Need helps with course titles

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
> 
> I'm translating a fairly straightforward grade transcript for a student
> who majored in semiconductors and dielectrics (ïîëóïðîâîäíèêè è
> äèýëåêòðèêè), and I come to the following course titles, which have me
> stumped. Suggestions welcomed, public or private...
> 
> Êóðñîâàÿ ïî ñïåö. êóðñó (îòëè÷íî)
> Term Paper in Special Course??
> Term Paper for Course in Major??

Special Course is a standard term for Selected Topics in a particular
field which might have no relation to Major at all. This term was
commonly used in many Soviet "institutes" and universities, and, could be
used, sometimes, in some special secondary schools as well. Standard usage
would include "Spetskurs po ..." meaning "Selected Topics in ..."
If no field is indicated, it means that it is in Major.

> 
> and
> 
> Ó÷åáíî-îçíàêîìèòåëüíûé ïðàêòèêóì (çà÷åò)
> Is this some kind of student teaching? Êòî îçíàêîìëÿåò êîãî ñ ÷åì?
> 

No, it is not student teaching. This is just introductory apprenticeship.
It is quite similar to co-op system in US but mandatory rather than
optional. Different schools of higher education had different number of
"praktikum" or "proizvodstvennaya praktika" required, and sometimes in
several fields (e.g., for medical students). "Uchebno-oznakomitel'naya"
means that it might go not far beyond a guided tour, more or less. It is
designed just to expose the students to a particular field of work
(shadowing is an example). This is in theory. Implementation was another
story.

> Most of the courses are preprinted on the form, but the last few are
> typed in manually. These two are preprinted, so they must be fairly
> standard. Institution is Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (ÌÈÑèÑ),
> time frame is late 1980s.
> 

I translated transcripts from this specific Institute, and I am quite
familiar with its curriculum.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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