Humanitarian Courses

CSM100: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Lecturers:

Svetlana L. Burlakova, Associate Prof,, Ph.D., Elena A. Smimova, Senior Instructor, Leila Sh. Sejfetdinova, Senior Instructor, Rushan I. Kamaletdinov, Senior Instructor.

An elementary Russian course for beginners. The course aims at helping the student acquire a working knowledge of Russian so that he could communicate with Russian. The topics covered by situation dealt with in the course, express his thoughts in Russian on the basis of the grammar and vocabulary studied, understand orally, read and retell simple texts, conveying in Russian his attitude towards what he has read or heard, read with dictionary and translate more difficult texts and prepare oral or written reports on any given theme. Thus the course gives the student a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of Russian.

The brief phonetics course gives information on main rules of Russian phonetics (sounds and letters, pronunciation of sounds, soft and hard consonants, and the main types of information constructions). Grammar material included the fundamental themes: verbs of motion; the main types of simple and conditional mood; direct and indirect speech, etc. Thematically the course is based on social and cultural material and includes information on the history and geography of Russia. Besides a purely pragmatic purpose, the illustrative material aims at broadening the students' knowledge of Russian culture and science.

1. Acquaintance*

2. Family. House.

3. Work. Occupation.

4. Friends.

5. Telephone calls.

6. City. City transport.

7. Purchasing.

8. Theatre and cinema.

9. Sports and relaxation*

10. Spare time and passions.

11. St.Petersburg - the historical and cultural centre of Russia.

12. Main events of Russia history.

1, E.Vasilenko, E.Lamm. 60 Lessons in Russian. Moscow, 1993

2. Y.G.Ovsienko. Russian for Beginners. Russky Yazyk Publishers. Moscow, 1993

3. E.Lykova, A.Shatilov, In Russian - about everything (intensive course). S. -Petersburg, 1993

4. S.Khavronina, A. Shirochenskaya. Russian as we speak. Russian language publishers, Moscow, 1989

5. S.Khavronina, A. Shirochenskaya. Russian in exercises. Russian language publishers, Moscow, 1989

CSM 100A: SAINT PETERSBURG AND RUSSIAN CULTURE

Lecturer Tatjana N. Cheboksarova, Associate Prof., PhD

History of multi-faceted Russian culture, including architecture, art, literature, music and folk art; history of Saint-Petersburg, activity and personality of Peter the Great, Empress Elizabeth, Catherine the Great and other prominent rulers.

This course is intended to introduce in a remarkable world of Russian culture and to show a development of Russian art and architecture taking as a brilliant example history of Saint-Petersburg. The course recounts the prodigious artistic achievements of 18th, 19th and 20th century Russia.

1. Introduction

2. Beauty of Old Russia (2 weeks)

3. Peter the Great. Foundation of Saint-Petersburg (2 weeks) 4,Peter's baroque* (1 week)

5.Empress Elizabeth. Traditions of Russian theater, opera and ballet. (1 week)

6. Architect F.B.Rastrelly.(l week)

7. Catherine the Great. (1 week)

8. 'Emperor Paul and his residencies. (2 weeks)

9. Time of war and piece. (1 week)

10. Alexander Pushkin (2 weeks)

11. M.Petipa and imperial ballet (1 week)

12. Reforms in the second half of 19th century. (1 week)

13. The World of Art. (0.5 week)

14. Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (0.5 week)

15. The avant-garde (1 week)

16. Soviet art and culture (1 week)

City-orientation tour. Alexander Pushkin in Tsarskoe Selo. Peter and Paul Fortress. Petershof The Hermitage. Alexander Nevsky* Monastery. The Catherin Palace in Tsarskoe Selo. Pavlovsk Palace. The Russian Museum. The St. Isaac's cathedral. Memorial places of Dostoievsky. The chirch of the Saviour-on-the-blood. The Cottage Palace in Alexandria. Monuments ofM. Shemyakin.

1. S. Massie Land oftheFirebird.1982

2. Leningrad and its Environs. Guidebook. 1988

CSM101: COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

Lecturers

Lyudmila V.Azarova, Associate Prof., Ph.D. Kira A. Ivanova, Prof., Ph.D.

Course Overview

The primary aim of the course is to introduce the participants to the principles and practice of integrated communications in the fields of management, marketing, advertising and public relations, from defining the concepts and functions to reporting its applications in specific settings. It covers the current issues and topics in communications and public relations such as historical and on-going trends, ethical and legal issues, communication channels, theories and strategies, media relations, consumer relations, the role of research in public relations strategy and planning, strategic approach to crisis communications, issues management and case studies.

1. Introduction to basic concepts.

2. Review of historical and on-going trends.

3. Ethics and professionalism.

4. Legal considerations.

5. Communication theories.

6. Media relations.

7. Research.

8. Planning and programming.

9. Taking action and communicating.

10. Evaluation of the program.

11. Integrated marketing public relations.

12. Advanced public relations in key industries.

13. Public relations in government.

14. Public relations for nonprofit organizations.

15. Issues Management.

16. Crisis management.

17. Career paths in public relations.

1. McElreath M., Azarova L. Introduction to public relations and advertising: a reader from Russian consumer's point of view. St.Petersburg, Electrotechnical University, 1995,

2. Cutlip, Scott M. Effective Public Relations, Prentice Hall, 1994.

3. Clarke L. Caywood. The handbook of strategic public relations and integrated communications. McGraw-Hill, 1997.

CSM102 ; COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Lecturer Valeria M. Shadrova, Associate Prof., Ph.D.

The goal of the course is to provide the basis for better understanding the communication processes within organizations. Professional communication as an activity is affected by rules, norms, both written and unwritten, as well as social and cultural factors. The course covers such areas of organizational communication as communication climate, information flows, group dynamics, dyadic communication, leadership styles. Attention is given to developing presentational speaking skills.

1. The concept of communication.

2. Organizational communication and motivation.

3. Communication climate.

4. Communication satisfaction.

5. The flow of information in organizations.

6. Formal channels of communication.

7. Informal communication.

8. Communication and leadership.

9. Leadership styles.

10. Teams and groups.

11. Group formation and development.

12. Group dynamics.

13. Dyadic communication*

14. Superior-subordinate communication.

15. Characteristics of presentations.

16. Preparation of presentations*

17. Job interviews.

1. R.Wayne Pace, Don F.Faules, Organizational communication. Prentice Hall, 1994.

2. William W.Neher, David H.Waite. The business and professional communicator. Allyn and Bacon, 1993.