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About Study Course

ECTS:6
Course supervisor:Anna Jurčenko
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Pharmacy
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Basic medicine

Objective

To develop and improve the use of the English language communicative skills for study purposes, as well as for the further professional scope of Pharmacy specialist, to train acquisition of professional terminology and its practical implementation.

Prerequisites

The secondary school English course at least at B1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students will recognise professional medical terminology in different types of texts;

Students will name the most common terminology equivalents in English;

Students will describe various pharmacy related processes, by means of implementation of the professional terminology in English, in spoken and written form.

Skills

1.Select the appropriate phrases and collocations necessary for effective communication in daily situations in the work environment of pharmacy specialists, to select and understand professional texts;

Select and correctly use terminology for oral (for example, presentation, discussion) and written communication in the field of pharmacy;

Summarise the acquired information both orally and in writing by means of choice of the appropriate terminology and appyling the rules of academic writing.

Competence

1.Students will be able to practically use the learned terminology for study purposes and in various communicative situations.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2026, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Pharmacy2Master'sRequired