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The Faculty “The Institute of Management”

Highly-qualified managers are in great demand in the Orenburg region. The Objective of the Orenburg State Agrarian University is to provide the region with specialists able to copy with contradictory social and economic processes and stimulate activities of both employers and employees.

The Faculty of the State and Municipal Management is one of the new faculties in the Orenburg Agrarian University. It was set up in 2000. There are 4 chairs in our Institute: the Chair of the State and Municipal Management, the Chair of Personnel Management, the Chair of Commerce and the Chair of Work’s Organization with Youth.

The students of this faculty study at the daytime department and by correspondence. During the academic year they attend lectures, classes, tutorials, seminars, do laboratory works and pass practices.

As it is necessary to combine theory and practice, the students have then practical training at the enterprises.

The subjects the students study are divided into general and special subjects. General subjects form the quality of their general education. There are some general subjects such as Theory of Economics, Higher Mathematics, Business Communication, Computing and many others. Humanitarian subjects are Philosophy, Logic, Culturology, Psychology, Russian Language and Culture of Speech. Much attention is paid to the studying of foreign languages: English and German.

As for special subjects, they are also numerous, e.g. Bases of Management, Office Work, Ethics of Business Relations, Theory of Management, Region Economy and Management, Finance and Credit and so on.

At the end of the whole course of study the students are to work on their graduation thesis and take degree examinations. Those graduators who have inclination for research may enter the post-graduate course and devote then their lives to science. Having passed all the exams students get the qualification of a manager.

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1. You are a student, aren’t you? 2. What faculty do you study at? 3. What year student are you? 4. How many lectures do you have weekly? 5. What is you favourite subject? 6. Are you good at languages? 7. How many exams will you have in winter? 8. Do you work regularly or by fits and starts? 9. Are there any students’ scientific societies at you faculty? Are you a member of any? What research work have you done? 10. Are there sport societies and theatrical groups at the faculty? Have you ever taken part in an amateur performance? 10. Who is the brightest student in your group? 11. Are you good at English? 12. Are you weak or strong in Mathematics? 13. Do you attend classes every day?

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