Semester 1

• [CGL-102] [6 ECTS] Introduction to German Linguistics
  The aim of this introductory course is to offer a broad array of modern German linguistics. This course deals with issues and fields of research in the linguistic sciences, its concepts, methods and results as well as its theories and developments. Within the framework of the subject, the following topics will be covered: language, communication and semiotics, phonetics and phonology, word groups, graphemes and orthography, word formation and inflection, word groups, syntax, traditional sentence analysis, dependence and valence, semantics, socio-linguistics, pragmatics and text linguistics, etc.
• [CGL-101] [6 ECTS] Contemporary German Language I
  The aim of this course is the acquisition of language competences at the A2/1 level. Within the framework of this course, the students will improve their language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening). In addition, they will get information about, and impressions from, the German-speaking area and will get introduced to modern developments in the German-speaking countries. Special attention is paid to the main language skills such as reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar and by the end of the course the students should be able to communicate using the above-mentioned skills at least at a basic level. The students practice pronunciation and intonation, basic grammar, sentence structures and basic writing rules. They also read simple texts, dialogues, letters, narrations, etc. They learn new vocabulary by practicing real-life situations.
• [CGL-103] [6 ECTS] Introduction to German Literature Studies
  This course aims at introducing German literature, covering the period from the medieval age to the modern era, as well as to literary terminology in general. Within this course, important authors and works will be dealt with, covering different periods of time and various genres. The periods include: the medieval age, humanism, baroque, classicism, romanticism, expressionism, and 20th century literature.
• [3 ECTS] Albanian/Macedonian Language
  • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    Albanian Language course for beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge of the structure of the Albanian language; They will also acquire a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable them cary out simple conversations.  
  • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    Albanian Language course for beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge of the structure of the Albanian language; They will also acquire a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable them cary out simple conversations.
  • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 1: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Through special exercises and lectures introduction to basic communication in Macedonian language is provided, i.e. introducing, greeting, presentation, enriching vocabulary and write and understand short texts. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further. The material is processed under the principle of combined lectures and exercises, and continuous tasks through which students are actively involved during class and participate with their questions and suggestions.
  • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities. In this course the following issues are covered: daily routines, planning activities for the next period, description of persons, places and objects. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further.  
  • [MLIL-01] Macedonian Language Intermediate Level 1
    The curriculum for Macedonian Language intermediate level 1 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking through which the students: will enrich the vocabulary through appropriate texts for daily activities (in a bank, in a library, in a ministry, etc.) and will improve the skills for professional writing and speaking that are necessary for clear and effective communication in their further professional career. A special, continuous emphasis on the overall activity is placed on the linguistic elements, that is, on the spelling and grammar of the Macedonian standard language. Experts as one of the key elements for good written expression state the correct use of language.  
  • [MLIL-02] Macedonian Language Intermediate Level 2
    The curriculum for Macedonian Language intermediate level 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Special emphasis is placed on the development of students' communication skills, or the use of language in daily activities and professional context, enriching the vocabulary and acquiring knowledge about the structure and types of professional texts. Different communication styles will be covered, with the goal being for students to establish good communication with the audience through their texts and to attract and retain their attention.  
  • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    Upon completion of the course Macedonian for Professional Purposes 1, students are expected to broaden and strengthen their abilities for more advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian in the context of the different professional settings. Students are expected to be able to read, write and comprehend various professional texts in Macedonian. They are also expected to acquire knowledge and skills about the general terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and to be able to use that terminology in the framework of their future professions. Besides accomplishing these professional aims, students are expected to become more autonomous language learners and be able to think critically about different topics in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
  • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2
    Upon completion of the course, Macedonian for professional purposes 2, students are expected to reconfirm and expand further their abilities for advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian, in the context of their future professions. They should be able to read, write and comprehend different kinds of professional texts in Macedonian, to analyse and discuss those texts, as well as to create their own documents, including professional biography in Macedonian (CV). They should also expand the knowledge of specific terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and be able to use that terminology in simulation of authentic situations from the professional environment, in debates and exchange of opinion regarding different aspects of these professions.
• [3 ECTS] English Language
  • [E2532] English Language 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.  
  • [E2533] English Language 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.
  • [E2533] English Language 3
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about different phenomena including crime and natural disasters, invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.By the end of this course students are expected to be at B1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) . They should be able to ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations. Students should be able to ask about or describe family relationships and marital status and they should be able to recognize and use appropriately vocabulary related to degrees and university education, art, travelling and sport.
  • [E2534] English Language 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, environment finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations.They should be able to evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at B2 level of the Common European Framework (CEF); They are expected to be independent users of English language and to implement some of the following language functions: give advice; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations, read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension.
  • [E2535] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The course should enable them to use those skills in both foreign language classroom as well as academic progress in content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon successful completion of the course ,the students’ proficiency level should be at C1 according to Common European Framework. As a result, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should and write a problem solution paragraph and essay.They should be able to present visual information in a form of Power Point poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.  
  • [ESS-01] English for Social Sciences 1
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.  
  • [ESS-02] English for Social Sciences 2
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.
• [6 ECTS] Elective/Digital Competencies
  • [E2610] Selected chapters in IT Skills
    The aim of this subject is: - To display the technical elements, the structure of the text and design of different papers during their studies. - To enable students to acquire IT skills knowledge that will be needed in preparing the scientific papers, professional papers and presantations. - To practically apply IT skills.
  • [EMOA-01] Microsoft Office Access
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for Access 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 15 lessons cover all product areas required. to pass MOS exam 77-730.
  • [EMOE-02] Microsoft Office Excel
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for Excel 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 15 lessons cover all product areas required to pass MOS exam 77-727.
  • [EMOPP-03] Microsoft Office PowerPoint
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for PowerPoint 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 11 lessons resources cover all product areas required to pass MOS exam 77-729.  
  • [EMOW-04] Microsoft Office Word
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for Word 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 11 lessons resources cover all product areas required to pass MOS exam 77-725.
  • [EWC-01] Web Creation
    Aim of this course is developing even a simple web page according to current standards, requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EDMD-02] Digital Media Design
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.  
  • [E2609] Google Education Apps
    Conceptual overview with hands-on tutorials for harnessing the educational potential of G Suite. It identifies learning principles that guide the effective use of G Suite to create learning environments that improve educational communication. This course is organized into a series of modules . The modules are attached to a collabsible menu available at googe for education site that organizes the modules in roughly the same order in which they will be discussed in class.

Semester 2

• [CGL-203] [6 ECTS] Contemporary German Language II
  The aim of this course is the acquisition of language competences at the A2/2 level. It is a continuation of Contemporary German Language I. Within the framework of this course, the students will improve their language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening). In addition, they will get information about, and impressions from, the German-speaking area and will get introduced to modern developments in the German-speaking countries. Special attention is paid to the main language skills such as reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar by using the Schritte International 4 and 5 textbooks. The students practice pronunciation and intonation, basic grammar, sentence structures and basic writing rules. They also read simple texts, dialogues, letters, narrations, etc. They learn new vocabulary by practicing real-life situations.
• [CGL-204] [6 ECTS] German Phonetics and Phonology
  The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to phonetics and phonology. The physiological foundations of speech production as well as the articulation and acoustic descriptions and classification of sounds (consonants and vowels) are given priority in this course. Certain transcription problems and issues are dealt with in this course. The second part consists of different descriptive approaches to German phonology. The exercises in phonematics and co-articulation in the German language as well as its variations show their implementation.
• [CGL-201] [6 ECTS] German Literature of the 18th century
  This course aims at providing an overview of German literature of the 18th century. The students are expected to get acquainted to the most famous authors and works from this period, in order to understand the circumstances under which they had created and produced their works in the mentioned time frame. The course should make students get into the motifs for the interpretation and creation of written texts. The students will get information about values and movements in literature and the society as a whole, across all Europe. The following authors are planned to be analysed in this course: Gottsched, Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller - Aufklärung in the history of culture in Europe and Germany, Sturm-und-Drang-Phase - German classicism.
• [3 ECTS] Albanian/Macedonian Language
  • [BAM1010] Albanian Language for Beginners 1
    Albanian Language course for beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge of the structure of the Albanian language; They will also acquire a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable them cary out simple conversations.  
  • [BAM2010] Albanian Language for Beginners 2
    Albanian Language course for beginners 1, 2 is prepared with the purpose to enable the students, who do not have basic knowledge of the Albanian language, to get to know the characteristics of this language, to gain knowledge of the linguistic structure of the Albanian language, and to extend and apply their knowledge in everyday situations. Correspondingly, they will gain knowledge of the structure of the Albanian language; They will also acquire a modest set of various lexical and grammatical categories which will enable them cary out simple conversations.
  • [BS018] Macedonian Language for Beginners 1
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 1: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Through special exercises and lectures introduction to basic communication in Macedonian language is provided, i.e. introducing, greeting, presentation, enriching vocabulary and write and understand short texts. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further. The material is processed under the principle of combined lectures and exercises, and continuous tasks through which students are actively involved during class and participate with their questions and suggestions.
  • [BS152] Macedonian Language for Beginners 2
    The programme Macedonian Language for beginners 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking activities. In this course the following issues are covered: daily routines, planning activities for the next period, description of persons, places and objects. When we created this program we took into the consideration that students can apply the acquired knowledge further.  
  • [MLIL-01] Macedonian Language Intermediate Level 1
    The curriculum for Macedonian Language intermediate level 1 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking through which the students: will enrich the vocabulary through appropriate texts for daily activities (in a bank, in a library, in a ministry, etc.) and will improve the skills for professional writing and speaking that are necessary for clear and effective communication in their further professional career. A special, continuous emphasis on the overall activity is placed on the linguistic elements, that is, on the spelling and grammar of the Macedonian standard language. Experts as one of the key elements for good written expression state the correct use of language.  
  • [MLIL-02] Macedonian Language Intermediate Level 2
    The curriculum for Macedonian Language intermediate level 2 includes: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Special emphasis is placed on the development of students' communication skills, or the use of language in daily activities and professional context, enriching the vocabulary and acquiring knowledge about the structure and types of professional texts. Different communication styles will be covered, with the goal being for students to establish good communication with the audience through their texts and to attract and retain their attention.  
  • [MAPP1010] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 1
    Upon completion of the course Macedonian for Professional Purposes 1, students are expected to broaden and strengthen their abilities for more advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian in the context of the different professional settings. Students are expected to be able to read, write and comprehend various professional texts in Macedonian. They are also expected to acquire knowledge and skills about the general terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and to be able to use that terminology in the framework of their future professions. Besides accomplishing these professional aims, students are expected to become more autonomous language learners and be able to think critically about different topics in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
  • [MAPP1020] Macedonian Language for Professional Purposes 2
    Upon completion of the course, Macedonian for professional purposes 2, students are expected to reconfirm and expand further their abilities for advanced written and oral expression in Macedonian, in the context of their future professions. They should be able to read, write and comprehend different kinds of professional texts in Macedonian, to analyse and discuss those texts, as well as to create their own documents, including professional biography in Macedonian (CV). They should also expand the knowledge of specific terminology from the field of law, business and economy, administration, computer sciences, language and communication and be able to use that terminology in simulation of authentic situations from the professional environment, in debates and exchange of opinion regarding different aspects of these professions.
• [3 ECTS] English Language
  • [E2532] English Language 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.  
  • [E2533] English Language 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.
  • [E2533] English Language 3
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about different phenomena including crime and natural disasters, invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.By the end of this course students are expected to be at B1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) . They should be able to ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations. Students should be able to ask about or describe family relationships and marital status and they should be able to recognize and use appropriately vocabulary related to degrees and university education, art, travelling and sport.
  • [E2534] English Language 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, environment finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations.They should be able to evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at B2 level of the Common European Framework (CEF); They are expected to be independent users of English language and to implement some of the following language functions: give advice; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations, read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension.
  • [E2535] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The course should enable them to use those skills in both foreign language classroom as well as academic progress in content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon successful completion of the course ,the students’ proficiency level should be at C1 according to Common European Framework. As a result, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should and write a problem solution paragraph and essay.They should be able to present visual information in a form of Power Point poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.  
  • [ESS-01] English for Social Sciences 1
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.  
  • [ESS-02] English for Social Sciences 2
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.
• [6 ECTS] Elective/Digital Competencies
  • [E2610] Selected chapters in IT Skills
    The aim of this subject is: - To display the technical elements, the structure of the text and design of different papers during their studies. - To enable students to acquire IT skills knowledge that will be needed in preparing the scientific papers, professional papers and presantations. - To practically apply IT skills.
  • [EMOA-01] Microsoft Office Access
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for Access 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 15 lessons cover all product areas required. to pass MOS exam 77-730.
  • [EMOE-02] Microsoft Office Excel
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for Excel 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 15 lessons cover all product areas required to pass MOS exam 77-727.
  • [EMOPP-03] Microsoft Office PowerPoint
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for PowerPoint 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 11 lessons resources cover all product areas required to pass MOS exam 77-729.  
  • [EMOW-04] Microsoft Office Word
    Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC) for Word 2016 provides the hands-on experience to increase your personal productivity skills. This program is divided into 11 lessons resources cover all product areas required to pass MOS exam 77-725.
  • [EWC-01] Web Creation
    Aim of this course is developing even a simple web page according to current standards, requires knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Most of the websites also use images, whether in the form of banners, buttons, logos, photos or scans. Adobe Fireworks is built as a tool to create and manipulate images from the web and to allow the makers to optimize these images in order to reduce the file size. Firework also provides an excellent integration with Dreamweaver. This series provides a comprehensive introduction to XHTML, CSS and creating web graphics.
  • [EDMD-02] Digital Media Design
    The aim of this course is designing and processing raster and vector graphics through the leading programs Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as designing and publishing commercial materials for print using Adobe InDesign.  
  • [E2609] Google Education Apps
    Conceptual overview with hands-on tutorials for harnessing the educational potential of G Suite. It identifies learning principles that guide the effective use of G Suite to create learning environments that improve educational communication. This course is organized into a series of modules . The modules are attached to a collabsible menu available at googe for education site that organizes the modules in roughly the same order in which they will be discussed in class.

Semester 3

• [CGL-301] [6 ECTS] Contemporary German Language III
  The aim of this course is to acquire language competences at the B1/1 level. Within this course the previous skills and knowledge will be deepened and enforced paying special attention to conversation and writing. Writing skills will also be practiced through a lot of in-class assignments as well as homework (essays, presentations, invitations, etc.). Speaking skills will be practiced in class through group work, presentations, games, etc., and there are also additional exercises in order to improve grammar.
• [CGL-304] [6 ECTS] German Morphology
  The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of German morphology. Changeable and unchangeable words are the first to be discussed in this course. The following features of the standard German language are reviewed in this course: Basic morphological notions: morpheme, word, inflection, classification of syntactic criteria, full verbs, classification of verbs based on semantic criteria, classification of verbs based on syntactic criteria, infinitive forms of verbs (infinitive, participle 1, participle 2, tense, use of tenses, modal verbs, the passive, functions of the active and the passive voice, verb forms, connectors, modal words, particles, etc.)
• [CGL-303] [6 ECTS] German Literature of the 19th century
  This course aims at providing an overview of the German literature of the 19th century. The students are expected to get acquainted to the most famous authors and works from this period, in order to understand the circumstances under which they created and produced their works in the mentioned time frame. The course should make students get into the motifs for the interpretation and creation of written texts. The students will get information about values and movements in literature and the society as a whole across all Europe. The following authors are planned to be analysed in this course: Kleist, Tieck, Schlegel, Novalis, Hoffmann, Grillparzer, Heine, Büchner, Keller, Fontane Grillparzer, Nestroy, Heine, Büchner, Keller, and Fontane.
• [EGL-401] [6 ECTS] Translation from German into Albanian/Macedonian
  This course aims at acquainting students with the most important concepts in the field of translation. The main focus of this course is the translation of texts from German into Albanian/Macedonian. It includes translation of stories, parts of novels, plays, poems, etc. Newspaper and magazine articles will also be translated.
• [C2069] [3 ECTS] Oral Communication
  Aims of the course program: - To develop verbal communication skills. -To be able to be actively involved in a discussion on a particular topic. - To master the techniques for successful communication. -To express their critical opinion on certain topics. -To apply the adopted techniques in their professional career.
• [3 ECTS] English Language
  • [E2532] English Language 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.  
  • [E2533] English Language 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.
  • [E2533] English Language 3
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about different phenomena including crime and natural disasters, invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.By the end of this course students are expected to be at B1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) . They should be able to ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations. Students should be able to ask about or describe family relationships and marital status and they should be able to recognize and use appropriately vocabulary related to degrees and university education, art, travelling and sport.
  • [E2534] English Language 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, environment finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations.They should be able to evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at B2 level of the Common European Framework (CEF); They are expected to be independent users of English language and to implement some of the following language functions: give advice; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations, read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension.
  • [E2535] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The course should enable them to use those skills in both foreign language classroom as well as academic progress in content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon successful completion of the course ,the students’ proficiency level should be at C1 according to Common European Framework. As a result, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should and write a problem solution paragraph and essay.They should be able to present visual information in a form of Power Point poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.  
  • [ESS-01] English for Social Sciences 1
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.  
  • [ESS-02] English for Social Sciences 2
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.

Semester 4

• [CGL-401] [6 ECTS] Contemporary German Language IV
  The aim of this course is to acquire language competences at the B1/2 level. Within this course the previous skills and knowledge will be deepened and enforced paying special attention to conversation and writing. Writing skills will also be practiced through a lot of in-class assignments as well as homework (essays, presentations, invitations, etc.). Speaking skills will be practiced in class through group work, presentations, games, etc. Schritte international 5 is the textbook to be used in this course. There will be a lot of daily routine conversations, dialogues, short compositions, simplified versions of newspaper texts, phonetic exercises, etc. Complex grammatical structures will also be practiced and discussed.
• [CGL-404] [6 ECTS] German Syntax
  The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of German syntax. Priority is given to the structure of German sentences. Within the framework of this course, the following topics will be reviewed: Basic notions in syntax: What is a sentence? Samples of sentence analysis. Types of sentences: a simple sentence, complex sentence, linked and added sentences - Angauesätze, Attributsätze, Wortstellung, Grammatische Kongruenz and Satzfeld and Satzklammer. Problems of the theory of valency. The difference between Ergänzungen and Angauen. Sentence patterns, valency of adjectives and nouns. Different grammatical patterns. By the end of the course, students will have acquired the most important notions in syntax and grammar valence and they will be able to apply, contrastively analyse and use appropriately in their everyday situations.
• [CGL-405] [6 ECTS] German Literature of the 20th century (1900-1945)
  This course aims at providing an overview of German literature of the 19th century. The students are expected to get acquainted with the most famous authors and works from this period, in order to understand the circumstances under which they had created and produced their works in the mentioned time frame. The course should make students get into the interpretation and creation of written texts. The era of expressionism and exile will be analysed in this part of the history of German literature.
• [CGL-605] [6 ECTS] Translation from Albanian/Macedonian into German
  This course aims to introduce the students with the most important concepts in the field of translation. The main focus of this course is the translation of texts from Albanian/Macedonian into German and vice versa. It includes translation of stories, parts of novels, plays, poems, etc. Newspaper and magazine articles will also be translated.
• [C2070] [3 ECTS] Written communication
  Course objectives: - To gain knowledge about the writing process (stages in creating a text). - To approve the standard language norms. - To achieve an academic level for written expressions in Albanian, Macedonian or English, which will apply the previously acquired knowledge of the standard language. - Encourage student motivation for written expressions regardless of text types and forms. - To approve the criteria of textuality, which are essential for a text. - Acquisition of materials search skills (libraries and online resources).
• [3 ECTS] English Language
  • [E2532] English Language 1
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.  
  • [E2533] English Language 2
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at A1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; students should be able to introduce themselves and others by using pronouns and possessives, use greetings, name things in the classroom, distinguish between singular and plural , recognize and use numbers from 1- 100.Students should be able to describe a typical day, recognize and use simple constructions in order to describe their daily routine; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisureе; ask and answer questions about food and drink. students should be able to give dates, use appropriately the vocabulary related to months in the year, make polite requests, describe places, travel and personal histories; choose a destination and give directions; discuss likes and dislikes.
  • [E2533] English Language 3
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, finance, problems; ask and answer questions about different phenomena including crime and natural disasters, invite and respond to invitations read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension; evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material.By the end of this course students are expected to be at B1 level of the Common European Framework (CEF) . They should be able to ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations. Students should be able to ask about or describe family relationships and marital status and they should be able to recognize and use appropriately vocabulary related to degrees and university education, art, travelling and sport.
  • [E2534] English Language 4
    By the end of each level of this course determined by the placement test taken at enrolment, students are expected to be at different levels as determined by the Common European Framework (CEF) and should be able to understand and use familiar expressions and phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; ask and answer questions about personal identification and personal relations; talk and write about their everyday lives, leisure, entertainment, environment finance, problems; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations.They should be able to evaluate their own progress; participate in role plays and dialogues on familiar topics and produce a paragraph/ essay on topics related to the course material. By the end of this course students are expected to be at B2 level of the Common European Framework (CEF); They are expected to be independent users of English language and to implement some of the following language functions: give advice; ask and answer questions about university degrees, job skills and situations; invite and respond to invitations, read and listen for gist, detail and comprehension.
  • [E2535] English Language 5
    Academic English is a one semester course which aims to enable the students with skills which can facilitate their language learning and their study progress in an academic teaching and learning environment. The course should enable them to use those skills in both foreign language classroom as well as academic progress in content areas. The course incorporates language skills, study skills and generally applicable skills (listening, delivering oral presentations, constructing arguments) in specific assignments. Therefore, upon successful completion of the course ,the students’ proficiency level should be at C1 according to Common European Framework. As a result, the students should be able to deliver successfully oral presentation, participate in an online debate/ discussion forum stating their opinion and arguments and give feedback to others in a constructive manner. In addition, the students should be able to listen and read for gist and detail and write an argumentative paragraph and essay stating their opinion. They should and write a problem solution paragraph and essay.They should be able to present visual information in a form of Power Point poster presentations. The students should be able to identify main ideas and supporting evidence in a text and to analyse and identify topic sentences in a paragraph. They should be able to identify a purpose of a text, patterns of organization in a text and apply them in their own writing.  
  • [ESS-01] English for Social Sciences 1
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.  
  • [ESS-02] English for Social Sciences 2
    This course is offered with the aim of improving the four main language skills such as reading, writing, listening and speaking in the content-specific area as well as revision and advancement of selected intermediate and upper-intermediate grammatical items and vocabulary in the field of social sciences. This is done to enable students to comprehend more complicated texts in the mentioned area and enable them to communicate fluently with colleagues and experts in the social sciences field. The course focuses on development of language proficiency in general and subject-related vocabulary, development of academic writing and reading skills and discussion of articles from the fields of Public Policy, Political Sciences and International Communication as part of their speaking skills. The main focus is on using the professionally related vocabulary for communication and development of students’ future careers.

Semester 5

• [CGL-501] [6 ECTS] Contemporary German Language V
  The aim of this course is mastering the language competences at the B2/1 level. It is a continuation of Contemporary German Language 4. The knowledge has to be expanded gradually especially in terms of German grammar and conversation. Conversation and discussion about the read materials which include current and actual topics is very important. By the end of the course students should be able to compose more complex sentences and comprehend more difficult texts. The language skills should be further improved, especially speaking and the articulation of more complex sentences. Different exercises will be done and the vocabulary will be enriched.
• [CGL-504] [6 ECTS] German Lexicology
  The aim of this course is to make students aware of the basics of German lexicology and lexicography. The focus is set on the basic concepts of lexicology, word formation, onomatics, lexicography, etc. The following topics have been covered in this course: subject, duties and function of lexicology, position of lexicology in the system of linguistic disciplines, the word as a linguistic sign, the science of word formation, composition, derivation, the science of word meanings, vocabulary structure, onomatics, phraseology and lexicography.
• [CGL-503] [6 ECTS] Methodology of Teaching German as foreign Language II
  This course provides an overview of the methodology of teaching German and its relations to similar disciplines and the methods of teaching any foreign language: grammatical-translation, direct, audio-visual, audio-lingual, cognitive method, and communicative approach with pragmatic-functional and intercultural concepts. Coursework will also include alternative methods, Intercultural Germanistics, teaching factors and pedagogical principles, methodical-didactic principles, learning theories and learning strategies. Further subjects include the role of the teacher’s personality, social forms and working forms, communicative competence and language skills: listening comprehension, speaking, reading comprehension and writing. Finally, we examine the mains theories of assessment, tests, standardized tests, and the Common European Framework of Reference and Language Portfolio.
• [6 ECTS] Elective from other unit
  • [CPA-101] Introduction to Public Administration
    Public administration is an area of special scientific interest. The course Introduction to Public Administration will provide students with knowledge regarding the basic concepts of public administration. Special attention will be devoted for acquiring knowledge about the evolution of public administration, as well as the envisaged reforms of the public administration in our country. Furthermore, the students will have the opportunity to understand and critically analyse the phenomena’s that public administration is challenged with. Since the study area of this course is subject to continuous change, a special focus will be given to new developments and study classical theories of public administration. In this course we will investigate the following concepts: definitions and basic knowledge about the principles and institutions of public administration, the role and importance of public administration in an organized society; genesis and historical development of public administration, public administration, organizational structures , functioning of institutions of administration public administration services; Decision Making in AP, public administration service for the protection and realization of human rights, public administration reforms in RNM etc.
  • [CPA-201] Public Leadership and Organizational Development
    The course aims to enable students to identify how leaders and managers are developing and implementing the achievement of the mission and vision of an organization in the public sector; develop values required for long-term success and their application through appropriate activities and habits; how leaders and managers are personally involved in providing assurance that the systems for managing the organization will be developed and implemented. Also, about how the organization implements its mission and vision through a clear strategy based on the views of all interested parties, supported by all relevant policies, plans, goals and processes.
  • [CPA-302] Introduction to Public Policies
    The Course aims to provide students easier understanding and mastery of public policy; its principles for creating and running a particular policy; and the analysis, implementation, evaluation and development of policy. Management of public policies is a discipline for problem solving that draws upon knowledge of basic theories and methodologies of social sciences, the social professions and the philosophy of politics.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.
  • [CLE-203] Legal Writing and Reasoning
    The course purpose is to provide the basic knowledge of legal writing and justification to the first-year students. In this course, there will be gained knowledge for the legal writing and reasoning principles and basic guidelines for it, by applying the various methods of legal writing of normative legal acts (regulations, laws, decisions, judgments, contracts, wills etc.) and acts (CV, claim, competition, application, notification, plaint etc.). Students have to take advantage of the proper legal writing skills and the proper reasoning of what they are writing legally, because the mastery of legal writing is essential to any lawyer in his upcoming professional work.
  • [EARTL-01] Assisted Reproductive Technology and Law
    This course aims to emphasize the fact that in the modern society, there is no one universal, generally accepted model of family and parenting. By studying the subject ‘Assisted reproductive technology and Law’, students will gain knowledge about new artificial reproductive technologies that are part of the contemporary natal policy. In more detail, students will be introduced to all artificial reproductive technologies, such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, the birth of children from a woman with sperm donation, posthumous reproduction, co-parenting, ’three parent’ baby technique, cryopreservation of gametes or embryos. Students will have the opportunity to be informed that there are many other opportunities offered by science but are forbidden, for example, cloning, gender selection, improvement of the physical, intellectual or other capacities (eugenics) of the future child, etc. By studying this course students are expected to develop their critical thinking by debating the complex set of moral, ethical and legal dilemmas regarding these new reproductive technologies.
  • [ELE-408] Domestic Violence
    Domestic violence is a social phenomenon of wide scale and widespread in contemporary society. It is present in all states and societies regardless of their development and emancipation. Immune to this phenomenon is neither our country nor the region in which we live. Therefore, law students through this course gain knowledge of what is domestic violence, the forms in which it is manifested, the legal arrangements in the country, the region and the international sphere as well as the ways of preventing it. Through this course, students at the end of the course will be able to identify domestic violence, identify criminal offenses that are incriminated in the Criminal Code as domestic violence, and develop critical thinking about this problematic. This course enables the future jurisdiction to handle issues of this sphere of high sensitivity as well as to provide the most adequate assistance and protection for the victims of these criminal offenses in the exercise of his future profession as a judge, prosecutor or lawyer.
  • [CCS-101] Introduction to Computer Sciences
    This course presents a wide, integrated introduction to fundamental concepts of computer sciences. The following subjects are covered: history of computing; digital logic and digital systems; introduction to computer architectures, basic algorithms, problem solving and data structures; introduction to programming languages, operating systems, databases, networks, web and software engineering; application types, including specific software descriptions (word processors, database, browsers, etc.); traditional and multimedia data processing.
  • [CCS-102] Internet Technologies
    The main objective of the course is to give students a practical knowledge of basic mechanisms, services and protocols of the global network - Internet. The course provides mastering of the overall architecture of an effective, scalable and secured web page. The students will acquire deep technical knowledge of XML, XHTML (lists, tables, figures, multimedia and forms), CSS (formatting, styles and layouts), and JavaScript (variables, conditions, loops and functions).
  • [CCS-402] Applied Probability and Statistics
    The course objective is to provide students with the required knowledge of probabilities and statistics that have direct application in computer sciences. The goal is to learn about the processing of statistical data, their rules and presentation, and the laws for appropriate conclusions based on processed data. Furthermore, the students will learn about basic principles of probability and their application in different areas of everyday life, especially in the field of computer science.
  • [ECS-500] E-Commerce
    To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and to be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: - Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; - E-World: e-business and e-commerce; - Developing Processes; To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; To understand the process of redesigning organizations by using information systems; To describe the role of information systems in decision making; To examine information security, ethical, and social issues; To be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; To prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional Ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-105] German Language 1-4
    After completing this course, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EEL-613] Multiculturalism in Teaching English Language
    Course objectives: Communication skills: Students should be able to present their opinions regarding culture and globalization and the influence that these processes have in education. They should be able to discuss issues related to the themes of tolerance, understanding, and accommodating diversity. They will also work towards producing essays treating the issues of cultural relativism, stereotypes, prejudices, as well as the development of concepts like intercultural cooperation and multicultural education. Applying knowledge and Understanding: Creating educational models for multicultural cooperation and their application in the process of teaching English as a second language. Developing an educational strategy that would prove successful in situations where there might be tensions among students due to the lack of tolerance. Making judgments: Ability to make their own individual portfolio based on the principles of multicultural education and capacity to identify cases where there is lack of tolerance, thus aiming at developing the spirit of intercultural cooperation. Knowledge and understanding: Getting to know the basic principles of culture, cultural relativism, intercultural and multicultural education and addressing these issues in the context of teaching English as a foreign language. Learning skills: Learning about efficient models for promotion of multiculturalism in the educational process where learning English plays a crucial role being a neutral language for the students regardless of the ethnic background.
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course, the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [E2539] Critical Reasoning and Thinking
    At the end of this course, students will become able to improve the quality of their thinking by capturing the inherent structures of the act of thinking and by making them subjects to their intellectual and academic standards. They will develop strategies for decision making based on reflection, reason and logic. Through this course, students will learn the tendencies, approximations and assumptions on which their reflections are based, and the conditions and the outcomes derived from their ways of thinking. This reflective thought is the active, careful and persistent examination of all beliefs in the light of the fundamentals that support them and their conclusions. Students will be equipped with knowledge and skills needed to bring reasoned decisions which are required in everyday circumstances and which are related to the jobs they will perform.
  • [EPRNM-02] Public Relations and New Media
    The course focuses on the development of those communication skills and techniques that are essential for effective functioning in the era of globalization. Students will elaborate the process of globalization, social, political, economic and cultural aspects of modern phenomenon, the consequences and impacts in the communication sphere marked an era of postmodernism, particularly the impact of new social media, their structure, Multilanguage functions of social networks, the effects and consequences in the modern world communication realities.
  • [ECM-602] Media and Society
    Media and Society introduces students to the discipline which studies the complex relationship between media and society, as well as the role of mass media as mediating technologies for mass and global communication. The main aims of this course are the political, economic, social and cultural implications of media on society.
  • [CBE-101] Introduction to Economics and Business
    The primary purpose of this course is to develop a basic understanding of the major economic concepts and theories used in analysing economic issues. This course is designed in a way to equip students with basic principles, concepts and techniques in doing economic analysis. At the end of the course, the students should be able to “think like an economist”. This course provides a survey of the principles of micro- and macroeconomics with a focus on applied managerial decision-making in a global setting. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: utilize the demand and supply model to determine the impact of changes in demand or supply on price and quantity; define GDP and describe its measurement, uses, and limitations as a measure of economic wellbeing; define Inflation and describe its measurement, consequences, and how to adjust for it; as well as describe the role and tools of a central bank.
  • [CBE-103] Principles of Management
    The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the basics of management, its genesis, definition and basic principles which should be based on the work of any future manager. This course also aims to acquaint students with knowledge of the basic functions of management as planning, organizing, coordinating, motivating and controlling. Mastery of this subject will provide students with the ability: - To learn the basics of management and to enable them to give concrete examples. - To be able to see the mastery of this subject as the need and acquiring knowledge to be in the context of practical application of learning. - To think of an effective way this will help them to face with business problems in their future life.
  • [EBEM-503] Business Communication
    Contents of the curriculum: In recent years more and more companies apply the techniques of business communication as a key tool to respond to competition in the global market. This subject is an attempt to improve the communication skills of students with theoretical and above all, and practical indication of the correct way of communicating in an organizational environment with employees and managers as well as holding meetings, interviewing, how to respond when interviewing, negotiating and motivating those around them.
  • [EBE-408] Project Management
    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of modern projects and their confrontation with the opportunities and challenges of real economic life in the creation of appropriate, real need projects. Specific objectives of the subject include how to determine a project (using several stages) and to emphasize the important role of project manager (understanding the need, field of action, activities for implementation, the complexity of modern design, etc...). Students will be trained on how to apply modern tools and techniques of modern project management in the transformation necessary or appropriate creative idea in a real and documented project that will make you be more inventive about themselves and more competitive labour market.
  • [EBE-403] Business Plan
    The aim of the course is to assist students in understanding the behaviour of conscious enterprise in modern economic conditions.
  • [EBE-409] Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics
    The aim of the course is to develop general theoretical knowledge of corporate social responsibility in modern economies and analyse the reflection of corporate social responsibility in the overall functioning of the enterprise.
  • [EF999] French Language 1-2-3
    The purpose of this course is for students to strengthen their language skills and competencies, as well as to develop four communication competencies, particularly in the following areas: • to be able to express an opinion, • to be able to express their feelings, • to understand the essence of an expression, thought or idea, • to be able to argue and defend their opinion. • to manage different situations, • to maintain a simple and coherent speech, • to tell an event, • to talk about a dream or experience, • to present the reasons for a project or idea, • to communicate spontaneously.
  • [BSIL3010] Italian Language 1-2-3
    The purpose of the course is for students to get acquainted with the Italian culture, the Italian civilization and the Italian language. The idea is for students to know a slightly different reality, which may help them to become aware of themselves, as well as in creating a better picture for themselves and for their future. Corresponding to the level (from A1 to B2), which students choose, or the levels that they will follow in the semesters they have at their disposal for a free elective subject, the matter progresses deeper. The first level starts from basic settings such as: orthography (spelling), pronunciation, vocabulary for managing simple, everyday language situations (personal presentation, presentation of others, orientation in space and in time, communication expressions in a bar, restaurant, supermarket, on the market), and it is reaching more complex constructions in the continuing stages, which refer to the expression of attitude, desire, need, telling past events, talking about future actions, etc. Grammar is introduced inductively (through awareness of situations (audio recordings, videos, films, various texts) and conclusions), in which the students themselves playing the key role, with their active participation in the lectures.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing such as writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EDOL-03] Digital and Online Literacy
    Digital and Online Literacy is a one-semester course meeting 3 class hours per week, offered in the undergraduate studies. The course is designed according to students’ needs and it includes several 21st century skills related to using technology appropriately and effectively. The course will encompass the three categories of the 21st century skills. By the end of the course students will be able to search for and access online information successfully using variety of digital tools, critically evaluate the reliability of online resources and distinguishing between credible and untrustworthy sources, demonstrate understanding of ethical issues related to academic context, understand proper referencing in order to avoid plagiarism, learn how to effectively communicate in a professional manner, understand the basics of being safe online and the positive and negative aspects of creating an online identity, investigate cyber bullying and identify possible solutions for reducing online harassment.
  • [ECE-02] Conversational English
    Conversational English is a one semester course designed for intermediate-level English speakers and above and will be available to students in all semesters. English is an international language that facilitates communication in a variety of contexts around the world, ranging from business meetings and transactions to casual conversations between friends and interactions during travel. Conversational English will build students’ listening and speaking skills, providing grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency practice needed for common types of spoken English interactions. This course will cover topics related to professional conversation, casual conversation, and everyday interactions, providing students with conversational confidence in a variety of contexts. Professional conversation will include formal and polite varieties of speech used in contexts such as work meetings or discussions with colleagues. Casual conversation will include practice with language used while socializing with friends or family and other informal situations and will include slang and informal speech. Everyday interactions will include conversations at stores, during travel, and asking for or providing assistance. Methods of learning will focus on practice and will include listening activities, dialogues, role-plays and simulations, debates, and discussions.
  • [E2529] Communication Skills in a Professional Setting in English
    The purpose of the course is to develop the communication skills that are essential for effective functioning in the professional world in English. The course objectives focus on a wide range of professional settings and issues. Students will study the process for analysis of different communication situations and will accordingly comprehend them.
  • [E2530] Fiction and Fun
    The course aims to explore a range of attractive and popular literary texts (novels, excerpts, readers and short stories) so as to understand and enjoy the characteristics of different and popular genres, including science fiction, young adult literature and fantasy. Among the course objectives, the following can be included: to develop students’ confidence, fluency and interest in reading in English, read different types of novels and respond thoughtfully and critically, verbally and in writing, by drawing connections between personal experience, world knowledge and/or other sources (lectures, readings, films) and the assigned text. In addition, the aims are to transfer advanced reading skills to the second language classroom and develop these skills, making the students better readers in both languages. Reading skills include skimming, scanning, predicting, guessing words from context and reading for detailed comprehension.
  • [E2531] English Literature and Film
    This course is aimed for English language students as well as students that like to read, enjoy watching and analysing films - to help students develop critical thinking skills through film analysis - to discuss, evaluate and write critical reviews - to critically analyse literary and informational texts - to discuss and analyse students’ work and give peer review - to present different perspectives, support claim, use sensory language
  • [E2540] Macedonian Language for Legal and EU terminology
    The aim of the course is to train students for language competence and language performance in the professional field (i.e., in the field of law and the EU). It is a learner-centred approach that is focused on developing communication skills in specific areas, i.e., deepening and strengthening the skills for advanced written and oral expression in a standard Macedonian language. The intended material includes contents related to professional disciplines, as well as authentic documents and materials. Particular attention is paid to mastering professional terminology and its application in an appropriate language context and to the development of digital skills. Students are expected to become more autonomous in learning the language and to be able to think critically on various topics, as well as to acquire the ability to communicate in Macedonian in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
• [6 ECTS] General elective (from SP)
  • [EGL-505] Introduction to Methodology and Techniques of Research writing
    The aim of this course is to explain the methodologies and techniques of academic and scientific work, which can be difficult for new students in particular. Practical and exercises should help students in terms of getting around in a library, writing essays, speeches, etc. Within the framework of this course the following topics will be included: choosing a thesis, referencing, citing rules, scientific codes, organization of scientific work, etc.
  • [EGL-503] Contemporary German Literature
    This course aims at providing an overview of German literature of the 20th century. The students are expected to get acquainted with the most famous authors and works from this period, in order to understand the circumstances under which they had created and produced their works in the mentioned time frame. The course should make students get into the motifs for the interpretation and creation of written texts. The students will get information about values and movements in literature and the society as a whole across all Europe. The following periods of German literature will be covered in this course: 1945 – 1949, 1949-1961, 1961-1977 and 1978-1989.
  • [EGL-506] Acquisition of German as foreign Language
    The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic problems of the theory of learning German as a foreign language, with different aspects of learning foreign languages, etc. Within the framework of this course the most important models of learning a foreign language and a second language will be reviewed. Other topics will also be included: * forms of bilingualism, namely multilingualism * psycholinguistic teaching models (the monitoring theory, form focus, interactive approaches) * research results for L2 – stadium of language learning * socio-linguistic approach (simplified register, code switching, etc.) * individual variables such as age and cognitive style * broadened concepts (psychology of cultures comparison). In addition, factors such as age, motivation and series of languages will also be discussed.
  • [CGL-403] Civilization of the German - speaking area
    The aim of this course is to inform students of the basic components of the culture and civilization of German-speaking people including the ideological, scientific-technological, social and cultural aspects, developments, case studies and achievements of Germany and other German-speaking countries in centuries. The following topics will be dealt with specifically: Review of the German history (19th and 20th century), Review of authors, ideas, concepts and reception of German philosophy, German music, German sciences (cultural and technological), other German sciences, etc.
  • [EGL-405] Language Policy in EU
    The goal of this course is to inform students about language policy and multilingualism in the EU by answering questions such as what a language policy is and who administers it. Apart from the explanations and answers to these questions, the beginnings of the German language policy and current issues will be reviewed, especially in relation to the EU. What is the role of the German language and other important languages such as English, French, and Spanish in EU institutions? Is it an advantage for people in German-speaking areas if their language plays a key role in the institutions of the EU? If the answer is yes, then how can the position of the German language, as an official language in the EU, be enforced? Different positions of the EU’s language policy will be discussed in this respect. This course supplements and deepens the basic knowledge in this field.
  • [EGL-602] Error Analysis
    As future teachers of German as a foreign language, students should be able to speak and write without any mistakes. However, learning is a process in which mistakes are inevitable and we should draw a lesson from each of them. Therefore, we don’t want just to identify the mistakes, but to analyse them and reflect on them, so that later we can identify them as diagnostic instruments. The problems of contrastive linguistics will also be taken into consideration.

Semester 6

• [CGL-601] [6 ECTS] Contemporary German Language VI
  The aim of this course is the acquisition of language competences at the B2/2 level. It is a continuation of Contemporary German Language 5. Special attention is paid to the main language skills such as reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar by using the Ziel Kursbuch B2/2 textbooks. Based on authentic and actual texts, video-presentations, discussions and writing the students will be able to practice the above-mentioned skills quite well. They will also learn to agree, disagree and answer to certain questions in class.
• [CGL-603] [6 ECTS] Methodology of Teaching German as foreign Language II
  The goal of this course is to provide an overview of the following problems which are connected to the methodology of German as a foreign language: types of lectures, planning, realization, and assessment. We will also study class objectives, course material selection, classification and presentation, grammatical progression, and the selection and progression of topics from the lexis. There is an added focus upon additional means and media in teaching. Within the framework of this course, 10 class hours have been planned for observation of German language classes in primary and secondary schools as well as in other educational institutions. Every student has to teach 3-4 model-classes and a practical class (exam). All of the differentiated and complete theoretical and practical knowledge (skills and abilities), previously acquired, has to be applied in these classes.
• [CGL-602] [6 ECTS] Grammar and Grammar Teaching
  This course aims at introducing students to the most important grammatical characteristics and rules of the German language (especially in the field of morphology and syntax). The knowledge acquired from this course is crucial for teachers of German as a foreign language, who deal with issues regarding the implementation and specific analysis of these grammatical phenomena and their concrete formulation for didactics.
• [6 ECTS] Elective from other unit
  • [CPA-101] Introduction to Public Administration
    Public administration is an area of special scientific interest. The course Introduction to Public Administration will provide students with knowledge regarding the basic concepts of public administration. Special attention will be devoted for acquiring knowledge about the evolution of public administration, as well as the envisaged reforms of the public administration in our country. Furthermore, the students will have the opportunity to understand and critically analyse the phenomena’s that public administration is challenged with. Since the study area of this course is subject to continuous change, a special focus will be given to new developments and study classical theories of public administration. In this course we will investigate the following concepts: definitions and basic knowledge about the principles and institutions of public administration, the role and importance of public administration in an organized society; genesis and historical development of public administration, public administration, organizational structures , functioning of institutions of administration public administration services; Decision Making in AP, public administration service for the protection and realization of human rights, public administration reforms in RNM etc.
  • [CPA-201] Public Leadership and Organizational Development
    The course aims to enable students to identify how leaders and managers are developing and implementing the achievement of the mission and vision of an organization in the public sector; develop values required for long-term success and their application through appropriate activities and habits; how leaders and managers are personally involved in providing assurance that the systems for managing the organization will be developed and implemented. Also, about how the organization implements its mission and vision through a clear strategy based on the views of all interested parties, supported by all relevant policies, plans, goals and processes.
  • [CPA-302] Introduction to Public Policies
    The Course aims to provide students easier understanding and mastery of public policy; its principles for creating and running a particular policy; and the analysis, implementation, evaluation and development of policy. Management of public policies is a discipline for problem solving that draws upon knowledge of basic theories and methodologies of social sciences, the social professions and the philosophy of politics.
  • [EFE-132] Human Rights and Freedoms
    The struggle for human rights begins with the historic efforts to identify them. Over the time, the corpus of rights and freedoms that are incriminated by laws or international treaties is expanding but it certainly does not prove that the same are respected in practice. Human rights at the first were considered as internal matters of states (under the principle of absolute sovereignty of states) and only in more recent times have gained the title of jus cogens norms. This course will study how to develop doctrine on human rights, types and categories of human rights and will be studied the relevant documents that regulate certain rights. The purpose of this course is: to introduce students to the concept of international law on human rights, implementation of the same, influence in the formulation of national policies; This will encourage students to critically reflect on the relationship between international law and national law; make them aware of current international events, how they affect the daily lives of people in the world; encourage students to contribute in matters of drafting laws for the protection of human rights.
  • [CLE-203] Legal Writing and Reasoning
    The course purpose is to provide the basic knowledge of legal writing and justification to the first-year students. In this course, there will be gained knowledge for the legal writing and reasoning principles and basic guidelines for it, by applying the various methods of legal writing of normative legal acts (regulations, laws, decisions, judgments, contracts, wills etc.) and acts (CV, claim, competition, application, notification, plaint etc.). Students have to take advantage of the proper legal writing skills and the proper reasoning of what they are writing legally, because the mastery of legal writing is essential to any lawyer in his upcoming professional work.
  • [EARTL-01] Assisted Reproductive Technology and Law
    This course aims to emphasize the fact that in the modern society, there is no one universal, generally accepted model of family and parenting. By studying the subject ‘Assisted reproductive technology and Law’, students will gain knowledge about new artificial reproductive technologies that are part of the contemporary natal policy. In more detail, students will be introduced to all artificial reproductive technologies, such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, the birth of children from a woman with sperm donation, posthumous reproduction, co-parenting, ’three parent’ baby technique, cryopreservation of gametes or embryos. Students will have the opportunity to be informed that there are many other opportunities offered by science but are forbidden, for example, cloning, gender selection, improvement of the physical, intellectual or other capacities (eugenics) of the future child, etc. By studying this course students are expected to develop their critical thinking by debating the complex set of moral, ethical and legal dilemmas regarding these new reproductive technologies.
  • [ELE-408] Domestic Violence
    Domestic violence is a social phenomenon of wide scale and widespread in contemporary society. It is present in all states and societies regardless of their development and emancipation. Immune to this phenomenon is neither our country nor the region in which we live. Therefore, law students through this course gain knowledge of what is domestic violence, the forms in which it is manifested, the legal arrangements in the country, the region and the international sphere as well as the ways of preventing it. Through this course, students at the end of the course will be able to identify domestic violence, identify criminal offenses that are incriminated in the Criminal Code as domestic violence, and develop critical thinking about this problematic. This course enables the future jurisdiction to handle issues of this sphere of high sensitivity as well as to provide the most adequate assistance and protection for the victims of these criminal offenses in the exercise of his future profession as a judge, prosecutor or lawyer.
  • [CCS-101] Introduction to Computer Sciences
    This course presents a wide, integrated introduction to fundamental concepts of computer sciences. The following subjects are covered: history of computing; digital logic and digital systems; introduction to computer architectures, basic algorithms, problem solving and data structures; introduction to programming languages, operating systems, databases, networks, web and software engineering; application types, including specific software descriptions (word processors, database, browsers, etc.); traditional and multimedia data processing.
  • [CCS-102] Internet Technologies
    The main objective of the course is to give students a practical knowledge of basic mechanisms, services and protocols of the global network - Internet. The course provides mastering of the overall architecture of an effective, scalable and secured web page. The students will acquire deep technical knowledge of XML, XHTML (lists, tables, figures, multimedia and forms), CSS (formatting, styles and layouts), and JavaScript (variables, conditions, loops and functions).
  • [CCS-402] Applied Probability and Statistics
    The course objective is to provide students with the required knowledge of probabilities and statistics that have direct application in computer sciences. The goal is to learn about the processing of statistical data, their rules and presentation, and the laws for appropriate conclusions based on processed data. Furthermore, the students will learn about basic principles of probability and their application in different areas of everyday life, especially in the field of computer science.
  • [ECS-500] E-Commerce
    To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of e-commerce: ● The history of e-commerce ● E-World: e-business and e-commerce ● Business Models for e-commerce ● Online payment systems ● Online Marketing ● E-infrastructures - To learn about the core technologies that are mandatory to run e-commerce nowadays, including servers, software, Internet connections, payment gateways and their security, cookies, etc. - To apply e-commerce concepts and theory in practice by doing appropriate analysis on business models and technologies and making decisions on the most appropriate solutions. - To understand the process of creating a web shop and connecting it with the payment gateways. - To be able to put the idea on paper, create business model and prepare the finances. - To be able to differentiate various online marketing tools and to be able to apply some of them in practice. - To examine information security, ethical, and social issues and know how to address specific issues. To be familiar with the Internet and Cloud computing.
  • [CISM2021] Introduction to Information Systems
    Aims of the course program: To learn the basic concepts and the terminology of Information Systems: - Basic Information Systems concepts: hardware, software, networks; - E-World: e-business and e-commerce; - Developing Processes; To learn about the Information Systems and technologies that improve business values and various processes inside organizations; Applying IS concepts with various managing disciplines, during analysis, interpretation, assessments and decisions; To understand the process of redesigning organizations by using information systems; To describe the role of information systems in decision making; To examine information security, ethical, and social issues; To be familiar with the Internet, electronic commerce, and e-business; To prepare students to work on small scale projects, individual or group work, who by nature could fall into these categories: case studies, scientific research project, development projects or internship projects;
  • [ECS3060] IT Professional Ethics
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the current ethical issues in Information Technology (IT) use. It examines an array of long-standing and emerging issues facing IT users ranging from free speech, privacy, intellectual property, hacking, and the digital divide, to ethics in social networking and online communities. The course discusses the ethical dilemmas and responsibilities of IT professionals, and promotes the critical examination and responsible usage of IT.
  • [EFE-129] Albanian Language and Writing Culture
    The course, Albanian language and writing culture, is a synthesis of rules and guidelines for improvement of the skills for written and oral expression in Albanian. Students are expected to improve these skills by becoming familiar with the spelling and punctuation rules, some morphological norms, as well as the Albanian syntax, all in order to achieve proper use of the language. An accent will be put on motivating them for fluent speaking and raising their awareness for use of the Albanian pure standard language. A special attention will also be paid to encouraging students to advance the process of writing and increasing their understanding about the differences between specific genres. The issue of academic integrity (plagiarism) will also be tackled, as well as the specific terminology of the different areas of specialization. All these topics will be offered as separate lessons, that is, as rules, guidelines and exercises, which complement each other.
  • [EFE-105] German Language 1-4
    After completing this course, students will be able to gain appropriate knowledge according to the European Language Framework (specifically and concretely determined by level). In addition, students are expected to become more autonomous and more responsible language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to think critically and make conclusions about different topics based on the texts that they have read, as well as to express their thoughts and opinions in written and spoken German.
  • [EEL-613] Multiculturalism in Teaching English Language
    Course objectives: Communication skills: Students should be able to present their opinions regarding culture and globalization and the influence that these processes have in education. They should be able to discuss issues related to the themes of tolerance, understanding, and accommodating diversity. They will also work towards producing essays treating the issues of cultural relativism, stereotypes, prejudices, as well as the development of concepts like intercultural cooperation and multicultural education. Applying knowledge and Understanding: Creating educational models for multicultural cooperation and their application in the process of teaching English as a second language. Developing an educational strategy that would prove successful in situations where there might be tensions among students due to the lack of tolerance. Making judgments: Ability to make their own individual portfolio based on the principles of multicultural education and capacity to identify cases where there is lack of tolerance, thus aiming at developing the spirit of intercultural cooperation. Knowledge and understanding: Getting to know the basic principles of culture, cultural relativism, intercultural and multicultural education and addressing these issues in the context of teaching English as a foreign language. Learning skills: Learning about efficient models for promotion of multiculturalism in the educational process where learning English plays a crucial role being a neutral language for the students regardless of the ethnic background.
  • [EFE-108] Intercultural Studies
    Having completed this course, the students will able to identify global questions and problems from the perspectives of different cultures, the communication dynamics in the other cultures, the similarities and the differences between their values and those of other cultures, as well as the similarities and differences between their communication practices and those from other cultures. In addition, students are expected to become more aware of the stereotypes that society has for different cultures and as a result will better understand their place in the global community. The students will start thinking critically about topics related to their ethnicity, gender identity, class, religion, national origin, age and other demographic characteristics and their impact on the communication process. After finishing Intercultural Studies, the students will also gain communication skills for working in groups through participation in research projects and will acquire the necessary skills to present their research projects.
  • [E2539] Critical Reasoning and Thinking
    At the end of this course, students will become able to improve the quality of their thinking by capturing the inherent structures of the act of thinking and by making them subjects to their intellectual and academic standards. They will develop strategies for decision making based on reflection, reason and logic. Through this course, students will learn the tendencies, approximations and assumptions on which their reflections are based, and the conditions and the outcomes derived from their ways of thinking. This reflective thought is the active, careful and persistent examination of all beliefs in the light of the fundamentals that support them and their conclusions. Students will be equipped with knowledge and skills needed to bring reasoned decisions which are required in everyday circumstances and which are related to the jobs they will perform.
  • [EPRNM-02] Public Relations and New Media
    The course focuses on the development of those communication skills and techniques that are essential for effective functioning in the era of globalization. Students will elaborate the process of globalization, social, political, economic and cultural aspects of modern phenomenon, the consequences and impacts in the communication sphere marked an era of postmodernism, particularly the impact of new social media, their structure, Multilanguage functions of social networks, the effects and consequences in the modern world communication realities.
  • [ECM-602] Media and Society
    Media and Society introduces students to the discipline which studies the complex relationship between media and society, as well as the role of mass media as mediating technologies for mass and global communication. The main aims of this course are the political, economic, social and cultural implications of media on society.
  • [CBE-101] Introduction to Economics and Business
    The primary purpose of this course is to develop a basic understanding of the major economic concepts and theories used in analysing economic issues. This course is designed in a way to equip students with basic principles, concepts and techniques in doing economic analysis. At the end of the course, the students should be able to “think like an economist”. This course provides a survey of the principles of micro- and macroeconomics with a focus on applied managerial decision-making in a global setting. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: utilize the demand and supply model to determine the impact of changes in demand or supply on price and quantity; define GDP and describe its measurement, uses, and limitations as a measure of economic wellbeing; define Inflation and describe its measurement, consequences, and how to adjust for it; as well as describe the role and tools of a central bank.
  • [CBE-103] Principles of Management
    The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the basics of management, its genesis, definition and basic principles which should be based on the work of any future manager. This course also aims to acquaint students with knowledge of the basic functions of management as planning, organizing, coordinating, motivating and controlling. Mastery of this subject will provide students with the ability: - To learn the basics of management and to enable them to give concrete examples. - To be able to see the mastery of this subject as the need and acquiring knowledge to be in the context of practical application of learning. - To think of an effective way this will help them to face with business problems in their future life.
  • [EBEM-503] Business Communication
    Contents of the curriculum: In recent years more and more companies apply the techniques of business communication as a key tool to respond to competition in the global market. This subject is an attempt to improve the communication skills of students with theoretical and above all, and practical indication of the correct way of communicating in an organizational environment with employees and managers as well as holding meetings, interviewing, how to respond when interviewing, negotiating and motivating those around them.
  • [EBE-408] Project Management
    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the world of modern projects and their confrontation with the opportunities and challenges of real economic life in the creation of appropriate, real need projects. Specific objectives of the subject include how to determine a project (using several stages) and to emphasize the important role of project manager (understanding the need, field of action, activities for implementation, the complexity of modern design, etc...). Students will be trained on how to apply modern tools and techniques of modern project management in the transformation necessary or appropriate creative idea in a real and documented project that will make you be more inventive about themselves and more competitive labour market.
  • [EBE-403] Business Plan
    The aim of the course is to assist students in understanding the behaviour of conscious enterprise in modern economic conditions.
  • [EBE-409] Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics
    The aim of the course is to develop general theoretical knowledge of corporate social responsibility in modern economies and analyse the reflection of corporate social responsibility in the overall functioning of the enterprise.
  • [EF999] French Language 1-2-3
    The purpose of this course is for students to strengthen their language skills and competencies, as well as to develop four communication competencies, particularly in the following areas: • to be able to express an opinion, • to be able to express their feelings, • to understand the essence of an expression, thought or idea, • to be able to argue and defend their opinion. • to manage different situations, • to maintain a simple and coherent speech, • to tell an event, • to talk about a dream or experience, • to present the reasons for a project or idea, • to communicate spontaneously.
  • [BSIL3010] Italian Language 1-2-3
    The purpose of the course is for students to get acquainted with the Italian culture, the Italian civilization and the Italian language. The idea is for students to know a slightly different reality, which may help them to become aware of themselves, as well as in creating a better picture for themselves and for their future. Corresponding to the level (from A1 to B2), which students choose, or the levels that they will follow in the semesters they have at their disposal for a free elective subject, the matter progresses deeper. The first level starts from basic settings such as: orthography (spelling), pronunciation, vocabulary for managing simple, everyday language situations (personal presentation, presentation of others, orientation in space and in time, communication expressions in a bar, restaurant, supermarket, on the market), and it is reaching more complex constructions in the continuing stages, which refer to the expression of attitude, desire, need, telling past events, talking about future actions, etc. Grammar is introduced inductively (through awareness of situations (audio recordings, videos, films, various texts) and conclusions), in which the students themselves playing the key role, with their active participation in the lectures.
  • [EFE-102] Academic Writing in English
    In this course, students’ academic writing skills will be enhanced in a variety of ways. Students will be enabled to communicate their ideas in a clear, fluent and effective way in order to produce a piece of writing. Students’ academic writing skills will be developed through activities that promote writing such as writing different types of paragraphs and essays. In addition, students will be introduced to paraphrasing and citing rules as well as will be made aware of what plagiarism is. Giving feedback on students’ pieces of writing will involve self-correction, peer-correction and teacher-correction of content, organization and language errors.
  • [EDOL-03] Digital and Online Literacy
    Digital and Online Literacy is a one-semester course meeting 3 class hours per week, offered in the undergraduate studies. The course is designed according to students’ needs and it includes several 21st century skills related to using technology appropriately and effectively. The course will encompass the three categories of the 21st century skills. By the end of the course students will be able to search for and access online information successfully using variety of digital tools, critically evaluate the reliability of online resources and distinguishing between credible and untrustworthy sources, demonstrate understanding of ethical issues related to academic context, understand proper referencing in order to avoid plagiarism, learn how to effectively communicate in a professional manner, understand the basics of being safe online and the positive and negative aspects of creating an online identity, investigate cyber bullying and identify possible solutions for reducing online harassment.
  • [ECE-02] Conversational English
    Conversational English is a one semester course designed for intermediate-level English speakers and above and will be available to students in all semesters. English is an international language that facilitates communication in a variety of contexts around the world, ranging from business meetings and transactions to casual conversations between friends and interactions during travel. Conversational English will build students’ listening and speaking skills, providing grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency practice needed for common types of spoken English interactions. This course will cover topics related to professional conversation, casual conversation, and everyday interactions, providing students with conversational confidence in a variety of contexts. Professional conversation will include formal and polite varieties of speech used in contexts such as work meetings or discussions with colleagues. Casual conversation will include practice with language used while socializing with friends or family and other informal situations and will include slang and informal speech. Everyday interactions will include conversations at stores, during travel, and asking for or providing assistance. Methods of learning will focus on practice and will include listening activities, dialogues, role-plays and simulations, debates, and discussions.
  • [E2529] Communication Skills in a Professional Setting in English
    The purpose of the course is to develop the communication skills that are essential for effective functioning in the professional world in English. The course objectives focus on a wide range of professional settings and issues. Students will study the process for analysis of different communication situations and will accordingly comprehend them.
  • [E2530] Fiction and Fun
    The course aims to explore a range of attractive and popular literary texts (novels, excerpts, readers and short stories) so as to understand and enjoy the characteristics of different and popular genres, including science fiction, young adult literature and fantasy. Among the course objectives, the following can be included: to develop students’ confidence, fluency and interest in reading in English, read different types of novels and respond thoughtfully and critically, verbally and in writing, by drawing connections between personal experience, world knowledge and/or other sources (lectures, readings, films) and the assigned text. In addition, the aims are to transfer advanced reading skills to the second language classroom and develop these skills, making the students better readers in both languages. Reading skills include skimming, scanning, predicting, guessing words from context and reading for detailed comprehension.
  • [E2531] English Literature and Film
    This course is aimed for English language students as well as students that like to read, enjoy watching and analysing films - to help students develop critical thinking skills through film analysis - to discuss, evaluate and write critical reviews - to critically analyse literary and informational texts - to discuss and analyse students’ work and give peer review - to present different perspectives, support claim, use sensory language
  • [E2540] Macedonian Language for Legal and EU terminology
    The aim of the course is to train students for language competence and language performance in the professional field (i.e., in the field of law and the EU). It is a learner-centred approach that is focused on developing communication skills in specific areas, i.e., deepening and strengthening the skills for advanced written and oral expression in a standard Macedonian language. The intended material includes contents related to professional disciplines, as well as authentic documents and materials. Particular attention is paid to mastering professional terminology and its application in an appropriate language context and to the development of digital skills. Students are expected to become more autonomous in learning the language and to be able to think critically on various topics, as well as to acquire the ability to communicate in Macedonian in a multilingual and multicultural environment.
• [6 ECTS] General elective (from SP)
  • [EGL-505] Introduction to Methodology and Techniques of Research writing
    The aim of this course is to explain the methodologies and techniques of academic and scientific work, which can be difficult for new students in particular. Practical and exercises should help students in terms of getting around in a library, writing essays, speeches, etc. Within the framework of this course the following topics will be included: choosing a thesis, referencing, citing rules, scientific codes, organization of scientific work, etc.
  • [EGL-503] Contemporary German Literature
    This course aims at providing an overview of German literature of the 20th century. The students are expected to get acquainted with the most famous authors and works from this period, in order to understand the circumstances under which they had created and produced their works in the mentioned time frame. The course should make students get into the motifs for the interpretation and creation of written texts. The students will get information about values and movements in literature and the society as a whole across all Europe. The following periods of German literature will be covered in this course: 1945 – 1949, 1949-1961, 1961-1977 and 1978-1989.
  • [EGL-506] Acquisition of German as foreign Language
    The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic problems of the theory of learning German as a foreign language, with different aspects of learning foreign languages, etc. Within the framework of this course the most important models of learning a foreign language and a second language will be reviewed. Other topics will also be included: * forms of bilingualism, namely multilingualism * psycholinguistic teaching models (the monitoring theory, form focus, interactive approaches) * research results for L2 – stadium of language learning * socio-linguistic approach (simplified register, code switching, etc.) * individual variables such as age and cognitive style * broadened concepts (psychology of cultures comparison). In addition, factors such as age, motivation and series of languages will also be discussed.
  • [CGL-403] Civilization of the German - speaking area
    The aim of this course is to inform students of the basic components of the culture and civilization of German-speaking people including the ideological, scientific-technological, social and cultural aspects, developments, case studies and achievements of Germany and other German-speaking countries in centuries. The following topics will be dealt with specifically: Review of the German history (19th and 20th century), Review of authors, ideas, concepts and reception of German philosophy, German music, German sciences (cultural and technological), other German sciences, etc.
  • [EGL-405] Language Policy in EU
    The goal of this course is to inform students about language policy and multilingualism in the EU by answering questions such as what a language policy is and who administers it. Apart from the explanations and answers to these questions, the beginnings of the German language policy and current issues will be reviewed, especially in relation to the EU. What is the role of the German language and other important languages such as English, French, and Spanish in EU institutions? Is it an advantage for people in German-speaking areas if their language plays a key role in the institutions of the EU? If the answer is yes, then how can the position of the German language, as an official language in the EU, be enforced? Different positions of the EU’s language policy will be discussed in this respect. This course supplements and deepens the basic knowledge in this field.
  • [EGL-602] Error Analysis
    As future teachers of German as a foreign language, students should be able to speak and write without any mistakes. However, learning is a process in which mistakes are inevitable and we should draw a lesson from each of them. Therefore, we don’t want just to identify the mistakes, but to analyse them and reflect on them, so that later we can identify them as diagnostic instruments. The problems of contrastive linguistics will also be taken into consideration.