The humanities and social sciences Institute

The Humanities and Social Sciences Institute is an educational and scientific substructure of Lviv Polytechnic National University.

The Institute offers a humanities teaching system for the students to obtain profound knowledge in the History of the Ukrainian State, Ukrainian and World Culture, Ukrainian language, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, History of Religion and wide-spread foreign languages.

The Institute consists of nine general educational Departments: Ukrainian History, Science and Engineering; Political Science; Sociology and Social Activity; Philosophy; Ukrainian Language; Foreign Languages; Engineering and Pedagogical Training; Documents and Informational Activity; Physical Education.

The Department of Ukrainian History studies and delivers courses on the fol­lowing subjects: History of Ukraine and its Sovereignty, Ukrainian and Foreign Cultu­re, History of Ukrainian Science and Engineering, Documents and informational Activity etc.

There are post-graduate studies and a Specialized Council at the Department making it possible to defend theses concerning History.

The Departments of Political Science and Sociology carries out studies and offers courses in Political Science, Sociology, Social Psychology and Public Relations.

Philosophy and History of Religion are the main subjects at the Department of Philosophy and Study of Culture having post-graduate studies.

The Ukrainian language and Business Ukrainian are taught by the teaching staff of the Ukrainian Language Department.

At the Department of Foreign Languages students attend practical classes of English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Latin. They also have some special courses, namely Business Foreign Language and Foreign Language for Specialists.

In the 2000-2001 academic year a new speciality Documents and Informational Activity was introduced at the Department of History of Ukrainian, Science and Engineering in the framework of the «Culture» training direction. It is aimed at meeting the market needs in specialists on business documents, public relations, informational systems coordinators in production and non-production spheres.

Basic studies lead to the Bachelor’s degree. Further education ensuring the Master’s degree can be obtained on the competitive rating grounds. The Bachelor’s and the Master’s courses meet West European Higher School standards.

Those who major in this speciality possess not only special knowledge. In the course of studies they are taught two foreign languages besides Latin, jurisprudence (science of law) and acquire practical skills of using computer in their work. While studying office work

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and business correspondence tiiey get acquainted with State standards and different types of normative documents as a reliable source of information, their classification, permanent and temporary storage, documents value examination, the official registration procedure of files/dossiers, personal records etc. The would-be archivists, office work experts, business correspondence clerks, secretaries-reviewers study the structure, tasks and functions as well as organization of the administrative activity (its content and characteristic features); organization of the work with administration personnel; conducting negotiations, meetings taking into account social-psychological aspects and professional ethics issues. Having a good command of foreign languages and knowing the main trends of documents unification and standardization,- the rules of drawing up documents and their official registration in accordance with established procedure graduates may work successfully for companies of different branches and forms of property, scientific and research institutes, State Archives, commercial and other structures.

Task 1.58. Read the following international words, and guess their meaning:

Standard, normative documents, unification, structure, function, organization, social and psychological aspects, archives, professional ethics, type, expert, documen­tation, classification, information, jurisprudence, coordinator, philosophy, sociology, history, religion, culture, informational systems, sphere.

Task 1.59. Form derivatives of the following words, using suggested suffixes:

-ist: archives, science, sociology, special, psychology, economy;

-er: philosophy, teach, foreign, defend, lead, work, review, research;

-al: education, culture, practice, information, person, ethics, structure, function,

organization;

-ian: history, Ukraine, academic.

Task 1.60. Complete the sentences, selecting words from the following list: exa­mined, standards, accordance, personal records, documentation, philosophy, humanities, normative, reliable, expert, defend, postgraduate studies.

1. The secretary failed to find his_____.

2. He is an__ in information security.

3. Last week I attended a lecture on the __ of Ancient Greece, which was dedicated to

Socrates.

4. Several graduates of our department were admitted to___.

5. The document should be__, because we doubt its value.

6. To gain the title of Candidate of Science, you should pass exams and thesis.-

7. Do you think that the Internet is a_ source of information?

8. In the Lviv Center of Standardization and Certification you may get acquainted with

state__ and different types of__ documents.

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9. Our university offers courses both in technical sciences and______.

10. The documents must be officially registered in______ with established procedure.

11. This year they will take a course in fundamentals of unified systems of________, used in

automation control systems.

Task 1.61. Complete the sentences with derivatives of the given words, using proper suffixes:

-(a/i) tion, -ing, -al, -tivity, -s, -ative, -ed, -able, -ability.

To examine

a) The____ of documents value should be performed by experts.

b) At this practical class, students were______ authentic and forged documents.

To inform

a) He has chosen this specialty, as he is interested in______ activity.

b) Unfortunately, there is very little______ on this subject in the Internet.

To produce

a) Informational systems have become vital for proper functioning of institutions and enterprises in and non- spheres.

b) Installation of computers has greatly increased labour________ at this plant.

Norm

a) The agreement has been reached in accordance with the_______ of international

law.

b) State standards and_____ documents are a reliable source of information.

To acquaint

a) She hasn’t got____ with this document yet.

b) An___ of mine works as a secretary-reviewer.

To rely

a) They doubt the____ of this source of information.

b) This system isn’t __ enough to be used in production process.

7. to register

a) Yesterday his application was officially______.

He would like to know more about the procedures of documents official_______.

Task 1.62. Identify the subjects you are taught by their definitions:

A. 1. sociology; 2. history; 3. study of culture; 4. engineering; 5. ethics; 6. philoso­
phy; 7. jurisprudence; 8. the humanities; 9. linguistics 10. political science.

B. a) moral philosophy or moral science, i.e. that branch of philosophy which studies

the principles of right or wrong in human conduct; b) the science or philosophy of law;

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c) the search for knowledge, esp. the nature and meaning of existence; system of

thought resulting from such a search; d)the study of the origin, history and the structure of human society and its

institutions;

e) studies (history, art, literature, classics etc.) emphasizing the culcural aspects of

civilization;

f) branch of knowledge dealing with past events, political, social, economic of a

country, continent or the world;

g) study of evidence of intellectual development (of art, science etc.) in human

society; all the arts, beliefs, social institutions etc. characteristic of a

community, race etc.; h)the scientific study of language or languages whether from a historical and

comparative or from a descriptive, structural point of view; i) tht science of applying knowledge of the properties of matter ana the natural

sources of energy to the practical problems of industry (e. g. the construction

of industrial plants or machines);

j) the study of the nature and functions of the state and of the‘government.

Task 1.63. Rearrange the following jumbled words and phrases to form sentences:

1. to be, the document, copied, printed, and, illegally, is said.

2. still, are, under, the proposals, examination.

3. letter, the original, haven’t got, I, its copy, have got, I, but.

4. to deal with, twice a week, comes, a secretary, his, correspondence.

5. excellent, the, is, staff, teaching.

6. the computer, data, in, a mass of, stored, is,

7. temporary, now,, a lot of, work, is.

8. documents, all, will be, the necessary, agreed, signed, and.

9. read, signature, his, I, couldn’t, illegible.

10. value, practical, of great, has been, advice, his.

Task 1.64. Read the dialogue and discuss the questions given below:

A: - Hi! I’m broken. Have you heard of any possibilities to earn some extra money? B: - Well, I was lucky enough to find not a only profitable but also an interesting and

useful job related to our speciality. A: - You don’t say so! You attend all the lectures and practical classes. When do you

work? B:- I’m a secretary of a virtual office.

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A: - What do you mean by a virtual office? Where is it situated?

B: - A virtual office needs neither special premises nor furniture. Actually it’s my

home computer. A: - How do you manage to combine your business activity with your studies? Isn’t it

difficult? ' " "

B: - • Not at all. I work only a fortnight a month during the second shift (from 3 to

11p.m.). It’s suits me perfectly. What’s more, this virtual office makes it

possible to earn quite real money. My salary is 200 hryvnias. A: - Not bad I should say. Were you the only applicant? B: - Oh, no. There were more than 80 of us. But employers give preference to people

with higher education and students. A:- Have you had an interview? B: - Sure. During the interview the applicant must reveal proper communication skills

and language abilities. A: - What about computer test? B: - Nothing special. You are to find some necessary information and to type quickly

enough. A: - Do you manage to cope with all your duties? B: - There are no problems with it. I’m responsible for telephone calls, e-mail and

faxes. We also have web-designers creating web pages for our staff. In future our

firm will offer preparing agreements and law services. A: - Oh, it’s great. This job gives a lot of possibilities for professional level improve­ment, to say nothing about a decent salary for a student. B: - By the way, you may be a secretary of several virtual offices simultaneously. A: - Incredible. Thank you for such vital information.

Questions:

1. Do you consider the situation described in the dialogue to be worth following?

2. Being a student have you ever tried to find a part-time job? Were you successful?

3. To your mind, are there any advantages or disadvantages in studying and working simultaneously?

Task 1.65, Choose the proper forms to fill out the gaps:

1.1 saw him____ the document.'

a) to sign b) sign c) to have signed

2. The would-be archivists are supposed ____ the rules of the documents official

registration.

a) know b) to be known c) to know

3. We didn’t expect this reliable source of information__ so soon.

a) find b) to have found c) to be found
4.1 saw the employer____ your records.

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a) to read b)read c) th have read

5. The teachers made us___ extremely hard on the training course.

a) work b) to work c) to have worked

6. They suppose the commission of experts ______ a thorough examination of the

document.

a) to make b) to have made c) make

7. The lawyer advised us____ with the contract carefully.

a) get acquainted b) to get acquainted c) to have got acquainted

8. We consider him____ the expert in drawing up official documents.

a) be b) to be c) to have been

9. The boss made the subordinates___ until the work was finished.

a) to stay b) stay ct to have stayed

Task 1.66. Use Complex Subject instead of the subordinate clauses, e.g.:

• It is known that a new speciatty Documents and Informational Activtty was introduced at the Chair of History last academic year.

• A new specialty Documents and Informaiional Activity is known to have been introduced at the Chair of History last academic year.

 

1. It is considered that the most important documents require permanent storage.

2. It is said that he is a first-rate expert in the sphere of documents value examination.

3. We are sure that the humanities enrich the spiritual life of the young people.

4. It is likely that this part of his job will give him the greatest satisfaction.

5. It is believed that a document is an official paper or a certificate that gives

information or supplies evidence.

6. It was reported that the document had been proved authentic.

7. It is known that our graduates are fully qualified specialists.

8. It was stated that the papers were not prepared according to the fixed norm.

9. It is likely that they will find the work in the archives the most difficult.

10. It is considered that English is one of the most wide-spread foreign languages in the
world.

Task 1.67. Translate the sentences into English, using Complex Subject and Complex Object:

C. Кажуть, що студенти ознайомилися з основними правилами складання та
оформлення документа.

D. Вщомо, що найщнниш документи повинш зберігатися у державних apxieax.

E. Ми бачили, як вш щцписував контракт.

F. Очжують, що KOMicifl зробить експертизу цього документа належним чином.

G. Вважають, що вона особливо щкавиться спещальними предметами.

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Key to task 2. Text “Some Problems of Higher Education”:

For centuries humanity has been accumulating knowledge and passing it from generation to generation, though not all members of the human community had free access to this knowledge. Till the 20th century there existed property, social and even racial barriers for those who wanted to gain higher education. Colleges for women had appeared only by the end of the 19th century. At that time the industrial revolution was gaining momentum. It set new requirements to labor. Mechanization and later automation of production processes created a great demand for highly qualified specialists, and this led to democratization of education and establishment of numerous technical higher schools. Nowadays in our country a system of free higher education coexists with system where a student has to pay a fee for the tuition received at a state or private higher educational establishment. It means that anybody may enter a higher school.

But unfortunately, not all graduates are guaranteed employment in the field of their specialization. And even if graduates do get jobs according to their qualification, some of them are not ready for their profession immediately after graduation. The reason for it is lack of experience. Of course, higher schools do their best to give students both theoretical and practical training, but their funds are not sufficient to constantly modernize their scientific and research facilities. In many cases, students have no opportunity to obtain practical training in the specific branch of national economy. The solution to this problem could be cooperation between higher schools and businesses. For example, an enterprise could invest some of its funds in creation of a modern production training basis for a higher school on condition that this higher school would work off money spent on it. It means that the higher school would (1) design some new products to be manufactured by this enterprise, (2) develop advanced equipment, materials,.and technologies to be used in the production process, and (3) would train specialists for this enterprise. So both the enterprise and the higher school would benefit from this cooperation.

Though it’s no use just sitting and waiting for a wealthy sponsor to come. You should take an active attitude towards studying, that is, apart from acquiring knowledge at lectures and practical classes, and participating in seminars and students’ scientific conferences, you should look for ways of applying your theoretical knowledge to prac­tice. For example, with a little bit of good luck and help from your friends you are sure to find some part-time job in your field of specialization. Of course, you can’t expect to be employed as an engineer, but being a trainee technician also has its advantages: you’ll see the inside of the business, master practical skills of doing the work, get

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acquainted with corporate culture in the working team. Besides, you will find out what subjects are vital for your future profession, and pay more attention to studying them.

In a documentary film about Coventry University, one of the deans says that in order to make a brilliant career, graduates not only need knowledge and competence, they should be self-confident and able to make decisions and tackle with any new situation or problem. So, listen to what the wise man says, draw conclusions and act accordingly. But do it now, because time is pressing, and our country desperately needs competent personnel for all branches of national economy.

APPENDIX B. VERB PATTERNS

 

Verb + object + infinitive
(without to)
Let
make
help notice, see,	somebody	do
watch
hear

 

Modal or Auxiliary Verb + infinitive
(without to)
can, could
shaU, should
may, might	do
must
will, would

 

Verb + object + to-infinitive
advise
allow
beg
encourage
ask
expect force	somebody	to do
(help)
invite
to do
need
order

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Fail
help
have
hope
learn
manage
offer	to do
ought
plan
promise
refuse
seem
threaten
want

 

permit
persuade
remind
teach
tell
want
warn	somebody	to do

Note:

1. Го is used with make in the passive: He was made to carry out a task.

2. Let cannot be used in the passive. Allowed to is used instead: She was allowed to use the car.

In earlier days, people called places intended for carrying out experiments “workshops”. There they prepared drugs, made technological inventions or even tried to discover “a philosopher’s stone”, as alchemists did. Some people thought them to be practising black magic, and destroyed their workshops. By the way, Isaac Newton is sometimes called the last alchemist and the first scientist.

At present, the word “laboratory” (from Latin “laboro”, i.e. “I work”) is used to denote any room or building intended for experimental investigation in technologies and sciences for the purpose of advancing man’s knowledge. The word “laboratory” is also used to denote the work-room of a chemist, or special premises at an industrial enterprise or research institute for designing and testing new devices.

Among the most famous laboratories of the world we can mention the laboratory of the Royal Institution established in Britain in 1800 and devoted to applied and pure sciences. Such outstanding scholars as M. Faraday and I. Tyndall carried out experiments there.

The first physics laboratories founded for students appeared in 1846. Work in laboratories has been introduced into educational process at secondary and higher schools to teach scientific and technical knowledge by means of experimental activity. Besides, it enables students to leam how to handle the most sophisticated equipment and to master modern research methods.

Task 2.1. Discuss the following questions in small subgroups and then present your ideas to the whole group:

1. Laboratory facilities at our university.

2. Importance of students’ work in laboratories.

3. Do you like to work in laboratories? Why?

Task 2.2. Before listening to the text “The Labs of the Department of Physics”, try to match the following English terms with their Ukrainian equivalents:

1. quantum nature of llghtt 2..ubssance, solid, llquid, vapourr 3. vibratory motton; 4. specific resistance; 5. phenomenon; 6. dimensions; 7. ac/dc; 8. wave length; 9. elec-

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trie circuit; 10. analytical balance; 11. thermal properties; 12. electromagnetic oscillator; 13. frequency range; 14. mechanical interaction; 15. conductors and insulators.

1. генератор електромагнгошх коливань, 2.тепло1Й властивост!,,3. електричне коло (схема), 4. д1апазон частот, 5. аналггичш терези, 6. явище, 1. проыдники та 1золятори, 8. питомий onip, 9. речовина, тверде тшо, рщина, пара, 10. коливний рух, 11. мехашчна взаемод!я, 12. корпускулярна природа евтга, 13. довжина хвил1,14. роздпри, 15. змшний струм / посэтйний струм.

Task 2.3. Listen to the text “The Labs of the Department of Physics” and answer the following questions:

1. Where are the laboratories of the department of physics situated?

2. What kind of lab exercises do students carry out in the laboratory of molecular physics?

3. What do they study in the electrical laboratory?

4. In which laboratory can students study the quantum nature of light?

5. What quantities can students measure in the physics laboratories?

6. What instrumentation do they use?

Task 2.4. Practise the pronunciation of the essential vocabulary. If you don’t know the meaning of a word, try to guess it from the context:

1. according to / in accordance with- зпдно, вадповщно- in relation to smth., e.g.

Students can work.in the laboratories according to the speciality chosen.

2. achieve - досягати- to succeed in doing smth., e.g. Using this experimental

technique, you will achieve better results.

achievement - досягнення - e.g. They try to use all the latest achievements in their

field of science.

He was proud of his achievements.

3. acquaint - ознайомлювати - to make familiar with, e.g. The laboratory assistant

has just acquainted students with the rules of work in the laboratory.

get acquainted - ознайомитись - e.g. Don't start carrying out the experiment

without liaving got acquainted with the instruction.

4. acquire - набувати - to gain a skill, habit, esp. by one’s own ability, efforts or

behaviour, c.g.Students acquire practical knowledge in the labs.

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5. assess - оцшювати - a) to estimate or decide the amount or value of something; b) to

judge or form an opinion about something, e.g. The work in the lab enables students to assess the practical value of their knowledge.

6. calculate - обчислювати - to find something out by using mathematics, e.g. He

failed to calculate the square root of this number without the help of his pocket

calculator.

calculation - обчислення, тдрахунки - e.g. He made several mistakes in his

calculations.

I. capacity - об'ем, емнгстъ, потужнють, спроможшсть - a) the greatest amount that

a container or space can hold; b) the amount that a factory or a machine can produce; c) the ability to understand or do something, e.g. This computer has a large storage capacity. The installation is operating at full capacity.

8. carry out - виконувати, проводи™ - to do or perform something, e.g. Students

carry out lab exercises under the guidance of qualified teachers.

9. cope with - впоратись - to deal with problems successfully, e.g. Will you be able to

cope with this task?

10. data (pi of datum) - даю, шформацш - facts or figures to be processed, e.g.
Computers process data at a very high speed.

II. device - прилад. - a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, e.g. The
laboratories are equipped with measuring devices.

12. be engaged in - займатися - to take part in something, e.g. Is he engaged in the work of our scientific society?

13. enterprise - шдприемство - plant, factory or other organization undertaking the risk of loss, e.g. Students take their industrial training at enterprises ofLviv region.

14. fundamentals - основи - basic rules or principles, e.g. Fundamentals of Physics is one of the special subjects taught to radio engineering students.

15. guide - вести, керувати - to lead, direct, supervise, e. g. Professors and
experienced teachers guide students’ work on their diploma projects.

guidance - кер1внищво - leadership, direction, supervision, e. g. The laboratory experiments are carried out under the guidance of qualified teachers and laboratory assistants.

16. handle - оперувати, працювати з - to deal with, to be concerned with, to treat, e.g. Working in the laboratories, students learn how to handle modern equipment.

17. hardware - апаратне забезпечення - physical units, components, integrated circuits, disks and mechanisms that make up a computer, e.g. Computer hardware consists of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a keyboard, a mouse and other input/ output devices.

18. be intended for - призначатися, бути призначеним - to be meant for, e.g. This sensor is intended for measuring very high temperatures.

19. investigate - дослщжувати - to try to find out all the facts about something, e.g. This phenomenon should be carefully investigated.

investigation -дослщження- the process of finding out all the facts about something, e.g. He carries out this investigation under the guidance of the head of our department.

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20. master - опановувати - to become completely skilled in, e. g. We mastered the new word-processing program quite quickly.

21. mean (meant) - означати, мати на ув«ш - a).signify; b) refer to, bear in mind, e.g.