Institution:
Faculty of Philology - Tallinn University

Tallinn

Address:
Faculty of Philology - Tallinn University
Narva mnt 29
EE10120 Tallinn, 
ESTONIA 
Phone (372) 6409 300
Fax (372) 6409 300

Contact person:
Suliko Liiv (Dean)
tel. (372) 6409 320

Bachelor's Studies - Tallinn University 

Some information literacy contents, widespread in the academic curricula

Faculty of Philology - Curricula (3 years, 180 ECTS each)

Estonian Philology

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS

Estonian as a Foreign Language and Estonian Culture

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS

Reviewer-Editor

Objectives: To satisfy the prerequisites for work as a reviewer, editor, press representative, in public departments of international communication and in publishing houses and/or for entry into a master’s programme. The students acquire proficiency in Estonian and foreign languages, social competence, skills for information retrieval and processing, knowledge of social processes, etc.

It includes four weeks of professional placement where the students apply their knowledge of reviewing, information retrieval and processing and writing and editing.

General subjects 
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS
Focus subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
Information resources and copyright 5 ECTS
Major
Writing skills in English 3 ECTS
Writing skills in German 3 ECTS
Writing skills in Russian 3 ECTS
Estonian - Information analysis and abstracts 5 ECTS
Special course - Information management in organisation 4 ECTS

Finnish Philology

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS

English Philology

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS
Major
Progressive writing skills 4,5 ECTS
Critical reading 4 ECTS
Public speaking 5 ECTS

French Philology

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS
Major
Public speaking 4,5 ECTS
Writing skills 3 ECTS

German Philology

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS

Russian Philology

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS
Major
Public speaking 3 ECTS

Russian Language as a Foreign Language

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS
Major
Public speaking 3 ECTS
Critical reading 4 ECTS

Journalism

General subjects 
Basics of research 3 ECTS
General subjects - interdisciplinary electives
Oral and written communication 4 ECTS
Information retrieval and methods 4 ECTS
Computer aided information processing 4 ECTS
Major
Public speaking 3 ECTS
Journalistic ethics and copyright 6 ECTS