- •1 Higher education in belarus. Our university The role of knowledge and education in society.
- •Types of higher educational establishments in Belarus
- •Forms of tuition at Belarusian higher educational establishments.
- •The Belarusian State Economic University: rules of enrolment, schools and conditions for studies, curricula, student life, international contacts.
- •3 The republic of belarus Geographical position.
- •Natural resources.
- •State and Government structure and bodies.
- •Belarusian economy: the economic system, sectors of the economy: manufacturing, agriculture, services and their proportion in gdp.
- •Recent economic trends and problems.
- •10 Management as my major
- •The us geography.
- •Government structure: branches, their bodies and function.
- •Political parties.
- •National symbols.
- •The main public holidays.
- •The main sectors of the American economy: manufacturing, agriculture, services.
- •6 Environmental issues Ecological problems caused by the development of civilization
- •International efforts in solving environmental problems
- •4 Great britan
- •2 University education in great britain and the usa The procedure of admission to Universities.
- •8 Employment Definitions of employment and labor
- •Compensation for work
- •12 Planning Company planning as a key activity of top management, the main steps in planning, swot analysis
- •Types of plans
- •9 Entrepreneuship_and_small_business
- •11 Decision making The necessity of decision making in the work of a manager.
- •Types of decisions that a manager has to make and their peculiarities: routine decisions, intuitive decisions, strategic decisions.
- •7 Economics as a science The subject of economics.
- •Microeconomics and macroeconomics.
- •Three economic issues.
- •The role of money in economy: a brief history and function of money.
- •Money has four functions:
2 University education in great britain and the usa The procedure of admission to Universities.
USA:
colleges rely on two admissions examinations—the SAT [the Scholastic Aptitude Test) and ACT (the American Collegic Test .The tests must be taken in your senior year in highs school ) Both tests are composed of three parts: language proficiency, maths, and logic. The lowest score for getting into university is 550
Great Britain:
А student who wants to go to university usually applies for admission before he takes his advanced level examinations) First of all, he must write to the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA), and they send him а form which he has to complete .On this form, he has to write the names of six universities in order of preference,)This form, together with an account of his out-of-school activities and two references, is then sent back to the UCCA
Each applicant is first considered by the university admission board. the university admission officer passes the candidate's papers on to the academic department concerned /One or two members of this department wi11 then look at the candidate's application /, the department may make the candidate an offer (either а definite offer This means that the candidate will be accepted by the university if he fulfills the requirements stated in the offer.
Types of Universities in Great Britain and the USA.
Universities in the UK may be divided into three types:(
• The old established universities, such as Oxford , Cambridge,
•"redbrick universities" such as London and Manchester (
• The "new universities" established after Wor1d War II, such as Essex, Lancaster, )
In USA
2-year colleges( they are often open admissions with low tuition )
4-year colleges( the most of them provide liberal education and Bachelor`s degree)
Universities(provide the students with Master`s or Doctor`s degree)
Technical institutions (provide the students with wide variety of technical skills)
Peculiarities of the teaching process
Curiculum consist of the 2 main components – general education and the major field of study. Universities provide different formats of the courses of study :
-The lecture course ( where the instructor gives lectures with minimal interaction)
-seminar course ( where the students prepare and present their original written works)
-the colloquium (reading course where the instructor assigns readings for each seassion)
-the tutorial course (where students work on the topic and meet with the instructor weakly for discussion and guidance )
- the laboratory course ( work takes place in laboratory )
University degrees.
USA:
Graduate programs grant a variety of master's degrees The doctoral degree is the highest academic award and recognizes the graduate's ability to conduct independent research
Great Britain:
The main undergraduate qualification awarded by bachelor's degree Other undergraduate qualifications include: Higher National Diploma (HND), Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Diploma in Higher Education (DipHE) which usually take one or two years to complete.