ENGLISH VI - BUSINESS TERMINOLOGY

(Department of Business Administration)

PROVISIONAL 12-WEEK SYLLABUS

Delivered by Dr Fotios Karamitroglou / E-mail: karamitr@aueb.gr

Office Hours / Office Telephone Number: 210-8203419

PROVISIONS:

· 4 hours of teaching per week

· C2 English Language Competence

Week	Units / Topics
1	Introduction: Module Presentation / Terminology & Translation Issues
2	Unit 1.1: Macroeconomics [Extract from: Blanchard, Olivier. 2002. Macroeconomics. Prentice Hall] Unit 1.2: Financial Markets [Extract from: Giddy, Ian. 1994. Global Financial Markets. Houghton Mifflin]
3	Unit 1.11: Stock Exchange [Stock Exchange Review / Stock Outlook / Industrial Sectors] Unit 1.12: Announcements [Public Tender / Press Release / Financial Report]
4	Continued Unit 2.1: Financial Accounting [Extract from: Παπάς Αντώνης. 2002. Χρηματοοικονομική Λογιστική: Θεωρητικά & Πρακτικά Θέματα. Εκδόσεις Μπένου]
5	Unit 2.2: Tax Accounting [Extract from: Χέβας, Δημοσθένης. 2000. Ειδικά Λογιστικά & Φορολογικά Θέματα Εταιρειών. Εκδόσεις Οικονομικόν] Unit 2.3: Cost Accounting [Extract from: Βενιέρης Γ., Κοέν Σ., Κωλέτση Μ. 2005. Λογιστική Κόστους: Αρχές και Εφαρμογές. P.I. Publishing]
6	Unit 2.5: Financial Statements [1] & Auditor’s Report [Balance Sheet / Income Statement / Auditor’s Report] Unit 2.6: Financial Statements [2] & Accounting Principles [Cash Flow Statement / Significant Accounting Policies]
7	Continued Unit 4.1: Articles of Association [Certificate of Incorporation and Key Articles of Association]
8	Unit 4.2: Contractual Agreements [Sample Consultancy Contract – Key Points] Continued
9	Unit 3.1: Management [Extract from: Μπουραντάς Δημήτριος. 2002. Μάνατζμεντ: Θεωρητικό Υπόβαθρο, Σύγχρονες Πρακτικές. Εκδόσεις Μπένου] Unit 3.4: Human Resource Management [Extract from: Παπαλεξανδρή Α., Μπουραντάς Δ. 2003. Διοίκηση Ανθρωπίνων Πόρων. Εκδόσεις Μπένου]
10	Unit 3.5: Product Management [Extract from: Πανηγυράκης Γεώργιος. 1999. Στρατηγική Διοίκηση Επώνυμου Προϊόντος. Εκδόσεις Σταμούλη] Continued
11	Unit 5.1: Company Profile [1] [Corporate Social Responsibility and Targets] Unit 5.2: Company Profile [2] [History, Strategy and Corporate Values]
12	Unit 1.5: Mathematics [Extract from: De La Fuente, Angel. 2000. Mathematical Methods and Models for Economics. Cambridge University Press] Revision

COURSE MATERIAL:

· Karamitroglou, F. 2021. Essential Business Terminology for Native Speakers of Greek [Revised Edition]. Athens. Fedimos.

ASSESSMENT:

· 1 Final Exam, consisting of questions on terminology and translation drills (based on the material discussed in class).

OBJECTIVES:

Anchored on a set of texts from all fields of business for specialised vocabulary purposes, this module aims to familiarise students with essential terms and key-expressions used in professional and academic business writings. Through a series of carefully chosen extracts and ensuing terminological discussions, students learn to understand, decode and reproduce texts rich in dedicated business vocabulary. Clearly targeting prospective professionals and/or postgraduate students, this module is designed to unveil the phrasing and content of real-life material used in daily business circumstances and expose a range of basic terms that appear in academic textbooks. At the end of this module, students will be able to perform interlingual business tasks from/into English and Greek – as assigned by employers and dictated by the market – and attend business-related postgraduate courses in Greece or abroad with more ease and less linguistic hindrance.