Course detail
Czech Culture, Language and Industry
FSI-GCK Acad. year: 2023/2024 Winter semester
The seminar is intended to introduce foreign students to the environment of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering as a part of the Brno University of Technology, to the town of Brno and to the cultural envirnment of the Czech Republic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
6
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Communication skills corresponding to the language level A2 and basic knowledge of technical terminology.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Credit is awarded on the basis of attendance in seminars and term project evaluation.
Seminars are compulsory, attendance is monitored. Absence can be compensated on agreement with the teacher.
Aims
The objective of the seminar is to deepen the students´ language skills and intercultural knowledge necessary for specialized communication with application of relevant word stock and intercultural competences.
The seminar enables the students to become aware of the Czech society and its culture. Great emphasis is placed also on introduction of the Czech engineering companies through excursions.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-VSY-P: Production Systems, Master's, compulsory-optional
Programme M2V-P: Production Systems, Master's
branch M-VSY: Production Systems, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Exercise
52 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Introduction of the FME and BUT
2. Brief overview of the history of the Czech Republic
3. Brief overview of the history of Brno and introduction of its industry
4. A tour of the town of Brno and its historical monuments
5. A visit to the Brno City Museum
6. A visit to the Moravian Museum
7. A visit to the Technical Museum in Brno
8. A visit to the Moravian Karst
9. A visit to an industrial company I
10. A visit to an industrial company II
11. A visit to an industrial company III
12. A visit to an industrial company IV
13. Semestral work handover and award of credits