Qualification:
Specialist-Philologist in Oriental Studies, Tai Language Referent-Translator.

ÂÈ150 Foreign Language (3). This 340-hour basic foreign language program is designed for undergraduate orientalists majoring in Regional Studies, as well as Oriental Studies. It is the first stage of studying English. The purpose of the course is to build reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in students, as well as elementary skills in making business contacts.

ÔÔÊèÑ100. Physical Education (2). This course seeks to develop athletic abilities as well as character. The emphasis is placed on students acquiring personal experience, which will provide them with a creative utilizing of sports and fitness skills.

ÈÈÔ100. Russian History (2). This course offers an overview of the history of Russia from ancient time to the present based on both traditional and modern scientific concepts and alternative ones. A large body of factual evidence is given as well as information about celebrated historic personalities. The emphasis is on comparative analysis of Russia's historical development, with political, economic, social and cultural problems covered.

ÍÁ101. Basics of Information Science (2). The topics addressed include the importance of information in modern society and methods of creating, transmitting, and storing information; libraries; information systematization; information technologies as applied to ways of finding information; utilizing scientific and educational information in university teaching strategies.

ÂÈ201. Thai (12). In accordance with the national education standard, this program provides purposes, objectives, and methods of teaching the language as well as evaluation and assessment instruments to measure students' progress; the course states a body of knowledge and a number of skills in Thai which students acquire during a five-year undergraduate program. The purpose of the course is to provide the student with a working knowledge of Thai conversational, political, and literary vocabulary and to develop oral and written communication skills in Thai.

ÂÈ203. Geography of Thailand (2). The purpose of the course is to present an in-depth overview of Thailand's social and economic system. Topics addressed include systematization and generalization of various data on Thailand's nature, population, economy, culture, and political and social systems. This course is designed in accordance with the national educational standard.

ÂÈ508. English Morphology(2). This course is an important part of a theoretical base and practical training for prospective translators and/or interpreters of a foreign language. It seeks to present the student with an in-depth overview of traditional grammar concepts and to develop usage skills, thus providing a grammar background for using grammatical forms and constructions. Topics include theoretical foundations of word structure and word changing, ways of conveying grammatical meaning, parts of speech and word building, and standard grammatical form acquisition.

ÂÈ514. Introduction to Oriental Studies (1). The course focuses on the history of FENU and its current development; familiarizes the student with the educational process in university and institute settings. It forms ideas and views about oriental studies that are an integral part of Russian science. Topics also include periods of oriental studies development, the most important centers for oriental studies, and outstanding Russian orientalists.

ÈÐßË103. General Linguistics (2). It is an introductory survey course for students who have had no previous formal training in linguistics. The course provides linguistic knowledge for oriental language acquisition. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with basic linguistic problems and terms, as well as to develop skills in analyzing language phenomena.

ÈÐßË104. Introduction to the Theory of Literature (2). It is an introduction to the basic concepts, rules, and conventions of the theory of literature, which helps participants to study the history of literature. Topics addressed are the relationship between literature and reality, basic regularities of literature development, and the inseparability of form and content in fiction.

ÈÌèÊÍ316. Mathematics and Computer Science (2). Topics include a description of principal higher mathematics divisions; theorem formulating and proving; problem solving; computer science in the modern world; information product and service marketing, with emphasis on applied computer science and students' familiarization with modern computer design, types, and applications; PC software; office information technologies.

ÈÈÔ204. Ethnology in Thailand (2). The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with modern achievements of scientists and important publications on general and regional ethnology, as well as publications on the ethnography of Thailand. Topics addressed include basic ethnographic problems; instructing in factual material acquisition; developing students' skills in studying ethnos of Thailand.

ÈÈÔ104. Culture Studies (2). Topics addressed include culture studies as an integrating area of knowledge; the phenomenon of culture; ideas, concepts, and approaches to culture study; culture types and forms; culture in different regions and time periods; Russia's culture in the world culture system.

ÂÈ153 Economics (4). Topics include fundamental concepts of market economy in theory and practice. The course is based on the data of Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean economies. Students are trained to solve problems and write tests on economics.

ÂÈ151. English-Speaking Countries Culture and Language Studies. The course is an important part of basic theoretical knowledge and practical training for future translators and/or interpreters and seeks to develop in students positive attitudes toward the language of study and native speakers. It is designed to familiarize students with the history, traditions and realities of English-speaking countries. The course provides solutions to a number of educating problems and serves as a linguistic foundation for both language teaching and translating. It trains students to fully understand shades of word meaning, analyze hints and allusions expressed by native speakers in speech discourse, and select relevant equivalents in the target language, taking into account the interlocutor's temper, character, and mood.

ÂÈ202. History of Thailand (2). The history of Thailand is studied in terms of chronology and is divided into three periods: the history of Thailand in ancient time and the Middle Ages, early modern Thailand, and the modern history of Thailand. Emphasis is on the history of Siam in 19-20th centuries; its fight against colonizers, and the 20th century modernization. Russian-Tai and Soviet-Thai relations are explored.

BÈ214. History of Thai Literature. The literature of Thailand is explored in terms of chronology. Topics include oldest written texts; the history of ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern Thai literature; outstanding Thai writers and their creative work.

ÂÈ509. English Syntax (2). The course is an important part of basic theoretical knowledge and practical training for future translators and/or interpreters of a foreign language. It presents the student with an overview of traditional English syntax and helps to develop skills in using standard grammatical forms and constructions. The course is designed to provide the student with theoretical foundations of syntactical combinability in English, types of syntactical connection in the English sentence, syntactical functions of words and standard grammatical constructions for practical language acquisition.

ÂÈ516. English for International Communication (4). The purpose of the course is to teach English as a second language. It presents the student with a profound knowledge of English and allows him/her to make a cultural exchange with native speakers. The course ensures full language acquisition, including the informative, expressive, emotive, phatic, and conative functions of a language.

ÈÈß609. History of World Literature (2). The major topic discussed is interaction between occidental and oriental literatures.

ÂÈ211. Introduction to Thai Philology (2). This course is based on language and literary material of the Thai language. It touches upon the peculiarity of the language situation in Thailand in terms of the historical development of the Thai society. The course explores national written language and script and their contributions to the development of Thai literature and culture. Topics also include national linguistic tradition and the oldest lexicons, and Thai and Russian researchers' contributions to Thai studies.

ÂÈ860. Internship (6). It is designed to provide students with some specific skills in receiving citizens of Thai and operating with office and business correspondence in Thai. Also, students are introduced to some representatives of organizations and businesses cooperating with Thai citizens. A number of lectures are delivered on the subject of business Thai application.

ÈÈÔ102. Philosophy (3). The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the foundations of philosophy, introducing such problems as world cognition, the history of philosophy, basic problems, principles, and categories. The course is designed to develop students' skills in reading philosophical texts as well as analyzing facts and social events.

ÞÈ100. Law (2). The course is designed to teach the essentials of theoretical law and Russia's legislative system to participants. The course develops skills in working on legal documents. The students will utilize their knowledge of law in their life and career.

ÂÈ154. History of Oriental Culture (2). This course will present participants with an in-depth overview of the cultures of India and China and their influence on the cultures of Japan and Korea. The course describes oriental traditions and cultural priorities. Religious and philosophical concepts are explained. Creative works and arts of oriental civilizations are studied.

ÂÈ573. Religion Studies (2). A psychological approach is used to characterize religion. Topics include interaction between religion and historical types of religious practice, and an individual's religious experience as a specific type of reality. Emphasis is placed on Zen Buddhism and its place in the culture of Japan and Korea. Students are also introduced to the essentials of Christianity and Islam.

ÈÐßË100. The Russian Language and Russian Speech Etiquette (4). The purpose of the course is developing students' oral and written Russian communication skills. Students are instructed in writing scientific articles, delivering formal speeches, using language cliches of business and official documents, and standard Russian writing.

ÈÎÑ206. Economy of Thailand (3). The course explores the social and economic concept of Thailand's development as one of the leading industrialized countries of South East Asia. Discussion covers the efficiency of social and economic concept and important problems of the country's current development.

ÂÈ511. A Second Oriental Language (Chinese) (2). This five-semester course is designed for Vietnamese language majors and Thai language majors. The purpose of the course is to develop students' oral and written language comprehension, and skills in reading and dictionary-assisted translating Chinese texts. A knowledge of Chinese is utilized in the process of writing course papers concerned with the comparative analysis of Vietnamese, Chinese, and Thai.

ÈÈß609. History of World Literature (2). The major topic discussed is interaction between occidental and oriental literatures.

ÂÈ861. Internship (10). Participants work in travel agencies, foreign trade companies and research centers which are concerned with receiving Thai citizens. Students practice their skills in operating business correspondence and maintaining office files.

ÈÏÏèÑÐ104. Psychology and Pedagogy (2). The course explores the subject matter, problems, methods, and divisions of modern psychology and pedagogy. Topics addressed include problems of human identity, personality formation, as well as factors and developmental mechanisms contributing to it; cognitive processes; emotions; talents, character, and temperament; principles of teaching, educating, and cultivating personality.

ÂÈ512. Theory and Practice of Translation (2). The course will present the student with an overview of the theory of translation and its place among linguistic disciplines. Topics include general trends in translation and interpretation from Russian into Thai and vice versa. The course analyzes translating scientific and technical style; translating journalist style and fiction in Russia and abroad, including Thailand. Translations from Thai into Russian, and from Russian into Thai are considered.

ÂÈ228. A Specific Course in Problems of Thai Parts of Speech (2). The course explores the problem of parts of speech as discussed by both Thai and European linguists. Topics include conventional principles of selecting parts of speech in modern Thai; morphological and syntactical characteristics of some Thai parts of speech.

ÂÈÌÎ100. Political Science (2). The course explores major political concepts, such as theory of power and power relations, political life, a political system, political relations, subjects, culture, and ideology, as well as political crises, conflicts, and modernization.

ÂÈÌÎ102. Sociology (2). The course provides an overview of social relations as well as models of social processes and structures. It also helps to develop students' skills in analyzing various social situations and individuals' motivation.

ÂÈ212. History of Thai (2). The purpose of the course is to present students with an overview of the history of Thai, periods of its development and historical changes in the language; various theories concerning Thai origin, and its South East Asian cognates. The student is familiarized with the history of the origin and development of Thai written language, master methods of typological comparison of Thai phonological and grammatical systems, as well as techniques of linguistic reconstruction.

ÈÐßË106. General Linguistics (2). Topics include the history of linguistic schools and trends; basic problems of contemporary general linguistics; scientific approach to language studies; language and structure analyzing methods. The purpose of the course is to provide the student with an in-depth overview of linguistic theory from ancient times to the present; familiarize the student with major theoretical problems in general linguistics from the point of view of modern science.

ÎÈÑ102. Intellectual Property Rights (2). The topics addressed include intellectual property as an incorporeal right, intellectual property legislation, types of intellectual property, and IP protection in Russia's and foreign legislations.

ÈÔÈÒ304. Physical Science (3). This is an introduction to basic principles of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and geophysics. Discussion covers the development of science and technology and their possible effects on society, politics, economy, and the military spheres.

ÂÈ208. History of Thai Culture (2). Topics include basic information about original culture of the Kingdom of Thailand from the period of Thai states uniting in one country to the present. A detailed overview of Thai culture in different periods is given. The course familiarizes students with the influence of Indian, Chinese and Western cultures on Thai culture. Emphasis is on studying cultural values and traditions of the Thai society.

ÂÈ225. Phonological Features of Thai Language (1). This specific course includes information on Thai phonological system. Discussion covers Thai word phonetic structure; Thai vowel and consonant phonemes; the hierarchy of phonological means which help to distinguish Thai phonological system from those of other non-isolating languages. Emphasis is placed on tonal syllables' semantic function.

ÂÈ227. Features of Thai Nouns (1). General grammar characteristics of Thai nouns, such as a category of gender, a category of number, as well as various classifiers functioning with different classes of nouns, such as common nouns and proper nouns; collective nouns and abstract nouns; class nouns and countable nouns, etc. Noun functions in the sentence are studied.

ÂÈ155. A Specific Course in Information Science. The purpose of the course is to familiarize participants with (1) basic computer programs designed for hieroglyphic characters; (2) information portals and search engines capable of searching information in oriental languages; (3) Internet dictionaries.

ÂÈ215. Language Situation in Asian and South Asian Countries (2). The course is designed for Thai, Hindi, and Vietnamese language majors. Topics addressed include Thai, Hindi, and Vietnamese typology and genealogy; the number of native speakers according to various census data; language maintenance and policy in these countries. The course provides participants with a working knowledge of the linguistic geography of India, Vietnam, and Thailand as well as language maintenance and policy basic principles.

ÈÈß609. History of World Literature (2). The major topic discussed is interaction between occidental and oriental literatures.

ÂÈ219. Ethnogeny of the Thai (1). Different viewpoints on Thai peoples origins, the establishing of their ancient states, and settling of the Thai on the territory of South and South-East Asia are touched upon. Emphasis is placed on the study of the Thai ancestors up to the time of Sukhothai kingdoms formation. The course focuses on the problems of Thai culture development from the period of Thai written language creating till the basis of contemporary Thai culture forming.

ÂÈ220. Personality and Society in Thailand (1). Discussion covers the Thai family institute as a basic society element; youth education under the present day conditions; values and traditions of the society; factors which affect a personality's evolution, and individuals' attitude towards political institutes and religion. Topics addressed include studying a person's educating and socializing. The course explores major characteristics of the contemporary Thai society.

ÂÈ221. Far-Eastern Traditions in South-East Asia Art (1). The course is designed to explore the general features of Far-Eastern culture which were formed under the influence of Chinese culture and Hinduism at the early stage of Buddhism and Confucianism, and which have greatly affected the development of art and culture of many Asian countries. Art development in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Móanmar is studied as a diverse though inseparable process. This course explores functions and role of art in these countries in different periods of their history, as well as proportions of national and all-cultural elements in art, and various nationalities' contributions to art. Art genres; art dependence on historical and cultural factors are considered.

ÂÈ222. Styles and Genres of Thai Literature (1). The course provides essential information about genres and styles of Thai literature in different periods. Major classic works of famous Thai poets and writers are described. Topics include new styles and genres of Thai literature, which appeared under the influence of Western literature.

ÂÈ223. Difficulties in Translation from Thai (1). The course offers major principles and recommendations on translation various syntactical constructions, which are of difficulty for Russian students. They are: standard and elliptical constructions; polysyndetic and asyndetic complex and compound sentences; various abbreviations, neologisms and archaisms. The course focuses on particular aspects of Thai textual study, including grammatical problems of Thai texts.

ÂÈ224. Official Translation from Thai. The course seeks to study the peculiarities of sentence structures in political and business texts; ways and techniques of reproducing Thai equivalents in Russian. Terms and cliches of official business documents are described.

ÂÈ267. Foundations of Scientific Analysis (1). The program is designed for undergraduate students. The purpose of the course is to perfect students' knowledge and skills. The course emphasizes developing students' skills in problem analyzing, material selecting, conclusion formulating in the process of writing diploma projects.