English in Public Communication
full time English BA programme
STUDY ENGLISH IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
The English in Public Communication BA program is an excellent opportunity for the students who would like to be able to face challenges of a highly competitive job market in an increasingly global society. The program offers an integrated approach to public communication in such domains as politics, culture, society, management, business, and technology.
All the courses offered within the program are instructed in English. Practical English courses comprising reading, listening, speaking, and grammar are designed to develop the students’ language skills and help them attain a high level of proficiency in English. Subject courses, including Public Communication and Public Relations, Cultural and Media Studies, Persuasion and Rhetoric, Communication as Critical Inquiry, or Intercultural Communication, develop and broaden the students’ knowledge and skills in analyzing various communicative situations, managing information, and creating effective messages in a variety of media. Moreover, within their study programme the students may choose an educational path through elective courses that will add competence to their general academic education and expand their career prospects. EPC study programme offers such elective modules as: English in Business and English in Media. For international students a third elective module may be considered: English and Polish as Foreign Language
English in Public Communication is an innovative study program developed in cooperation with a number of academics representing various fields of studies – Linguistics, Political Science, Social communication among others. Hence, the courses on offer are taught by highly experienced and qualified specialists in a given discipline. As the program is a comprehensive approach to public communication, it not only acquaints the students with a range of theoretical issues but, more importantly, aims to increase the students’ communicative abilities. Specifically, the students will learn to communicate in English effectively using various technologies and to develop their abilities to cooperate with others. Moreover, they will be given opportunities to recognize, increase and demonstrate their leadership potential.
The classes are held from Monday through Friday. All lecturers are available to students during their office hours to discuss academic issues relating to the courses.
BA studies finish with a BA defense and a BA degree. Undergraduate studies in English Philology prepare candidates for graduate studies in a similar field.
WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AT OPOLE UNIVERSITY?
A professional team of academic teachers and lecturers supports and guides the undergraduates in their intellectual growth. The students are educated in modern lecture rooms in the newly renovated historical building of Collegium Maius equipped with modern audiovisual technology and modern computer room with several stands. Our library and the reading room offer access to an extensive collection of Anglo-Saxon literature (more than 37 thousand volumes devoted to various aspects of culture and language of English speaking countries and 100 titles of journals and magazines devoted to teaching).
STUDENT MOBILITY PERSPECTIVES
Our students can enroll in a student exchange programme Erasmus+ offered by Opole University, which allows for studying abroad for a semester or two, developing foreign language communication skills, learning about culture of a foreign country and gaining professional knowledge via a foreign language. Our partners are, among others, in Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and Cyprus. Students can also participate in study visits connected with the study program and do their internship abroad. (more information available at www.erasmus.uni.opole.pl).
FUTURE CAREER PROSPECTS
Holding a BA degree and being highly trained professional communicators with an excellent command of English, our graduates can find employment in a broad range of fields involving public communication, such as advertising, journalism, publishing, public relations and public affairs, business communication, marketing, and education. They may also be employed in public administration at a regional, national or international level or work for cultural institutions, corporations or NGOs.