PřF:BD122 Prof. English for mol. biol. - Course Information
BD122 Professional English for molecular biologists
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2007
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Jan Šmarda, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Petr Beneš, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Jan Šmarda, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Šmarda, CSc. - Timetable
- Tue 8:00–9:50 C03/117
- Prerequisites
- Essentials of English acquired in secondary school.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Genetics (programme PřF, D-BI)
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (programme PřF, D-BI)
- Course objectives
- Seminars of English the goal of which is to prepare the postgraduates for English written and oral communication in molecular biology. Special emphasis is laid on the English terms used in molecular biology and genetics.
- Syllabus
- Professional English focused on the following practical exercises:1.Translation (in written form) of the definitions of professional terms from Czech into English, 2. Translation (in written form) from Czech into English and vice versa of the professional articles, 3. Oral explanation in English of the most important themes of molecular biology and genetics.
- Literature
- ROSYPAL, Stanislav, Jiří DOŠKAŘ, Roman PANTŮČEK, Jana KAILEROVÁ, Jiřina RELICHOVÁ, Vladislava RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Jan ŠMARDA, Jan ŠMARDA and Jiří ŠTĚPÁN. TERMINOLOGIE MOLEKULÁRNÍ BIOLOGIE. České odborné termíny, definice a anglické ekvivalenty (Terminology of molecular biology). První vydání. Brno: Vydavatel Prof. RNDr. Stanislav Rosypal, DrSc. Vodova 80, 612 00 Brno, 2001, 300 pp. ISBN 80-902562-3-6. URL info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Semináře 2 hod. týdně v 1-6 semestru, zkouška v šestém semestru.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Předmět je ukončen zkouškou v šestém semestru studia DSP
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2007, recent)
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