Introduction to University Studies

Course: Translation from Spanish and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Introduction to University Studies
Code
ННД.02
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
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
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Students should know: the history of world and Ukrainian education (within the scope of the comprehensive general secondary education program); be able to: identify, analyze, compare information of a historical and cultural nature; analyze one's own abilities, inclinations, interests; have elementary skills of processing of a scientific text, systematization of materials necessary for work, effective organization of one's own educational activities.
Course content
In this course the first-year students learn the basic principles, leading trends and stages of formation of university education in Ukraine and the world. The course provides substantial analysis and assessment of the reasons and main historical prerequisites for the emergence of universities in the world. 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 university education system, the stages of creation and development of Kyiv University are discussed. The course dwells on the historical processes that influenced Kyiv University during its existence up to now. The history of formation, the main stages of development and the structure of philological science, as well as the history of philological research at Kyiv University are outlined. The specifics of philological knowledge and the profession of a philologist are characterized. Students will learn about the life, creative activity and scientific heritage of outstanding philologists, the role and place of a philologist in modern society, organization of the educational process and independent work of a philology student at the university.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Ідея університету: сучасний дискурс: монографія / Л. В. Губерський, В. Г. Кремень, С. В. Курбатов та ін.; за ред. Л. В. Губерського, А. С. Філіпенка. Київ, 2014. 2. Історія Київського університету, 1834–1959. Київ, 1959. 3. Історія Київського університету. Київ, 2014. 4. Історія Київського університету: монографія. У 2 т. / О. В. Вербовий, І. М. Мороз, О. В. Даниленко та ін.; за ред. Л. В. Губерського, І. К. Патриляка, В. Ф. Колесника, А. І. Чуткого. Київ: ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2019. 5. Кузьмінський А. І. Вступ до університетських студій: навч. посіб. для студ. ун-тів. Черкаси, 2004. 6. Патриляк І. К., Боровик М. А., Ляпіна О. В. Нариси з історії Київського університету: навч. посіб. для студ. історичного факультету. Київ, 2009. 7. Професори Київського університету: біографічний довідник. Київ, 2014. 8. Сірополко С. Історія освіти в Україні. Львів, 2001.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, individual tutorial hours, participation in discussions, survey / testing, essay / presentation / case project, test
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 deliver a report at a lecture session. In the second module, students create a presentation / case study / essay. Students can be assigned up to 5 points for participating in the discussion, up to 15 points for preparing essays and presentations, and up to 10 points for speaking with a presentation or case project. The credit is given based on the results of the student's work throughout the entire semester and does not include additional assessment measures for successful students.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Vitaliy Dmytrovych Radchuk
Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from English
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from English
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology