Applied Foreign Languages for Administration and Management (in English and a second foreign language)
Short presentation of the programme:
In the first two years of the programme, the focus is on general education courses, two-semester courses in the main areas of study, such as Introduction to Language Structure, EU Languages, Presentations and Negotiations, Professional Correspondence, and practical courses, such as Text Analysis and Comprehension, Written and Oral Communication, Listening and Speaking, Practical language courses, etc. In the third and fourth years, the course of study includes lecture and training courses.
Major and professional qualification:
Major:
Applied Foreign Languages for Administration and Management (in English and a second foreign language)
Qualification: philologist, translator (English and [a relevant foreign language])
Practical training courses:
The training in the programme comprises practical training courses and internships, namely creating and processing bilingual parallel corpora of specialised texts; internships in administrative institutions and translation agencies.
International mobility:
The programme provides an opportunity for international student mobility at universities in France, Russia, Spain, etc.
Graduate Student Competencies:
The students gain knowledge as specialists in two foreign languages, get familiar with the structures of the languages they master, the linguistic map of Europe, EU language and terminology resources, European institutions, law, economics, management, economic geography and EU culture, and develop practical skills in the areas of translation, editing, referencing, analysis and synthesis of documents to apply them in several subject areas such as European economy and administration, law, human resources, etc.
Graduation:
Upon earning the required number of credits, students take a Written State Exam (in English and a second foreign language) and an Oral State Exam or defend a bachelor's thesis.
Occupation and possible positions:
Graduates pursue careers as specialists in European structures: translators, referents, consultants in intercultural relations, etc.
Department :
Research Center for Computational and Applied Linguistics