SMK University of Applied Social Sciences

Objective(s) of a study programme: to prepare lawyers, who are able to manage legal documents, provide legal assistance to natural and legal persons, represent legal interests of individuals and entities, capable of applying professional activity methods and measures effectively and responsibly in state and law enforcement authorities, companies and organizations. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. To responsibly assess social-economic and public phenomena while creatively applying knowledge of law and other social sciences. 2. To apply communication means and models, the principles of professional ethics when working in a team and communicating with customers. 3. To apply a legal norm in specific legal relations. 4. To prepare local legal acts, contracts and other legal documents in companies, institutions, organizations. 5. To organize and assess legal administration of the activity of companies and institutions. 6. To represent public management, business and private entities in the relations with the third parties. 7. To operatively carry out the actions of a pre-trial investigation and to suitably qualify criminal acts. 8. To assess the sources of legal information, using the modern information technologies and databases of legal information. 9. To do scientific – empirical research, while formulating goals and tasks of a research, raising hypotheses and verifying them, while collecting and analyzing data and while making conclusions. 10 To assess one‘s professional activity, knowledge and experience, to foresee the trends of self- expression and self-development and to develop one‘s professionalism in a constantly changing society. Activities of teaching and learning: Analysis of practical situations and case studies, project work, concept and idea map, task solving, document analysis, problem-based teaching, demonstration and analysis of practical examples , practices of professional activity, final thesis. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of Law study programme. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Law Theory and history; Constitutional Law; Basics of Economics and Management; Professional Foreign Language; Law Enforcement Institutions; Labour Law; Social Security Law or Family Law; Civil Law; Administrative Law and Procedure; Contract Law; Law of Civil Procedure; International Public Law; Commercial and Competition Law; Social Research Methodology; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure; The European Union Law; Public Procurement; Intellectual Property Law; Organizing Activity of Pre-trial Investigation; Labour Disputes. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Teaching and Final practices of professional activity are done. Specialisations:-. Access to professional activity: Graduates can work as investigators of a pre-trial investigation, court sitting secretaries; as civil servants in municipalities and other state institutions; in company administrations, in police headquarters and other law enforcement institutions, customs; as legal advisers, legal secretaries, lawyers in business companies and non-governmental organizations; in offices of bailiffs, solicitors and in notaries offices. Access to further studies: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Law study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of law field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field. Graduates also may study according to study programmes that do not provide any degree.

Objective of a study programme: To prepare specialists of the sector of creative industries, able to independently produce, manage and commercialise creative and entertainment projects, to advertise and disseminate the results and products of producing activity, to initiate and develop activities of cultural, entertainment and creative areas in Lithuania and foreign countries. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. To integrally apply the knowledge and progressive theories of communication, management, law and other sciences when implementing producing activity in the sector of creative industries. 2. To creatively apply the knowledge of art, culture, aesthetics when initiating and implementing the projects of events and media. 3. To analyze and assess the local and the global field of culture, the situation in the market of creative industries and trends in change when foreseeing the directions, goals and strategies of professional activity. 4. To assess the demand for creativity and entertainment projects, their profitability, impact of creative activity on the cultural development of society, while applying quantitative and qualitative research methods to a consumer. 5. To generate ideas and conceptions of creative projects both individually and in a team when foreseeing the ways of implementation, means of expression and communication. 6. To draft a plan of creative project when foreseeing the necessary activities, processes, human, material and financial resources aiming at the optimal realization of a creative idea. 7. `To implement creativity and entertainment projects when applying the methods of culture management, legal principles of producer activity, advanced creative and teachnological means. 8. To present, publicize and commercialize the results and products of producer activity, while applying effective methods of marketing and communication. 9. To integrate oneself as a creator into the processes of the modern mediated culture while undertaking social responsibility for the decisions of producer activity and the impact of creative activity on society. 10. To constantly assess one's professional qualification, to foresee the trends of self-expression and self-development, to learn independently in order to achieve creative and technological advance when acting competitively in the sector of creative industries. Activities of teaching and learning: Problem-based learning, case, and case studies, creative project development and delivery, project work, glossary, performing, media, visual art projects, sketches, performance, and delivery scenarios, literature and document analysis, discussion and training collaborative practice in the workplace, demonstrating practical examples and analysis of the real problems in project work and so on. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of Creative and Entertainment Industries study programme. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Professional Foreign Language, Story Creation and Telling, Economics and Management, Marketing, Acting and Stage Language, Event Organization, Communication Theory, Basics of Directing, Digital Photography, Development of Audiovisual Products, Social Research Methodology, Management of Performers, Public Relations, Producing, Finance and Budget of Creative Projects, Intellectual Property Law, Culture Policy, Atlikėjų vadyba, Event Organization, Publicity Events, TV projects, Cinema Projects. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Teaching and Final practices of professional activity are done. Specialisations:-. Access to professional activity: Students who have graduated from Creative and Entertainment Industries Study Programme and who are awarded a professional bachelor qualification degree in social sciences, can work in different Lithuanian and foreign companies, organizations and their divisions of creative industries sector. Graduates are able to initiate, produce and position projects of creative and entertainment industries, are able to apply innovative and optimally effective models of communication, creativity and entrepreneurship when developing the activity of public, state and business organizations in the area of creative industries, to do independent research on the sector of creative industries, to prepare strategies of development and change, related to the perspectives of culture, creativity and entertainment business in Lithuania and abroad. Access to further studies: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Communication study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of communication field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field. Graduates also may study according to study programmes that do not provide any degree.

General Description: Objective of a study programme: To prepare qualified managers of restaurants and cafes, able to create, plan and manage the activity of restaurants and cafes, applying the provisions of a healthy and balanced nutrition, food culture and aesthetics, perceiving the innovative principles of attracting and retaining customers, and responsibly developing the business of restaurants and cafes under the changing conditions of the environment. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. to apply the general modern theories and conceptions of economics, management, finance, marketing and other social sciences while managing the companies of restaurant and cafe business. 2. to apply theories and concepts of balanced nutrition and modern catering services, by developing catering business, as well as aiming for its sustainable expansion. 3. to apply quantitative and qualitative research methods, as well as prepare research instruments, while performing research of areas relevant to business of catering services. 4. to perform market analysis, aiming to evaluate and forecast business changes, taking into consideration national and international business environment, as well as its impact for business development. 5. to apply the legal acts and other normative documents, regulating the establishment and activity of restaurants and cafes. 6. to apply the principles of rational and balanced nutrition, while forming traditions and culture of healthy nutrition. 7. to organise multiple processes of catering business, by rationally using material and human resources, while applying the principles of environment-friendly management and socially-responsible business. 8. to design, organise and manage the activity of catering company (affiliate), by solving the questions of optimising company’s activity and reducing its costs, while applying modern management methods and leadership principles. 9. to manage design and sales processes of innovative catering services, taking into consideration the needs of the changing market and consumers, as well as seeking for competitiveness and sustainable growth of the company. 10. to think systemically, critically and creatively, initiate independently new ideas or make decisions in a teamwork, accepting the responsibility for the quality and results of an activity. 11. to communicate (orally and in writing) professionally in the field of specialisation with business partners and clients in one’s native and at least in one foreign language, applying the skills of cooperation and presentation, as well as using modern information technologies and informational sources. 12. to broaden constantly one’s knowledge and skills, by evaluating personal professional activity and experience; to foresee the directions of self-expression and self-improvement, and develop independently one’s professionalism, performing in the changing business environment. Activities of teaching and learning: Analysis of practical situations and case studies, project work, concept and mind mapping, service organisation processes‘ simulation, task solution, analysis of documents, problem teaching, practice in the workplace, demonstration and analysis of practical examples, professional internships, preparation of final thesis, etc. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of Management of Restaurants and Cafes study programme. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Economics, Management, Nutrition Theory, Professional Foreign Language, Food Aesthetics and Culture, Marketing, Food Composition and Structure, Food Safety and Hygiene, Finance and Accounting, Food Processing Technologies and Equipment, Social Research Methodology, Sales Management, Catering Business Organization, Work Safety and Ergonomics, Customer Management and Etiquette, Personal Management, Food Logistics, Management of Food Raw Materials and Resources, Organization of Restaurant and Café Events, Menu Planning AND Cuisines of Different Countries, Food Ecology or Heath–Friendly Nutrition. Teaching and Final practices of professional activity are done. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Graduates will be prepared to work at restaurants, cafeterias, bars and other public catering enterprises or catering divisions in enterprises and able to establish and manage catering enterprises, develop and monitor the state of the business while assessing changes in business environment. Graduates with acquired marketing, management, economy, project and resource management knowledge, will be able to apply principles of healthy and balanced nutrition, importance of food culture and aesthetics in professional activity, will be able to supervise employees, manage client service, organise gatherings and events as well as manage material and financial resources. Access to further studies: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Business and Public Management study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of business field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field.

Objective of a study programme: Objective of a study programme: – is to prepare programming specialists, able to design, create and manage applied programmes, internet webpages, databases, products of multimedia and animation, necessary in order to improve and manage the constantly changing processes of company activity. Activities of teaching and learning: presentation, expert method, group project, Individual assignment, information search assignment, team work, creative work, laboratory work, literature studying, teaching communicating, practical situations analysis, problem-based learning, project work, Real problems solving, programming, task solving and so on. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of Programming and Multimedia study programme. Achieved results of study programme students demonstrate while defending thesis. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. to apply the knowledge of computer hardware and software, necessary in order to model and design the means of human and computer interaction. 2. to analyze the needs of potential customers and users of software, necessary in order to design and introduce programme systems in various fields of activity. 3. To apply the mechanisms of operational systems, web equipment management and protection in order to ensure the safety of information. 4. to apply digit methods and algorithms, mathematical, statistical, data collection and analysis methods, necessary in order to determine the need for programme systems and their components. 5. to apply analysis and modeling methods and means of information processing when designing programme systems. 6. to apply programme design principles, requirements, programming languages, when developing programme products in accordance with tasks. 7. to develop and manage databases, through application of database management systems. 8. to develop applied programmes, webpages, products of multimedia and animation, corresponding to the needs of organizations. 9. to apply testing methods, when doing independently the works of programme system development and maintenance. 10. to apply the principles of computer graphics and information visualization, multimedia technologies when developing programme systems. 11. to assess the made decisions on the development of programme systems on legal, economic, safety and technological approach. 12. to assess one’s professional activity, knowledge and experience, to foresee the trends of self-expression and self-development, and to develop one’s professionalism in a constantly changing society. Framework: Study subjects, practical training: The Study Field Course Units: Professional Foreign Language, Basics of Programming, Mathematics, Computer Architecture and Operation Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Object Programming, Multimedia Technologies, Programming with JAVA, Computer Statistics Development of smart device programmes, Interactive Multimedia, System design and databases, Intellectual Property Law, IT Project Management and technologies, Audiovisual technologies, Human and Computer Interaction, web system programming, programme System Engineering, Robotics or Supplemented Technologies of Reality, Artificial Intellect or Computer Game Programing. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Two professional activity internships are performed (training and final internships) Specialisations:-. Access to professional activity: Graduate may work as a programmer, IT specialist, IT service administrator, project manager of product development in the field of IT. Also they can create and set up businesses which would be dedicated for the improvement, creation and application in the market of created, during their studies, innovative programs and computer games, animation, application programs and other IT products. Access to further studies: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Programme systems study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of programme systems field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field. Graduates also may study according to study programmes that do not provide any degree.

General Description: Objective of a study programme: To prepare high qualification specialists of cosmetology, who are creative, think critically and are socially responsible, understand the principles of healthy lifestyle, are able to evaluate influence of external and internal factors for health and skin, to provide procedures of cosmetology, apply modern technologies, responsibly and effectively manage the processes of beauty service business, develop and seek for constant personal and professional improvement. Learning outcomes: The graduates of this study programme will be able: 1. to apply knowledge of peculiarities of organism and human anatomic, physiological, pathological skin and/or skin lesions, the composition and purpose of cosmetic products, principles of performing and arranging cosmetologic procedures while providing beauty services to persons of any age. 2. to apply in their professional activity the principles of healthy lifestyle and knowledge about external and internal factor influence on health, skin and/or skin lesions, aiming to form positive customer attitudes towards areas of health, beauty and life quality improvement. 3. to gather and analyse data, to use informational technologies, to apply quantitative and qualitative research methods and to prepare research instruments, necessary to solve relevant problems of a professional activity. 4. to analyse beauty service market, the quality of provided services, and customer’s needs seeking to manage effectively the processes of beauty service business. 5. to analyse independently the condition of client’s skin and/or skin lesions, basing upon physiology and pathological changes, age criterion, by selecting targeted evaluation methods and equipment, as well as identifying aesthetic needs of a person and necessity of cosmetic care procedures. 6. to prepare responsibly and independently short-term and long-term plans of cosmetic care, taking into consideration the aesthetic needs of the client and one’s skin and/or skin lesions’ condition. 7. to analyse independently and choose responsibly cosmetic products, materials and equipment to perform cosmetologic procedures, taking into consideration their application indications, contraindications, purpose and influence on skin and/or skin lesions. 8. to perform cosmetic facial and body skin procedures independently and professionally, procedures of nail care and decorative cosmetics, taking into consideration client’s skin condition and aesthetic needs, as well as regarding requirements and arrangement principles of cosmetic products, equipment and apparatus application and procedure performance. 9. to ensure the quality and safety of carried out cosmetic procedures, in accordance with hygiene and quality requirements, ergonomic and professional ethics’ principles as well as legal acts regulating cosmetologic activity. 10. to communicate and cooperate with own and other area specialists and clients, evaluate critically professional experience, constantly learn, teach and consult clients, performing promotion of professional experience. 11. to apply communicative, creativity and critical thinking skills, aiming for personal improvement and making motivated decisions for solving aesthetic problems of a client. Activities of teaching and learning: Demonstration, discussion, lecture, explanation, individual work, analysis of documents, scientific and professional literature, individual work; simulation of practical situations; group and team work; case studies; project work, reflection, solution of problematic situations, research performance, simulation of managerial processes, problem-based learning, workplace practices, case studies and demonstration analysis, professional practice, preparation for examination, final thesis, etc.. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. Achieved results of Aesthetic Cosmetology study programme students demonstrate while Qualification Examination and Final Thesis. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology and Cell Chemistry, Cosmetic Chemistry and Materials Science, General Cosmetology, Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics, Pharmacology, Massage in Cosmetology, Make-up Techniques, Iternal Diseases and Pathology, First Aid, Professional Ethics and Aesthetics, Skin Diseases, Cosmetic Facial Care, Cosmetic Body Care, Nursing, Cosmetologic Apparatus and Equipment, Applied Research Methodology, Business of Beauty Service, Healthy Lifestyle and Rational Nutrition, Manicure and Pedicure, Clinical Cosmetology, Professional Foreign Language Qualification Examination, Final Thesis. Teaching and Final practices of professional activity are done. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Three professional activity internships are performed (2 Training and Final internships). Specialisations: - Access to professional activity: Graduates of Aesthetic Cosmetology study programme will be able to get employed in companies of different legal forms and ownerships: SPA centres, beauty salons, health care establishments, sanatoriums, rehabilitation centres, medical institutions, companies providing beauty services; will be able to work as consultants in cosmetics stores and cosmetology business companies, will be able to organise the independent provision of services, to establish companies according to the existing laws, to be self-employed specialist, etc. Access to further study: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Health Sciences study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of cosmetology field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field.

Objective of the Video Production and Media study programme - To prepare creators of video, able to design media products independently or in the team, through application of the modern principles of video and the technologies of the new media, to act innovatively and responsibly in the national and international market of audiovisual industries. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. to creatively apply in one's professional activity knowledge of art nature and development, the modern processes of art and culture, principles of artistic expression, media technologies and techniques, used in an audiovisual production, and interrelations between audiovisual art and other types of visual art. 2. to define a field of one's creative interests, to formulate artistic/creative goals and to reasonably choose means of artistic expression, production methods and forms to implement a creative idea. 3. to analyze the processes taking place in the area of art, possibilities of environment, audiovisual needs of media market and trends of development, in order to form an individual creative touch and to make responsible decisions in professional activity. 4. to create ideological creative conception of video production, using the laws and principles of artistic expression, directing, film language, individual and group methods of generating creative ideas and alternatives. 5. to form a creative team for realizing an video production, to motivate it and control rationally while undertaking responsibility for the quality of activity, through application of the principles of producing activity and team cooperation as well as the models of professional communication. 6. to create and realize, maintain and, if necessary, develop an original creation of video or a creative project, based on author directing or attitude and needs of a customer. 7. to professionally apply and coordinate visual and sound means of expression, computer and website technologies while realizing creative idea and presenting the products of individual creation. 8. to communicate with specialists/colleagues, society, representatives of other areas, professionally and following professional ethics when solving tasks of one's own and general professional activity, when presenting creative activity and its results. 9. to perceive the aesthetical value of art, moral principles of professional activity and undertakes social responsibility for the impact of one's creative activity on the cultural development, welfare and environment; 10. to foresee the perspectives of professional development and to implement them generalising individual experience when learning to apply innovative methods of professional activity adapting to the changing conditions of professional an inviroment and technological advancement. Activities of teaching and learning: Preparation and presentation of media, visual art projects, etudes, „performance“, scenarios; learning through cooperation, demonstration and analysis of practical examples, reviews of audiovisual products, problem-based teaching, analysis of the structure and contents of an audiovisual product, creative workshops, practice in a workplace, demonstration, practice of idea generating, application of applied computer programmes to do creative tasks, expositions and etc. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of Video Production and Media study programme. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Film Language, Basics of Acting and Stage Language, Professional Foreign Language, Information Technologies, Professional Communication, Creativity Psychology and Methods, Basics of Directing, Script Production, Basics of Filming, Audiovisual Montage Technologies, Directing of Audiovisual Montage, Personal Management and Career Composition, Computer Graphics and Design, Producing, Multimedia Technologies, Visual Communication, Development of Audiovisual Products, Popular Culture, Intellectual Property Law, Sound Directing, Animation Production, Module – Film Production, Module - TV Production. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Specialisations: -. Access to professional activity: After graduation from the Study Programme of Video Production and Media the specialists are ready to professionally produce the movies of different genre and format, TV shows, commercials, music clips and implement other projects of audiovisual art. Graduates are able to do a creative work in producing companies, film studios, event and advertising agencies, television, enterprises and companies, where there is a necessary production of audiovisual art products through application of new media languages and technologies. Graduates of the programme can establish their own media companies, independently and creatively perform in different national and international enterprises of media, and get productively involved in the development of the sector of Lithuanian creative industries. Access to further studies: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Art study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of Media Art field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field.

Objective of a study programme: To prepare specialists of international business, able to establish and manage an international business company, to initiate and implement business projects, corresponding to company goals consumer needs, to develop systems of internal and external communication which ensure effective communication with business partners and customers in national and international markets. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. To integrally apply knowledge of economics, management and other social sciences when solving complex business tasks in the changing international markets. 2. To creatively apply modern information technologies and communication models when acting in multicultural teams and global business environment under conditions of competition and risk. 3. To independently do market research, to identify the potential of target markets and, depending on market features, to form a company's communication strategy and coordinate a marketing complex. 4. To analyze and assess international business environment, trends of business development when implementing company goals and making strategic decisions on business development. 5. To plan the activity of an international business company when drawing various funding sources, when efficiently controlling human, tangible and financial resources of a company in the stages of business establishment and development. 6. To control the processes of an international business company's activity when applying efficient methods of management and when assuring the quality of implemented activity and projects. 8. To create and develop systems of internal and external communication of an international business company, which form a company's image and help to efficiently communicate a company's offers in international markets. 9. Independently and responsibly make strategic business decisions necessary for an efficient change management in a company. 10. To communicate professionally and constructively cooperate with customers, business partners when implementing international business projects in the country and abroad. 11. Constantly assess and improve one's professional activity and to learn independently when adapting to the changing conditions of business environment and technological advance. Activities of teaching and learning: Analysis of practical situations and case studines, project work, concept and idea map, task solving, , document analysis,problem-based teaching, practice in a workplace, solving real problems in project activity , demonstration and analysis of practical examples , practices of professional activity, final thesis. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of International Business and Communication study programme. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Professional Foreign Language , Economics, Marketing, Management, Finance and Accounting, Social Research Methodology, Intercultural Communication, Personal Management, Enterprise Economy, International Logistics, International Trade and Export Organization, International Business Law, Klientų vadyba, Tarptautinio verslo strategijos ir rizikos valdymas, Management of a Company Image or Organizacijos medijų valdymas, Business in European Markets or Business in Asian Markets, International Busines Networks arba E-rinkodara. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career. Teaching and Final practices of professional activity are done. Specialisations:-. Access to professional activity: Graduates will be able to establish the chosen direction businesses enterprises, organize international businesses, and manage internal and external communications of the company, to work as functional department heads and specialists in international business ventures also as project managers or sales managers. Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Business and Public Management study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of business field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field. Graduates also may study according to study programmes that do not provide any degree.

General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: to prepare critically thinking and socially responsible business specialists, capable of managing the company's operational processes, implementing business projects, implementing green technology solutions, aiming for sustainability and innovative business solutions. Learning outcomes: 1. Will be able to apply in an integrated manner the latest knowledge of economics, management, marketing and other social sciences when creating a business and solving complex business tasks under the changing conditions of the environment. 2. Will be able to apply the essential theories and concepts, that the management of sustainable business and green technologies are based upon, responding to the fields of strategic business development of a company. 3. Choosing proper qualitative and quantitative research methods will be able to do independent research, to collect, structure, analyze, interpret and use information necessary for professional activity, to formulate reasoned research conclusions. 4. Developing the concepts of sustainable business and promoting positive business changes, will be able to plan, organize, control and manage the processes of company activity, by choosing innovative technological solutions. 5. Creating an economically sustainable and responsible business culture, will be able to introduce green technologies in a company activity, ensuring the efficiency and sustainability of a company activity. 6. Structuring and analyzing the data on company activity, will be able to attract business funding sources, rationally use the available resources, aiming at sustainable competitiveness of the company. 7. Responding to the implementation of customer needs, will be able to manage the processes of selling goods and services, to make suggestions concerning new goods and services, using green technology innovations. 8. Applying the principles of a socially responsible business and responding to the social and environmental innovations, will be able to implement and manage business projects, ensuring the quality of their implementation. 9. Effectively communicating in Lithuanian and foreign languages, will be able to communicate and cooperate with the specialists in one’s and other areas, with customers, business partners, to responsibly apply legal acts when carrying out professional activity. 10. Will be able to systematically analyze and assess professional activity, knowledge and experience, to make decisions, generate new ideas, study independently and develop one’s professionalism, foreseeing the fields of lifelong learning as well as self-expression and self-education. Activities of teaching and learning: Innovative teaching and learning methods are applied, it is aimed at active student participation in the study process: a student-oriented teaching is based on practical tasks, emphasizing the importance of independent work of a student and abilities to creatively solve different situations (problem-based teaching, analysis of practical situations and case studies, creative workshops, mind and concept maps/concept maps, expert method, project methodand etc.). Activating and heuristic study methods are coordinated with traditional methods of developing knowledge and abilities: lectures, seminars, discussions and consultations. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Accumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. Applying accumulative assessment, learning outcomes are assessed during interim tests. Course unit programmes foresee structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content of particular assessment tasks, criteria and requirements. At the end of the studies of every course unit students take an examination or get an evaluation of independent work. The final grade consists of the component parts of accumulative assessment foreseen in the programme of a course unit (e.g. interim tests, independent works, examination), percentages being determined in the programme of a course unit. Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: The volume of course units of the study field – 152 credits. The following course units of the field are studied Professional foreign language, Business economics, Management, Marketing, Financial accounting and taxes, Social research methodology, Human resources management, Sales management, Principles of sustainable business, Technological business processes, Responsible business culture/Sustainable business philosophy/Social responsibility in business, Sustainable communication and ethics/Digital business, Sustainable business project management, Business data analysis, Technological innovations, Cyber security, Technology implementation and management, Green technologies, Climate change and environmental protection, Customer Experience Management, International law, Sustainable logistics, Sustainable finances. Generic college course units comprise 16 credits. Teaching and final practical trainings are done under real conditions of activity. The total volume of practical trainings – 33 credits. The volume of final thesis – 9 credits. Specialisations: - Optional courses: Students will have a possibility to choose course units from 5 alternatives, aimed at deepening knowledge in the study field, where students will get 9 credits. Students will be able to choose from such course units of the study field as Responsible business culture/Sustainable business philosophy/Social responsibility in business Sustainable communication and ethics/Digital business. Students are also offered optional course units, aimed at interdisciplinary studies or development of general competences and a student chooses them from the list of optional course units offered by the University. The foreseen volume of optional course units – 12 credits. Distinctive features of a study programme: Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: Future specialists will be able to create their own company, work as managers in business companies implementing technologies, green technologies, trade purchase/sales or import/export managers, project managers in sustainable business companies, etc. Access to further study: Graduates will continue their studies to obtain a bachelor's degree at the university. After completing the majority of studies or fulfilling other requirements set by the higher education institution, they will have to enroll in second-cycle master's studies.

Objective(s) of a study programme: To prepare specialists of finance area to work in banks and other institutions providing financial services, who would be able to carry out economic and financial assessment of economic entities, to make decisions independently when providing banking, investment and other services of financial mediation. Learning outcomes: After graduating from the studies, a person will be able: 1. to apply in the professional activity the principles of organizing finance system and its operation, directives of the European Union, normative acts of the Republic of Lithuania, which regulate national system of finance, activity of banks and other finance institutions; 2. to assess the business environment of finance institutions on the approach of macroeconomics and to ensure a suitable process of managing services of finance institutions; 3. to prepare financial, tax and statistical accounts to both internal and external consumers; 4. to apply methods of managing property and non-property resources when analyzing processes of financial activity of business entities; 5. to systematize and analyze the data on the activity of business entities when implementing the strategy of their development; 6. to apply knowledge of bank products when forming a bank product basket, which corresponds to the needs of a customer and when implementing its constant monitoring; 7. to apply modern methods of communication and sales, ensuring personal results and the results of the activity of finance institution; 8. to carry out an independent assessment of economic viability of different projects; 9. to apply the main methods of assessing customer creditworthiness and risk when providing with a bank credit; 10. to form and manage a portfolio of investment products, which corresponds to needs and possibilities of a customer; 11. to manage an investment process, through assessment of the risk and the expected income of different means of investment and a formed investment portfolio; 12. to choose methods of international payment when funding international business operations of business entities; 13. to constantly assess one’s professional activity, knowledge and experience, to foresee trends of self-expression and self-development and to develop one’s professionalism when acting in a changing business environment. Activities of teaching and learning: Analysis of practical situations and case studies, project work, concept and mind mapping, service organisation processes‘ simulation, task solution, document analysis, problem teaching, practice in the workplace, demonstration and analysis of practical examples, real problem solving in project activities, professional internships, preparation of final thesis, etc. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative assessment and a ten-point assessment system are applied. When applying cumulative assessment the learning outcomes are evaluated by interim assignments. Course unit programmes foresee certain structural elements of assessment, their weight in the final assessment, content, criteria and requirements for certain tasks of assessment. Studies of each course unit end with an examination. In the Final Thesis students demonstrate the achieved learning outcomes of Finance and Investment Management study programme. Framework: Course units, practice: Course Units of the Study Field: Professional Foreign Language, Basics of Banking, Ekonomy, Management, Finance, Bank products, Marekting, Basics of Investment, Finance Accounting, Insurance, International Banking Operations and Trade Financing, Sales Management, Investment Fund Management Strategies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Social Research Methodology, Professional Foreign Language, Credit Systems in Banks, Bank Risks and their Management, Financial Analysis, Management of Business Investments , Finance Management, International Finance, Personal Banking, Effective Customer Service, Financial Information Processing Systems. Teaching and Final practices of professional activity are done. Optional course units correspond to the values of the University and aim at developing exceptional competences of a student in order to form a unified portrait of a student. 4 competences of a student are distinguished: Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Digital Communication, Linguistic Communication, Personal Development and Career Management. Specialisations: -. Access to professional activity: Graduates from the Finance and Investment Management Study Programme and awarded professional bachelor in the group of Business and Public Management study field are able work as a finance specialist in any business or public sector organisation, to work as customer services and investment specialists, personal bankers, insurance specialists, personal managers of business and private clients at banks or insurance and investment companies, finance and insurance broker entities, financial consulting companies and other. Access to further studies: Studies can be continued in Lithuanian and foreign higher schools, implementing II cycle study programmes in the group of Business and Public Management study field. Graduates, aiming at studying in the second cycle studies of accounting field must conform to the requirements pre-set by the higher school and in the descriptor of the group of study field or fields, have knowledge and abilities necessary for studies in accordance with the programmes of a certain field.