Languages of Peoples of Foreign Countries (Germanic Languages): General Trends and Individual Trends in Development of Germanic Languages

Profession

Germanic languages have always been very popular among those who are willing to learn them and/or are interested in scientific research in Germanic languages. Specialists in Germanic studies are highly qualified researchers with PhD degree, prepared to carry out scientific and pedagogical activity at higher educational establishments. Their qualification allows them to deliver lectures and conduct seminars in the field of linguistics and modern languages, methods of scientific research and analysis. They also can give practical lessons to students of Bachelor and Master programs in higher educational institutions. As a rule, PhD specialists in philological sciences continue their research activity: they publish articles, participate in scientific seminars and conferences in Russia and abroad, publish original lecture courses, textbooks and monographs. The final stage of PhD studies in this profile consists of passing candidacy examinations and successful defense of the scientific qualifying paper (dissertation) in candidacy for a PhD degree in philological sciences.

Educational Process

The offered program is unique in coverage of subject fields and theoretical approaches that can be found in lectures of professors, many of whom are internationally recognized scientists. The academic disciplines combine in-depth theoretical approach and attention to empirical and methodological fundamentals. The key disciplines are the following: “Languages of the foreign countries: (Germanic languages): general and individual tendencies in development of Germanic languages”, “History and philosophy of science”, “Foreign language”, “Pedagogy of Higher education”, “Methodology of scientific research”, “Information databases for scientific research and publication”.
Practical sessions are often conducted in the form of press conferences, webinars, business games, training discussions, practical research and experiments, round tables, decision-making games.

Practice

This PhD program is aimed at training higher education professionals, so all students undergo teaching practice, which is evenly distributed over the two years of studies. Postgraduate students conduct lectures and seminars on subject theoretical disciplines and give practical classes in foreign languages to target audience.
Practical training also includes elements of scientific research: postgraduates plan and carry out their research responsibilities of preparation of scientific publications and dissertations.

Career

PhD program graduates join the ranks of the world academic elite. They are fully competent to carry out scientific research in philology, linguistics and other related humanitarian sciences, lecture in colleges and higher educational institutions, become efficient interpreters or lexicographers; they are competitive in their research field on the international level. Our graduates teach at Higher educational establishments in Moscow, St. Petersburg and abroad. The academic research carried out by the students during their PhD program studies allows them to pursue scholarly career at prestigious universities all over the world or focus on obtaining a PhD degree.