7. Complete the sentences:

1. Today Syktyvkar University has ….

2. Such a choice of subjects …

3. The first lecture used to be dedicated …

4. From their first day …

5. The University campus consists …

6. The highest ruling body is …

7. The Academic Board consists of …

8. Could you find synonyms in the text?

To satisfy the needs; is always devoted to; to give a lecture; first-year students; nowadays; hostel; examining; main problems;.

9. Could you express the same idea in other ways?

1. Today Syktyvkar University has 7000 students and 5 faculties.

2. They are training specialists in Sciences, Finance and Credits, Book-keeping, History…

3. Such a choice of subjects meets the needs of the Republic.

4. From their first day at the University our students come to realise that in five years they will have to apply their knowledge for the benefit of the Republic.

5. The University campus consists of seven academic buildings and three blocks of student residences.

The institute of Humanities trains specialists in history, public relations, international relations, political sciences, Russian language and literature, Komi language and literature, journalism, linguistics. There are the departments of journalism, Russian history and history of foreign countries, history, political and social science, Komi and Finno-Ugrian philology, linguistics and cross-cultural communications, political science and international relations, Russian philology, public relations and advertising, philosophy and culturology.

The Department of Russian History and History of foreign countries is in charge of training students in history. The students of this department acquire deep knowledge in all sections of the history of human society – from ancient times to present days. They study Archeology, Ethnography, Ancient History and that of the Middle Ages, Russian History, History of Asian, African and American countries, etc. Much attention is paid to the students’ practice at schools, archives, and libraries, and to their work in research and in archeological expeditions. The faculty has its own small museum of Archaeology, and the most interesting of students finds are now exhibited at the Hermitage in St.Petersburg.

a) How many departments are there in the institute of Humanities?

b) What subjects do the history students study?

c) Where do students have their practice?

d) Where are the students' finds exhibited?

The institute of Humanities trains specialists in history, public relations, international relations, political sciences, Russian language and literature, Komi language and literature, journalism, linguistics. There are the departments of journalism, Russian history and history of foreign countries, history, political and social science, Komi and Finno-Ugrian philology, linguistics and cross-cultural communications, political science and international relations, Russian philology, public relations and advertising, philosophy and culturology.

The Department of Russian History and History of foreign countries is in charge of training students in history. The students of this department acquire deep knowledge in all sections of the history of human society – from ancient times to present days. They study Archeology, Ethnography, Ancient History and that of the Middle Ages, Russian History, History of Asian, African and American countries, etc. Much attention is paid to the students’ practice at schools, archives, and libraries, and to their work in research and in archeological expeditions. The faculty has its own small museum of Archaeology, and the most interesting of students finds are now exhibited at the Hermitage in St.Petersburg.

a) How many departments are there in the institute of Humanities?

b) What subjects do the history students study?

c) Where do students have their practice?

d) Where are the students' finds exhibited?

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