English for IT Professionals 420-IS2-1JAI-22
Course profile: General Academic
Form of study: Full-time studies
Course type: Obligatory
Field and discipline of science: Humanities, linguistics
Year/semester of study: 1 / 2
Prerequisites (sequential system of courses and exams):
Exercises: 30h
Teaching methods: Discussion, working with text, working in problem groups, solving homework tasks, individual consultation with the teacher
ECTS credits: 2
Balance of student workload:
Class attendance: 30h
Individual consultation with the teacher: 8h
Course preparation: 5h
Presentation preparation: 5h
Homeworks: 5h
Student workload:
- student workload related to activities requiring the direct participation of the teacher: 38h, 1.5 ECTS
- student workload that does not require the direct participation of the teacher: 15h, 0.5 ECTS
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Skills:
Students have B2+ level knowledge of the English language, including the terminology appropriate for computer science that allow to communicate in written and oral form about general ideas and topics related to computer science - KP7_UK1
Students can use the English language sufficiently to read and understand professional literature and to communicate, including on professional topics - KP7_UK3
Students can prepare in English detailed documentation of a project or research task, results of the experiment, can prepare a study discussing these results - KP7_UK4
Students can acquire information from various English-language sources (literature, websites, databases, etc.), integrate it and make their interpretation and critical evaluation, draw conclusions and formulate and fully justify opinions - KP7_UU1
Students understand the need to constantly improve their level of advancement in the use of English - KP7_UU2
Social competencies:
Students understand the need for systematic familiarization with the latest trends in the development of information technology using English-language scientific and popular science magazines and websites - KP7_KR1
Assessment criteria
Written tests, presentation in class, homeworks and activity in class. The permissible number of unexcused absences is 20% of classes.
Bibliography
A selection of publicly available on-line materials in the field of IT covered by the program, in particular MIT OpenCourseWare (https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm).
Additional information
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