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Today Syktyvkar University has about 7000 students studying at 6 institutes, 5 faculties and the college of Economics, Law and Information technologies. There are institutes of Humanities, Sciences, Social technics, exact sciences and information technologies, Pedagogics, additional professional education. There are faculties of Arts, Management, Economics, Law, parallel education and externship. They are training specialists in Sciences, finance and credits, book-keeping, history, Russian language and literature, Komi language and literature, marketing, tourism, taxes and taxation, ecology, etc. Such a choice of subjects meets the needs of the Republic. The first lecture delivered to the freshmen students used to be dedicated to the development of the Komi republic and to that of the Far North. From their first day at the University our students come to realise that in five years they will have to apply their knowledge for the benefit of the Republic. At present, the University campus consists of seven academic buildings and three blocks of student residence. There are a lot of lecture-rooms, studies and laboratories, computer centres, libraries, assembly halls, gyms, a swimming-pool, a café and three canteens. The highest ruling body is the University Academic Board considering all the principal questions of the university life. Its meetings take place every month. The Academic Board consists of the Rector, Vice-Rectors, and Deans of Faculties, Heads of Departments and representatives of Trade Union.
6. Could you tell us? a) What institutes does the University consist of? b) What faculties does the University consist of? c) What considerations were taken into account when choosing academic subjects? d) What did the first lecture at the University use to be dedicated to? e) Where do University graduates work? f) What does the University campus consist of? g) What is the University Academic Board?
7. Complete the sentences: 1. Today Syktyvkar University has …. 2. Such a choice of subjects … 3. The first lecture used to be dedicated … 4. From their first day … 5. The University campus consists … 6. The highest ruling body is … 7. The Academic Board consists of …
8. Could you find synonyms in the text? To satisfy the needs; is always devoted to; to give a lecture; first-year students; nowadays; hostel; examining; main problems;. 9. Could you express the same idea in other ways? 1. Today Syktyvkar University has 7000 students and 5 faculties. 2. They are training specialists in Sciences, Finance and Credits, Book-keeping, History … 3. Such a choice of subjects meets the needs of the Republic. 4. From their first day at the University our students come to realise that in five years they will have to apply their knowledge for the benefit of the Republic. 5. The University campus consists of seven academic buildings and three blocks of student residences.
The institute of Humanities trains specialists in history, public relations, international relations, political sciences, Russian language and literature, Komi language and literature, journalism, linguistics. There are the departments of journalism, Russian history and history of foreign countries, history, political and social science, Komi and Finno-Ugrian philology, linguistics and cross-cultural communications, political science and international relations, Russian philology, public relations and advertising, philosophy and culturology. The Department of Russian History and History of foreign countries is in charge of training students in history. The students of this department acquire deep knowledge in all sections of the history of human society – from ancient times to present days. They study Archeology, Ethnography, Ancient History and that of the Middle Ages, Russian History, History of Asian, African and American countries, etc. Much attention is paid to the students’ practice at schools, archives, and libraries, and to their work in research and in archeological expeditions. The faculty has its own small museum of Archaeology, and the most interesting of students finds are now exhibited at the Hermitage in St.Petersburg.
a) How many departments are there in the institute of Humanities? b) What subjects do the history students study? c) Where do students have their practice? d) Where are the students' finds exhibited?
The institute of Humanities trains specialists in history, public relations, international relations, political sciences, Russian language and literature, Komi language and literature, journalism, linguistics. There are the departments of journalism, Russian history and history of foreign countries, history, political and social science, Komi and Finno-Ugrian philology, linguistics and cross-cultural communications, political science and international relations, Russian philology, public relations and advertising, philosophy and culturology. The Department of Russian History and History of foreign countries is in charge of training students in history. The students of this department acquire deep knowledge in all sections of the history of human society – from ancient times to present days. They study Archeology, Ethnography, Ancient History and that of the Middle Ages, Russian History, History of Asian, African and American countries, etc. Much attention is paid to the students’ practice at schools, archives, and libraries, and to their work in research and in archeological expeditions. The faculty has its own small museum of Archaeology, and the most interesting of students finds are now exhibited at the Hermitage in St.Petersburg.
a) How many departments are there in the institute of Humanities? b) What subjects do the history students study? c) Where do students have their practice? d) Where are the students' finds exhibited?
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