2. Answer the following questions.

1. When was Bryansk State Technical University founded?

2. How many departments and specialities are there at BSTU now?

3. What department does “Applied Computer Science in Economics” belong to?

4. What is the term of studying at this speciality?

5. What qualification do the graduates of “Applied Computer Science in Economics” speciality get?

6. Where can the postgraduates of this speciality work?

7. When was the chair “Economics, Organisation of Production and Management” established?

8. Who is the organiser of this chair?

9. How many students are being educated at this speciality “Applied Computer Science in Economics” now?

10. This speciality is very urgent and vital for our national economy, isn’t it?

11. What is the emphasis laid on in training the specialists at this speciality?

12. What is the main direction of an economist-manager’s activity?

13. Enumerate fields of activity the students of this speciality must acquire deep knowledge in.

14. What is the training at this speciality first and foremost based on?

15. Qualified staff having great pedagogical and industrial experience works at the chair, doesn’t it?

16. Comment on the scientific activity of the chair.

17. Give your reasons why to enter “Applied Computer Science in Economics” means to be of great benefit to the country.

3. Choose the necessary words and put them in the sentences.

	Bryansk State Technical University was founded in 1929 on the basis of the Bezhitsa workers’ faculty as … of a new type.		various, non-commercial
	After graduating a specialist receives a qualification of … .		the economics and computer science department
	During the years of its … the chair has trained many specialists.		to put into practise
	… creating and applying computer information systems to solve complex problems in these and those spheres of national economy.		good, qualified
	At the chair there works qualified staff having great … and … experience.		much emphasis is laid on
	“Applied Computer Science in Economics” is one of the specialities of … .		pedagogical, industrial
	Today extensive demands are being required to… and … as we are living today in the age of … .		economists-computer-scientists, programmers, the computer science
	Having received the qualification of an “economist-computer-scientist” postgraduates are able … deep profound professional knowledge.		existence
	Postgraduates can work in … organisations and their structural subdivisions, in commercial and … banks, etc.		an “economist-computer-scientist”
	Today Russia needs … manpower.		a higher technical institution