Introduction to University Studies

Course: Croatian language and literature and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Introduction to University Studies
Code
ННД.01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Process information effectively: collect relevant information from a variety of sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyse and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it.  PLO 3. Organize self-learning and self-education process.  PLO 5. Collaborate with colleagues, representatives of other cultures and religions, supporters of different political views, etc.  PLO 6. Use information and communication technologies to solve complex specialized tasks and issues of professional activity.  PLO 7. Understand the major issues of philology and approaches to solving those using relevant methods and innovative approaches.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. to know: to have knowledge of the history of world and Ukrainian education (within the program of complete general secondary education). 2. to be able to: identify, analyze, compare information of historical and cultural nature; analyze own abilities, inclinations, interests; 3. possess basic skills: processing a scientific text, systematizing the materials necessary for work, effectively organizing their own learning activities.
Course content
The course introduces the basic principles, leading trends, and stages of development of higher education in Ukraine and the world. An analysis and objective assessment of the causes and historical background of the emergence of universities in the world is offered. The peculiarities of the influence of world university traditions on the formation of the Ukrainian educational system, the history of the formation of the Ukrainian system of university education, the stages of creation and development of the KNU are characterized. The history of formation, main stages of development and structure of philological/cultural science, as well as the history of relevant research at the KNU are outlined. Students will learn about the life, creative activity and scientific heritage of prominent national philologists and cultural studies, the role and place of a philologist in modern society, the organization of the educational process and independent work of students at the university.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. The idea of the university: modern discourse: a monograph / L. V. Huberskyi, V. G. Kremen, S. V. Kurbatov, etc.; under the editorship L. V. Guberskyi, A. S. Filipenko. Kyiv, 2014. 2. History of Kyiv University, 1834–1959. Kyiv, 1959. 3. History of Kyiv University. Kyiv, 2014. 4. History of Kyiv University: monograph. In 2 volumes / O. V. Verbovyi, I. M. Moroz, O. V. Danylenko and others; under the editorship L. V. Guberskyi, I. K. Patrilyak, V. F. Kolesnyk, A. I. Chutkoy. Kyiv: VOC "Kyiv University", 2019. 5. Kuzminsky A. I. Introduction to university studies: teaching. manual for students universities Cherkasy, 2004. 6. Patrilyak I. K., Borovyk M. A., Lyapina O. V. Essays on the history of Kyiv University: academic. manual for students Faculty of History. Kyiv, 2009. 7. Professors of Kyiv University: biographical directory. Kyiv, 2014. 8. Siropolko S. History of education in Ukraine. Lviv, 2001.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Methods: lecture, independent work Learning activities during the semester: Testing / express surveys Performing independent tasks: preparation of abstracts / presentations / essays Presentation / case project Module control work
Assessment methods and criteria
The course includes 2 content modules. All learning outcomes are assessed systematically throughout the semester, in accordance with the thematic plan of lectures. On the selected topic of the first module, students create an abstract / presentation (individual or group) / essay and make a presentation at a lecture session (approximately by October 15). Within the second module, students create a presentation / case project / essay (the form of control is determined by the teacher of a particular lecture stream) approximately by November 30. At the end of each module, module tests with test tasks and open questions are conducted (approximately on the 7th and 15th academic weeks of the semester); the points for the ICR are added to the sum of points for the MA. The sum of points for both MAs is calculated on the principle of accumulation: maximum 100 points, minimum 60 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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