COURSE DESCRIPTION CARD
The name of the course/module
code
xxx
ENGLISH COURSE
Major
Educational profile
(general academic, practical)
Fine Arts Education
year / term
I/II
general academic
Specialty
Course offered in the language:
xxx
Course
English
obligatory
Didactic hours:
Lectures
:
XX
Level of the
studies:
Points nr
classes:
60
Module
(full-time/extramural)
Full-time
I
Laboratories:
XX
XX
xxx
Educational area(s)
ECTS distribution (nr i %)
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xx
xx
xx
Status of the course in the studies’ program
Liczba punktów
Projects / seminars:
xx%
xx%
xx%
(general academic, from a different major)
XXX
xxx
Lecturer responsible for the course:
xx
xxx
mgr Agnieszka Rutkowska
Centrum Języków i Komunikacji PP
ul. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznań
tel.: 61 665 24 91
Prerequisites defined in terms of knowledge, skills and social competencies:
1
Knowledge:
2
Skills:
3
Social
competencies:
The already acquired language competence compatible with level B1 (CEFR)
The ability to use vocabulary and grammatical structures required on the high school
graduation exam with regard to productive and receptive skills
The ability to work individually and in a group; the ability to use various sources of
information and reference works.
Course objectives:
1. Advancing students’ language competence towards at least level B2 (CEFR).
2. Development of the ability to use academic and field specific language effectively in both receptive and
productive language skills.
3. Improving the ability to understand field specific texts (familiarizing students with basic translation
techniques).
4. Improving the ability to function effectively on an international market and on a daily basis.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: As a result of the course, the student ought to acquire field specific vocabulary related to the
following issues:
1
2
Renaissance art (overview, Early Renaissance: Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli; High Renaissance:
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo); Baroque art (overview, Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, Velazquez);
Neoclassical art (overview, David, Ingres), Romantic art (overview, Gericault, Delacroix)
Forms of Visual arts: drawing, fresco, oils
3
4
and to be able to define and explain associated terms, phenomena and processes.
Skills: As a result of the course, the student is able to:
1
give a talk on field specific or popular science topic (in English), and discuss general and field specific
issues using an appropriate linguistic and grammatical repertoire
2
express basic mathematical formulas and to interpret data presented on graphs/diagrams
3
formulate a text in English where he/she explains/describes a selected field specific topic
Social competencies:
1
As a result of the course, the student is able to communicate effectively in a field specific/professional
area, and to give a successful presentation in English.
2
The student is able to recognize and understand cultural differences in a professional and private
conversation, and in a different cultural environment.
The evaluation methods


Formative assessment: vocabulary tests, presentations, MT test
Summative assessment: credit
Program
Introduction of basic specialist vocabulary from the field of Art History covering the following styles:
Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism, and from selected forms of Visual Arts (drawing,
fresco, oil) by means of professional texts.
Description and basic analysis of works of art by representative artists of styles mentioned above (in the area of
painting and sculpture) based on information from professional texts and students’ knowledge.
Revision and consolidation of general vocabulary and grammar rules.
Students‘ presentations connected with the field of study.
Main literature:
Teaching materials by A. Rutkowska, MA, based on selected texts from: Strickland, C. 2007. The Annotated
Mona Lisa. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC.
Pocket Visual Dictionary. 2003. London: Dorling Kindersley.
Harding, K. / Taylor, L. 2005. International Express Intermediate New Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hanf, B. 2001. Angielski w technice. Poznań: LektorKlett.
Grzegożek, M. / Starmach, I. 2004. English for Environmental Engineering. Kraków: Studium Praktycznej Nauki
Języków Obcych Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Supplementary literature:
Gombrich, E.H. 1978. The Story of Art. Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited.
Levey, M. 1977. From Giotto to Cezanne. London: Thames and Hudson.
Clarke, M. 2003. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Murray P. and L. 1997. The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists. London: Penguin Books.
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/
Student workload
Form of activity
hours
ECTS
Overall expenditure
120
4
Classes requiring an individual contact with the
teacher
60
2
Practical classes
60
2
COURSE DESCRIPTION CARD
The name of the course/module
code
xxx
ENGLISH COURSE
Major
Educational profile
(general academic, practical)
Fine Arts Education
year / term
II/III
general academic
Specialty
Course offered in the language:
xxx
Course
English
obligatory
Didactic hours:
Lectures
:
XX
Level of the
studies:
Points nr
classes:
60
Module
(full-time/extramural)
Full-time
I
Laboratories:
XX
Projects / seminars:
xxx
Educational area(s)
ECTS distribution (nr i %)
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
xx
xx
xx
Status of the course in the studies’ program
Liczba punktów
XX
xx%
xx%
xx%
(general academic, from a different major)
XXX
xxx
Lecturer responsible for the course:
xx
xxx
mgr Agnieszka Rutkowska
Centrum Języków i Komunikacji PP
ul. Piotrowo 3a, 60-965 Poznań
tel.: 61 665 24 91
Prerequisites defined in terms of knowledge, skills and social competencies:
1
Knowledge:
2
Skills:
3
Social
competencies:
The already acquired language competence compatible with level B1 (CEFR)
The ability to use vocabulary and grammatical structures required on the high school
graduation exam with regard to productive and receptive skills
The ability to work individually and in a group; the ability to use various sources of
information and reference works.
Course objectives:
1. Advancing students’ language competence towards at least level B2 (CEFR).
2. Development of the ability to use academic and field specific language effectively in both receptive and
productive language skills.
3. Improving the ability to understand field specific texts (familiarizing students with basic translation
techniques).
4. Improving the ability to function effectively on an international market and on a daily basis.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge: As a result of the course, the student ought to acquire field specific vocabulary related to the
following issues:
1
2
Impressionism (overview, Manet, Monet, Rodin); Post-Impressionism (overview, Cezanne, Gauguin,
van Gogh); Modern art (Matisse, Picasso)
Forms of Visual arts: pastels, watercolours, sculpture
3
4
and to be able to define and explain associated terms, phenomena and processes.
Skills: As a result of the course, the student is able to:
1
give a talk on field specific or popular science topic (in English), and discuss general and field specific
issues using an appropriate linguistic and grammatical repertoire
2
express basic mathematical formulas and to interpret data presented on graphs/diagrams
3
formulate a text in English where he/she explains/describes a selected field specific topic
Social competencies:
1
As a result of the course, the student is able to communicate effectively in a field specific/professional
area, and to give a successful presentation in English.
2
The student is able to recognize and understand cultural differences in a professional and private
conversation, and in a different cultural environment.
The evaluation methods


Formative assessment: vocabulary tests, presentations, MT test
Summative assessment: final exam (written and oral)
Program
Introduction of basic specialist vocabulary from the field of Art History covering the following artistic movements:
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Modern art (Fauvism and Cubism), and from selected forms of Visual
Arts (watercolor, pastels and sculpture) by means of professional texts.
Description and basic analysis of works of art by representative artists of movements mentioned above (in the
area of painting and sculpture) based on information from professional texts and on students’ knowledge.
Revision and consolidation of general vocabulary and grammar rules.
Students‘ presentations connected with the field of study.
Analysis of an article on current trends in contemporary art.
Main literature:
Teaching materials by A. Rutkowska, MA, based on selected texts from: Strickland, C. 2007. The Annotated
Mona Lisa. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC.
Pocket Visual Dictionary. 2003. London: Dorling Kindersley.
Kołodziejczyk, E. 2006. Jak pisać po angielsku?. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Szkolne PWN.
Supplementary literature:
Gombrich, E.H. 1978. The Story of Art. Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited.
Levey, M. 1977. From Giotto to Cezanne. London: Thames and Hudson.
Clarke, M. 2003. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Murray P. and L. 1997. The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists. London: Penguin Books.
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/
Student workload
Form of activity
hours
ECTS
Overall expenditure
120
4
Classes requiring an individual contact with the
teacher
60
2
Practical classes
60
2