Education The USA, Great Britain. Great Britain The

Education The USA, Great Britain

Great Britain The USA WHY? Further education Higher education Further education Higher education

The USA further education Community College Associate’s Technical school degree Bachelor’s degree

THE USA Grades and credits are transferable Community College grades, credits 4 year college/university (remaining Technical school 2 years)

Gr. Britain The USA University – academic education (non-vocational) College – less academic, more practical, usu. vocational (commerce, technology, art, design, building etc) University, College, School: a) 2-year community/junior college b) technical school c) a law school d) a business school/ college c) grad. school d) evening school/night school e) summer school !!! College=school (within university)!!! Lex – to be in school NB! COLLEGIATE+UNIVERSITY EDUCATION UNDER ONE CORPORATION

DEGREES Associate of Arts (A.A.)/ Under- Associate of Science (A.S.) graduate Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) / degrees Bachelor of Sciences. (B.S.) Master of Arts/ Sciences (post) graduate Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (= кандидат наук в России) degrees

What is a GRADE ? What is a CREDIT ?

Grades A (5.0), B (4.0), C (3.0), D (2.0), E/F (1.0) – letter grades GPA can be counted CREDITS The number of points you get for attending a course 6 credits/ semester– for Theory and practice of Intercultural communication 3 credits/semester – Regional Studies

How are credits earned? majors minors elective/optional subjects summer school

TRANSCRIPT Doesn’t totally equal to «зачетка» or «вкладыш к диплому» Electronic + printed Copy of a student’s academic record!!!!! (electronic) Sent by e-mail to: a) another Educational Institution b) employer Records: courses, credits, grades, honors, degrees conferred

Graduation package a diploma

Graduation package

American colleges/Universities Faculty Teaching assistant (instructor) Assistant professor Associate professor Full professor a grad student master’s degree works on PhD usu. PhD, often TENURED

approximate correspondence Teaching assistant (instructor) - ассистент преподавателя Assistant professor (старший преподаватель) Associate professor (адъюнкт-профессор) Full professor (профессор) Преподаватель Старший преподаватель (за заслуги в преподавательской деятельности) Доцент (-//-, кандидат наук) Профессор (-//-, доктор наук)

Explain the terms A high school graduate vs a graduate student A tenure GPA Education record A major/ minor Student’s I.D. A counselor Post-graduate Transcript

British VS American colleges Paid Relatively small (except Oxbridge) Parliamentary grants for the University Student’s aid – local authorities Paid Combine a number of professional schools colleges – may give both special and higher education little/ no governmental support (funded by local, state or federal authorities, major companies, private organizations - ENDOWMENT) Student’s aid – the same source

The most famous British and American universities Oxbridge Glasgow Edinburgh Leeds Manchester London Birmingham Liverpool Ivy League: Harvard Princeton Yale Columbia Dartmouth Cornell Pennsylvania Michigan California (Berkley) Massachusetts technical college