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Current courses
Other Courses
The following courses may take place for every ten applicants.
Accounting and Financial Reports
Duration: 3 weeks
Schedule: 6 days/wk; 2 hrs/day
Language of Instruction: Armenian
Prerequisite: Familiarity with Accounting and Finance
This course, to be given in Armenian, will focus on the recent changes
in the fields of finance and accounting laws, regulations and methods.
It will focus on Accounting and Financial Reports.
Armenian as a Foreign Language
Duration: 9 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English/Armenian
Prerequisite: None
This is a beginner's Armenian Oral Communication course. Reading and
writing will be introduced but only as required to help in the acquisition
of basic language survival skills in Armenia.
Armenian to English Translation and Interpretation
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 220
Oral skills will take up about 60% of class time with written skills
assigned to the rest.
Texts to be translated will be selected from a variety of areas in the
Humanities, the Arts, and Sciences. Students will be encouraged
to interpret consecutively and simultaneously in a wide range of
language situations found in trade, business, administration, diplomacy
and tourism. Special emphasis will be given to the socio-cultural
norms of language use.
Business Communication in English
Duration: 5weeks
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 2hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 190
This course helps students learn how to communicate competently
in a language and culture different from their own. Students will
learn and practice how to effectively participate in small and large-group
meetings. They also will become familiar with many American idioms,
phrases, and expressions commonly used in work situations.
All types of communication used in the business world will be reviewed.
Furthermore, business etiquette in various cultural contexts and
business situations will be discussed.
English at Work 1stlevel
Duration: 5weeks
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 2hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 30,
max 70
A new course for those English Language beginners who need English
in their jobs or who hope to get jobs after learning English. It
is also useful for business studies and travel.
English at Work 2ndlevel
Duration: 5weeks
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 2hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 71
max. 100
A new course for those English Language beginners who need English
in their jobs or who hope to get jobs after learning English. It
is also useful for business studies and travel.
English for Diplomats
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 220
Participants will work on those language skills that promote more
effective communication in the following areas:
- exchanging, presenting, and requesting information
- social interaction and conversation strategies
- etiquette and intercultural interacting
- listening, translating between the lines, and public speaking
- drafting formal documents
English for Medical Personnel
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min 190
The course is for physicians, surgeons, nurses, and officials of
any agency that deal with medical issues on an on-going basis.
Oral (discussing medical matters) and reading (vocabulary and comprehension)
skills will be emphasized at a high Intermediate level.
Grammar will only be taught to explain a particular problem that
becomes evident in class. Students are expected to have enough time
at home to do homework on a regular basis.
Topics include:
- Taking a history, human anatomy
- Examining a patient, symptoms and treatments
- Making a diagnosis, diseases, and ailments
- Treatment, medical and surgical procedures
- The profession: its organization and contemporary issues in Armenia,
the United States, and Britain.
Oral and Aural English Communication
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result min. 220
This course is designed to help non-native speakers communicate
more fluently in a variety of everyday situations. If you are a
high intermediate-level speaker of English as a second language,
you can benefit from the course in oral communication. Through a
variety of classroom speaking activities, you will build your vocabulary
and your ability to use idioms in order to speak more accurately
and express yourself more effectively. Oral and aural communication
in every-day situations and in discussion groups will take up most
of the time in class.
Commentaries, debates, speeches, role plays, and social conversations
will be organized around topics taken from short reading texts and
videos designed to stimulate discussions on a variety of social
issues - some controversial - of interest to the average adult.
Culturally sensitive rules of etiquette will be discussed. Grammar
and translation will be used only in extreme cases, if at all.
Preparation for TOEFL
Duration: 5weeks
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result min. 210
This course is not an English language course but you will learn
specific strategies that can make you a more efficient and confident
test-taker. Practice tests and specially developed exercises are
used. Students can expect to acquire useful skills in answering
the types of questions in the Listening Comprehension, Structure
and Written Expression, and Reading Comprehension sections of the
TOEFL. No grades or certificate of completion will be given to students
who take this course.
Preparation for GMAT
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result min. 210
This course is not an English language course but you will learn
specific strategies that can make you a more efficient and confident
test-taker. This class prepares the international student for the
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). It includes an introduction
to the verbal, quantitative, and writing assessment sections of
the GMAT; an orientation to question types; proven strategies in
test-taking; and practice tests with answers and explanations. The
class focuses on the problems that non-native English speakers have,
including mathematics vocabulary. No grades or certificate of completion
will be given to students who take this course.
Preparation for GRE
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result min. 210
This course is not an English language course but you will learn
specific strategies that can make you a more efficient and confident
test-taker. This class prepares the international student for the
GRE (Graduate Record Examination Admission Test). It includes an
introduction to the verbal, quantitative, and writing assessment
sections of the GRE; an orientation to question types; proven strategies
in test-taking; and practice tests with answers and explanations.
The class focuses on the problems that non-native English speakers
have, including mathematics vocabulary. No grades or certificate
of completion will be given to students who take this course.
Secretarial Skills in English
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 190
This course will cover the basic principles of secretarial work,
such as filing, arranging meetings, coordinating events, providing
service, telephoning and supervising the office. The course will
also include the basics of written business communications. Participants
will be trained in usage of several computer programs that will
enable them to use word processing, spreadsheet programs and scheduling
software in the context of daily office work. Participants will
also receive training in touch-typing.
This course will be useful for secretaries, office managers or
administrative assistants, who would like to improve their office
administration language skills. Applicants should know English as
one of their working languages.
Written Communication Skills in English
Duration: 5 weeks
Schedule: 2 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: English
Prerequisite: English Proficiency Test Result: min. 220
Speakers of English as a second language who make mistakes in grammar
and writing can benefit from this practical course. In each session
you practice writing clear, correct sentences and brief paragraphs
for various kinds of communication. You review the basic rules of
grammar and apply them to your use of the language in order to increase
your accuracy. You learn how to recognize your ability to make complex
sentences and express your ideas clearly.
This course is designed to strengthen the students' writing skills
and uses in modern terminology, with special focus on professional
or academic communication. Students will be expected to write extensively
and to learn how to edit their own work and that of their peers.
The course will include class discussions, as well as reading and
writing assignments. Teaching will be conducted with the use of
modern texts and various media that take into account the cultural
aspects of written communication. The course is designed for students
who need to develop proficiency in writing for personal or professional
purposes.
Computer Courses
Windows 98
Duration: 1 week
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 3hrs/day
Language of Instruction: Armenian (and English as needed)
Prerequisite: None
- Understanding Computers
- Central Processing Unit, Random Access Memory
- Hard Disk Drive, Floppy Disk Drive
- Input & Output Devices
- Windows 95 Desktop & Elements
- Understanding the Taskbar
- Introducing My Computer
- Introducing Network Neighborhood
- Opening & Closing Programs
- Switching Between Open Programs
- Working with Windows
- Using Notepad, Paint, WordPad & Calculator
- Understanding & Using the Clipboard
- Changing the Look of the Desktop
- Choosing a Screen Saver & Colors
- Customizing the Mouse
- Changing the System Date & Time
- Accessing & Using Help
- Introducing Explorer
- Finding & Viewing Files
- Moving, Copying, Deleting & Renaming Files
- Using the Recycle Bin
- Customizing the Start Menu
- Creating Desktop Shortcuts
- Understanding the Startup Folder
- Running DOS applications
- Computer Viruses & Antivirus Programs
- Shutting Down the Computer
Word 97, 1ST Level
Duration: 1 week
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 3 hrs/day
Language of Instruction: Armenian (and English as needed)
Prerequisite: Familiarity with Windows 98
Getting started with Visual Basic
Visual Basic Projects
Visual Basic, the language
Working with Forms
Basic ActiveX Controls, Building ActiveX Controls
Drawing and Painting with Visual Basic
Advanced ActiveX Controls
Using Multimedia Elements to Enhance Applications
The Multiple Document Interface
Recursive Programming
Database Programming with Visual Basic
The Windows API
Object Programming with Visual Basic
Visual Basic and the Web
The Script Model
The Web-Browsing Controls
Visual Basic for Applications
Duration: 1 week
Schedule: 3 days/wk; 4hrs/day
Language of Instruction: Armenian (English as needed)
Prerequisite: Familiarity with MS Office, Visual Basic beginner
knowledge
VB in Microsoft Excel
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel Objects, Methods and Properties
in samples
- Macro Recording. References in Absolute and Relative Styles.
- Peculiarities of VB for Excel. Using "Excel Worksheet Functions"
- More about Microsoft Excel Objects. Using them in programs
- Using VB in Forms
VB in Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Access Objects and Data Access Objects (DAO)
- Modules (Class and Standard)
- Samples of working with data and database objects using
VB code
- Building SQL Statements
- Automating Database tasks, using procedures on a Form
- Creating Error-handling routines
- Manipulating Recordsets using DAO (Data Access Objects)
possibilities
- Working with Transaction
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