical and individual work Assessment show    
MākZ2050 Sketching There are no separate credits for sketching; students are marked for the Drawing course Sketching the human figure for 5, 10, 15 minutes.
Objective: the act of drawing using various materials (charcoal pencil, pencil, felt-tip pen, sepia, acrylic, ink, etc.), developing visual perception, transferring it to the sketch.
Results to be achieved: a developed ability to understand proportion and to create individual handwriting in drawing using a variety of materials, taking a step back from the classical academic drawing.		 Individual work Assessment show An individual class without a lecturer  
      HUMANITIES SUBJECTS        
      As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.        
MākZ2961 Art History of Latvia 6 The lecture course "Art History of Latvia" is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history.                                                                                                                                                            In the first semester the lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 1950ties. The course continues in the second semester, providing the students with the basic knowledge about events of the second half of the 20th century.                                                                                                                           Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress. Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites Written course paper, seminar Ieva Rosne Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online in two groups: 1. Visiting students from the 1st semester, 2. New visiting students.
MākZ2960 History of Contemporary Art  3 The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks. Lecture, discussion Presentation Raimonds Kalējs Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and is intended only for new visiting students.
MākZ1261 Anatomy 1,5 Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently. Lecture Test Uldis Zariņš Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and have one common group for new visiting students together with the students from the 1st semester.
MākZ5125 Creative Methods in Art Pedagogy 3 The course "Creative Methods in Art Pedagogy" prepares students for planning and conducting art-based visual arts classes for school age children. Such an experience can be useful in teaching for both - formal and non-formal education. Graduates will gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in transforming an idea based on creative practice (art or design) into a teaching practice. Practical work, seminar or discussion Presentation Ilze Vītola Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and have one common group for new visiting students together with the students from the 1st semester.
      ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS        
      Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.        
      BA 3        
code subject name ECTS   type of class type of examination lecturer additional info
      THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS        
      Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage.        
MākZ3055 Stained Glass Composition 6 Task 1. Composition of multi-figural or monumentally - geometric stained glass for a specific architectural object (project). Creation of stained glass fragment.
Task 2. Stained glass as an object in environment, using an innovative approach to different cohesive materials.
 Lecture, practical work Assessment show Ilze Dūdiņa Basic knowledge of glass technologies is required. 
MākZ3053 Plastic Composition 6 .Production of interior and design objects. Free choice of technological solutions.
Task 1. Group of glass objects of free blown or mold-blown glass technique.
Task 2. Group of works of thermoforming technique.
Task 3. Elaboration of work project.
 Lecture, practical work Assessment show Inita Ēmane Glass blowing workshop in Latgale Art and Craft centre.
MākZ6001 Project of Composition 3  Stained glass composition of sacral building interior (presentation). Lecture Assessment show Sandra Utāne  
      THE DEPARTMENT'S ELECTIVE SUBJECTS        
      Specialty subjects that can be taken in addition to the basic study programme.        
MākZ2679 Stained Glass Basics 3 The course introduce students to the classic stained glass technique; students are able to realize their own composition or choose to copy a sample. Lecture, practical work Assessment show Sandra  Utāne Students are provided with tools and materials.
MākZ1681 Experimental Project in Glass Sculpture 3 The course introduce students to the Plastic Composition basics, how to use glass modeling and cold work techniques and create an individual glass piece (relief, sculpture, or object). Lecture, practical work Assessment show Agnese Gedule Basic knowledge in glass art is required. Students are not provided with tools and materials.
      GENERAL ART SUBJECTS        
      Students of all disciplines take general art subjects to gain skills and understanding of academic drawing, painting, and sculpture. Study assignments are designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about proportions, scale, and relationships between light and dark, and creatively interpret the given setting and assignment at the same time.
       The department teaching the subject assesses the student's skill level and individually adjusts the assignments.
MākZ3278 Modeling  3 1. Creating a simple model of the human head. The aim is to acquaint students with the principles of modeling the human head and the geometry of the major facial details. 2. Creating a geometric portrait. The aim is to acquaint students with the specifics of human portraiture, the creation of an image. The main focus is on studying the details of the human head, forming them using geometric shapes. Practical work Assessment show Valtis Barkāns  
      HUMANITIES SUBJECTS        
      As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.        
MākZ2961 Art History of Latvia 6 The lecture course "Art History of Latvia" is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history.                                                                                                                                                            In the first semester the lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 1950ties. The course continues in the second semester, providing the students with the basic knowledge about events of the second half of the 20th century.                                                                                                                           Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress. Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites Written course paper, seminar Ieva Rosne Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online in two groups: 1. Visiting students from the 1st semester, 2. New visiting students.
MākZ2960 History of Contemporary Art  3 The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks. Lecture, discussion Presentation Raimonds Kalējs Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and is intended only for new visiting students.
MākZ1261 Anatomy 1,5 Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently. Lecture Test Uldis Zariņš Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and have one common group for new visiting students together with the students from the 1st semester.
MākZ5125 Creative Methods in Art Pedagogy 3 The course "Creative Methods in Art Pedagogy" prepares students for planning and conducting art-based visual arts classes for school age children. Such an experience can be useful in teaching for both - formal and non-formal education. Graduates will gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in transforming an idea based on creative practice (art or design) into a teaching practice. Practical work, seminar or discussion Presentation Ilze Vītola Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and have one common group for new visiting students together with the students from the 1st semester.
      ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS        
      Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.        
      MA 1        
code subject name ECTS   type of class type of examination lecturer additional info
      THE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIALTY SUBJECTS        
      Specialty subjects in the student's chosen subfield. These subjects account for a significant part of the total semester or study year programme percentage.        
MākZ6882 Composition 1 6  Conceptual work using glass as an interdisciplinary material. Lecture, practical work Assessment show Inguna Audere Knowledge of the types of glass art and good knowledge in art is required.
MākZ6324 History of Contemporary Glass Art 3 History of glass art in Latvia and Western Europe. 20th and 21st century.  Lecture Assessment show Ilze Dūdiņa  
MākZ6A64 Composition 2 3 Production of glass objects by in-depth research covering literature and dramaturgy. Lecture, practical work Assessment show Viktors Jansons  
      ART SUBJECTS        
      Department's elective subjects that can be taken in addition to the basic study programme.        
MākZ6330 Glass Painting Projects 3 Acquisition of glass melting technique. Creation of textured painted glass fusion. Untraditional approach to glass painting. Lecture, practical work Assessment show Vineta Groza Good knowledge in glass processing is required.
MākZ6332 Glass Sculpture Projects 3 Glass molding, sculpture, functional objects. “Pate de Verre” and other glass melting and casting techniques.. Lecture, practical work Assessment show Ilze Dūdiņa Good knowledge in glass processing is required.
MākZ6698 Drawing 3 Large-format drawings. Same task as for painters, sculptors and graphic artists.  Practical and individual work Assessment show   Elective subject
MākZ6698 Sketching There are no separate credits for sketching; students are marked for the Drawing course Sketching the human figure for 5, 10, 15 minutes.
Objective: the act of drawing using various materials (charcoal pencil, pencil, felt-tip pen, sepia, acrylic, ink, etc.), developing visual perception, transferring it to the sketch.
Results to be achieved: a developed ability to understand proportion and to create individual handwriting in drawing using a variety of materials, taking a step back from the classical academic drawing.		 Individual work Assessment show An individual class without a lecturer Elective subject
      HUMANITIES SUBJECTS        
      As theoretical lectures are delivered to the students of the Art Academy of Latvia in Latvian, some theoretical subjects in English are offered separately to the visiting students.        
MākZ2961 Art History of Latvia 6 The lecture course "Art History of Latvia" is taught to Erasmus+ students, and its purpose is to give an insight into and a general idea of the development of Latvian art history in a cultural and historical context. Alongside art history, the course provides basic knowledge of Latvian history, ethnography, and architectural history.                                                                                                                                                            In the first semester the lecture course chronologically covers the period from prehistory to the 1950ties. The course continues in the second semester, providing the students with the basic knowledge about events of the second half of the 20th century.                                                                                                                           Visits to exhibitions and museums are organized as part of the course to broaden and improve students' knowledge and to promote connection with contemporary cultural progress. Lecture, visits to exhibitions and cultural sites Written course paper, seminar Ieva Rosne Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online in two groups: 1. Visiting students from the 1st semester, 2. New visiting students.
MākZ2960 History of Contemporary Art  3 The academic course deals with all the significant events in recent art history, starting from the international conceptual tendencies in the 60s, like land art, minimalism, Art Povera, Nouveaux Réalisme, Fluxus, and others, the postmodern narratives in the 80s and the 90s. The final part will be dedicated to the actual debates in the global contemporary art scene. Each lecture will be accompanied by rich visual materials, including films originating from museums. After finishing the course, the students will be able to recognize the most prominent personalities and their most iconic artworks. Lecture, discussion Presentation Raimonds Kalējs Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and is intended only for new visiting students.
MākZ1261 Anatomy 1,5 Digitalized and interactive anatomy for art and design students to improve their drawing, painting, and sketching skills in anatomy. Based on Anatomy Next — anatomy learning tools for students and teachers. Anatomy Next is a very successful, world-known educational technology start-up to help students learn anatomy faster and more efficiently. Lecture Test Uldis Zariņš Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and have one common group for new visiting students together with the students from the 1st semester.
MākZ5125 Creative Methods in Art Pedagogy 3 The course "Creative Methods in Art Pedagogy" prepares students for planning and conducting art-based visual arts classes for school age children. Such an experience can be useful in teaching for both - formal and non-formal education. Graduates will gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in transforming an idea based on creative practice (art or design) into a teaching practice. Practical work, seminar or discussion Presentation Ilze Vītola Special course for Erasmus+ students / The course takes place online and have one common group for new visiting students together with the students from the 1st semester.
      ELECTIVE SUBJECTS OFFERED TO ERASMUS+ VISITING STUDENTS        
      Elective subjects for Erasmus+ visiting students offered by different departments in different specialties. The list of available elective subjects will be published shortly before the start of the semester with online registration. The number of elective subjects depends on the number of remaining ECTS required for the student after the student's basic curriculum of the department's specialty subjects, general art subjects, and humanities subjects has been approved by the department.