ENGLISH VI - BUSINESS TERMINOLOGY

Departments of Informatics, Management Science and Technology, Statistics

PROVISIONAL 12–WEEK SYLLABUS

Instructor: Joan Stefan / Email: stefan@aueb.gr

Office Hours / Office Telephone Number: 210-8203419

PROVISIONS

· 4 hours of teaching per week

· C2 English language competence

WEEK	Academic Readings	Language Applications
1	The Evolution of Computers	Introduction
2	Computer Usage in the 21^st Century	Translation Exercises
3	Management	Scientific Writing: Structure and Organization
4	Computer Ethics: The Social Dimension	Translation Exercises
5	Electronic Mail & Spam	Scientific Writing: Abstracts
6	Strategy Analysis and Competitive Advantage	Translation Exercises
7	e-Commerce & The Dot–Com Bubble	Scientific Writing: Use of Internet Sources
8	Operations Research	Translation Exercises
9	Computer Security: Hacking, Cracking, Phishing	Scientific Writing: Citing Material
10	Human Resource Management	Translation Exercises
11	IT and Globalization	Scientific Writing: References or Bibliography
12	The Digital Divide and Information Literacy	Revision

COURSE MATERIAL

1. Stefan, J. (2012), English for Students of Informatics and Management Science, Course Notes, available from instructor during office hours.

2. Stefan, J. (2012), Translation Notes and Exercises, Course notes, available on e-class.

3. Stefan, J. (2011), Selected Elements of Scientific Writing, Course notes, available on e-class.

ASSESSMENT

Final Exam, consisting of three parts:

· Part A (60 points): Exercises on text comprehension, vocabulary and terminology, use of English, and working with numbers (from course material #1)

· Part B (20 points): Translation exercise(s) from selected academic text excerpts taught in class (from course material #2)

· Part C (20 points): Exercises on scientific writing skills (from course material #3)

OBJECTIVES

The aim of this course is to provide students with advanced skills in English that will assist them to function effectively in a variety of academic and professional settings. More specifically, the curriculum is designed to: a) enhance students’ competence in English through analysis of academic texts in selected areas of information technology and management science, accompanied by exercises in terminology, vocabulary, numerical expressions, and language use, b) improve students’ ability to decode and reproduce academic texts from English to Greek and Greek to English, through in-class translation practice of excerpts from academic texts, and c) familiarize students with the structure and selected key elements of scientific writing, through presentation of guidelines and examples followed by practical applications.