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ECTS Course Catalogue

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The Faculty of Economic and Legal Sciences

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Course title: Process Management

Lecturer (s): Bartłomiej Suchodolski MA ECTS Credits: 6 Content:

1. Process approach to 2.

management. Identification of

3. business processes.

4. The process owners. Models and

5. The methodology for process design. process mapping.

6. Improving 7. Measurement of process results.

business processes.

8. Formulating goals and functional requirements for the

9. process. Calculation of process

10. Designing of information processes. cycles.

11. Production processes. 12. 13. Designing an organization based on processes.

Logistics processes.

14. Computer-aided process design and process management. Language: English Level: Postgraduate Duration: Textbooks:

45h

1. Business Process Change Management, Scheer A.W.,

Abolhassan F., Kirchmer M. (Eds.), Springer, 2003. 2. Business Process Management, Dumas M., Reichert M.,

Shan M.Ch. (Eds.), Springer, 2008. 3. Lehmann C.F., Strategy and Business Process Management,

Auerbach Publishers Inc., 2012. 4. Nelis J., Jeston J., Business Process Management, Taylor &

Francis Ltd, 2008. 5. Tucker M., Successful Process Management in a week,

Hodder & Stoughton General Division, 2000. Objectives:

The students understand the importance of process management, know economic processes and their structure. They learn basic models of business processes, become familiar with tools of the process design as well as monitoring and improving processes. They are able to use those tools for practical purposes in common situations in organizations. The students have the ability to develop and improve processes in organizations.

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Course title: Civil Service Ethics

Lecturer (s): Jerzy J. Kolarzowski Associate Professor ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

1. General questions of Ethics 2. Ethos - initiating and making of the ethos. Ethos as a component of ideology 3. Office - threats and challenges 4. Professionalism as the postulate seen from the perspective of high moral standards 5. Structures, models and international organizations versus ethical problems of management 6. Public administration in times of crisis

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

• Bossaert D, Demmke C (2005). Main Challenges in the Field of Ethics and Integrity in the EU Member States. Eur. Inst. Publ. Adm., • Chapman B (1959). The Profession of Government. The Public Service in Europe. London, Unwin University Books, • Easton D (1953). The Political System. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, • Gellner E (1996). Conditions of Liberty, Civil Society, and its Rivals. London. Penguin Books • Giddens A (1990). The Consequences of Modernity. Stanford University Press, • Hart H (1961). The Concept of Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press • Hondeghem, A., (1998) Introduction, In Ethics and Accountability in a Context of Governance and New Public Management, IIAS/EGPA, IOS Press: • Menzel, Donald (1998) “www.ethics.gov: Issues and Challenges Facing Public Managers

• Osborne David and Gaebler Ted., (1992) Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector., New York: Penguin Books.

” Public Administration Review, Washington: Sep/Oct.Vol.58,

Objectives:

The course should create the sensibility towards ethical problems in management

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Course title: Financial markets and instruments Lecturer (s): Artur Malinowski PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

Main definitions of the financial market Money markets The foreign exchange market Credit and deposit market Capital market Derivatives market

• The surrogates money markets: arts, gold, platinum, diamonds

• Intermediaries in the financial market Teaching methods: lecture, case study, homework based on financial analysis, students’ presentations

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60 h (30 lecture + 30 exercises) Textbooks:

• Peter L. Bernstein, "Capital Ideas Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street “

• Frederic Mishkin, “Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets’’

• Davide Hakes and Edward Gamber, Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets - Study Guide

Objectives:

− The students know objectives in the creation and management of the investment portfolio

− They learn an effective identification of investments and methods of their implementation

− They acquire skills necessary for capital allocation

− They have skills necessary for estimating the rate of return

They know methods for estimating the risk of the investment and its use in practice

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Course title:

Investment Portfolio Management

Lecturer (s): Artur Malinowski PhD ECTS Credits:

7

Content

• Main problems of the investment and investment • The

risk, resource of allocation

• investor,

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The choice of investments in the global market-choice in global investment,

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Portfolio Analysis - expected rate of return and risk of securities (measurement),

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Risk management of investment portfolios - principles of construction and diversification of the portfolio, taking into account short sales and risk propensity,

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Maximizing your assets and optimizing asset security - investments and methods of their financing, investing capital in stock products, investing capital outside the stock market, investing in real estate, Design and management of the investment portfolio-selection of instruments in the portfolio,

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Investment Strategies - Strategies for active and passive management, asset allocation strategies,

The viability of the portfolio of investments - indicators of the profitability of the portfolio, the analysis of the attributes, the profitability of the portfolio shares, profitability of the portfolio of bonds.

Language:

English

Level: Postgraduate Duration:

60 h

Textbooks:

• Benjamin Graham, „The Intelligent Investor’’ • William Bernstein, “The Four Pillars of Investing’’ • Leopold A. Bernstein, John J. Wild, “Analysis of Financial

Statements’’

Objectives:

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To know the creation and management of the investment portfolio

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To identify investments and the methods of their implementation effectively

• To acquire skills necessary for capital allocation

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To know methods for estimating the risk of the investment and its use in practice

To develop skills for estimating the rate of return

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Course title: Lecturer (s):

The Analysis and Valuation of Enterprise

Artur Malinowski PhD ECTS Credits:

5

Content

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The nature and scope of economic analysis.

• Tools of economic analysis

• Types of Financial Analysis

• Analysis of the balance sheet, and profit and loss account

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Calculation and evaluation of the financial performance of the core areas of the enterprise

Language: Enterprises valuation methods

English

Level: Postgraduate Duration:

45 h

Textbooks:

• Stephen Penman, „Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation’’

• Arthur E. Gimmy, Charles R. Baumbach, “The Analysis and Valuation of Health Care Enterprises’’

Objectives:

-to develop

basic skills of economic and financial analysis in market economy -to teach tools of economic and financial analysis -to understand the importance of various elements of financial statements -to assess the financial condition of a company on the basis of ratio analysis

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Course title: Analysis of Market and Competition Lecturer (s): Marzena Wójcik-Augustyniak, PhD ECTS Credits: 4 Content

Lectures: 1. Items of market analysis 2. Objectives and market analysis procedure 3. Secondary sources of market information 4. Primary sources of market information 5. Selected methods of a market analysis (increases, indexes) 6. Consumer analysis 7. Market segmentation and target market selection 8. Selected methods of the analysis of competition 9. Presentation of the study 10. Ethical aspects of a market and competition researches

Language: English Level: First - cycle Duration: 60 h Textbooks:

1. Bradley N., Marketing Research. Tools and Techniques, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010.

2. Aaker, D.A., McLoughlin, D., Strategic Market Management – Global Perspectives. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2010.

3. Kress G.J., Webb T., Snyder J., Forecasting and Market Analysis Techniques: A Practical Approach, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1994.

4. Industry Links, EUI – The Economist Intelligence Unit, EUROSTAT, CORDIS, Statistics at the OECD, ESOMAR).

5. Harvard Business Review. Objectives:

-to deepen the knowledge of the market and competition analysis, -to improve the students’ practical skills; to obtain information about the market and the competition of modern enterprises, -to master skills to carry out the analysis using selected methods of the market analysis, -to know the methods of analyzing the competitive position of a firm in the environment, -to provide the students with recent knowledge on the market analysis and competition of modern enterprises.

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Course title: Lecturer (s):

Quality Management Marcin Chrząścik MA

ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

• Quality issues • Philosophy of total quality management • Standardization, certification and integration of management

systems • Costs of quality • The review of popular and well-known quality management

standards • ISO 9001 standard in the organization

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60h (30+30) Textbooks:

1. Bemowski, K. (1995). "TQM: Flimsy Footing or Firm Foundation?," Quality Progress

2. Leach, L. P. (1996). "TQM, Reengineering, and the Edge of Chaos," Quality Progress

3. Walton, M. (1986). The Deming Management Method, Perigee Books, New York NY

4. Zultner, R. E. (1993). "TQM for Technical Teams," Communications of the ACM

Objectives:

The students should obtain knowledge in the field of quality management in organizations, know methods, techniques and tools of quality improvement in an organization. They also learn how to detect the conditions to initiate and carry out activities related to effective management of quality in logistics. They have ability to develop the quality management system of organizations. They reflect the attitude of cooperation and commitment to teamwork, share responsibility and carry out their roles, they can also present and justify their views.

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Course title: Lecturer (s):

Bases of management Marcin Chrząścik MA

ECTS Credits: 7 Content:

• Management science • Management of an organization • The essence of managerial work • Analysis of a decision-making process in an organization • Planning in organizations • Strategic management • Organizing of a company • Motivation in organizations • Monitoring and controlling of an organization

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 75h Textbooks:

1. Bolman, Lee G. and Terrence Deal. Leading With Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit. (Jossey-Bass Management) Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995 2. Drucker, Peter F. The Effective Executive. Harper Business, 1993 3. Jaworski, Joseph and Betty S. Flowers. Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998 4. Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Culture and Leadership. Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997

Objectives:

The students are able to recognize the conditions of effective management, initiate and carry out activities related to effective management of an organization. They also acquire knowledge of: - the operation and management of organizations, - principles of planning, organizing, motivating and control methods, and management tools of organizations. - analyzing the proposed solutions related to specific problems of management.

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Course title: Project Management Lecturer (s): Marek Szajczyk PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

• The nature of projects, • Technical skills required for project management

project management triangle

• The challenge of project management • The primary constraints project management • • Typical development phases of an engineering project

The Project Life Cycle

• Structured approach to project management • Methods of planning and managing project execution • Agile project management • • Project management standards

Project managers, project teams, work breakdown structure

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60 h Textbooks:

1) JR Turner:, The Handbook of Project-Based Management -, McGraw Hill, 1993.

2) 3)

R. Lewis: Project Management. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006 A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge,

PMI, 2010.

Objectives:

The students become familiar with planning, implementing and accounting of a project. After completion of the course the students know project management methods and their approaches. The students are prepared to manage projects: present the life cycle of a project and its different phases, build effectively functioning project teams; to determine risks and to deal with the crisis of the project; make a work plan for team members, to build a project schedule

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Course title: Production Management

Lecturer (s): Marek Szajczyk PhD ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

• Manufacturing systems • Process and Operations Management • Production structures • Productivity and Process Analysis • Compete through Operations • The Value Chain • Forecasting, Planning, Scheduling ,The Critical Path Method • Supply Chain Management • Purchasing and Inventory Management • Resource Planning • Modern

Language:

production equipment

English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

1. W.J. Stevenson. Operations Management by Eighth Edition,

Irwin / McGraw-Hill, 2005. 2. E. E. Adams Jr and D. J. Ebert, “Production and Operation

Management”, Prentice Hall of India, 1994

Objectives:

The students will have a fair understanding of a role Production Management plays in business processes. Emphasis is given both to familiarization of various production processes and service systems, and to the quantitative analysis of problems arising in the management of operations.

Course title: Corporate Finance Lecturer (s): Hanna Trojanowska, PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

The function of finance and the financial manager Goals of a firm NPV rule Capital budgeting under certainty Annuities and perpetuities Capital structure Cost of capital Multiples and leverage Adjusted present value

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 45 h Textbooks:

Corporate Finance, by S. Ross, R. Westerfield and J. Jaffe, 7th edition

Objectives:

The students are able to analyze critically corporate decisions from a financial perspective.

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Course title: e-logistics Lecturer (s): Tomasz Stefaniuk MA ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

1. Modern ICT tools used in the logistics information flow process – Introduction

2. Internet tools used in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and virtual team working

3. Searching for logistics information (suppliers, manufacturers, logistics exchanges, trade, transport, services, auction portals).

4. Website as a tool of logistics information. The fundamentals of Web Design.

5. The functioning of the web sites (domains, hosting, updating pages).

6. Analysis and evaluation of projects

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks: 1. D. Bowersox , D. Closs , M. Cooper, Supply

Chain Logistics Management 4e, McGraw-Hill , 2012

2. Information Systems in Logistics and Transportation editor B. Tilanus, Pergamon Press, 1997

Objectives:

− To know information technology used in modern

− logistics To present possibilities of using modern Internet technologies in the realization of information

logistics processes

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Course title: Information processes in management Lecturer (s): Tomasz Stefaniuk MA ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

1. Opportunities, challenges and problems of the information society.

2. Information needs. 3. Sources of information. 4. Information flow analysis within the company. 5. Information Systems in modern organizations 6. Database Systems. Data warehouses. 7. Characteristics of paid and open sources tools supporting

management. 8. Dissemination of information - Internet and Intranet in a

company. 9. Enterprise informatization strategy 10. Information security management system in an

organization. 11. Information security risk analysis. 12. Outsourcing of information function in the enterprise. 13. The Information Process Management in virtual

organizations. 14. The analysis and discussion of created projects

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60h Textbooks:

1. Mckinney E., Kroenke D., Processes, Systems, and

Information, Prentice Hall, 2012

2. S. R. Magal, Essentials of Business Processes and

Information Systems, John Wiley & sons, 2009

Objectives:

- To familiarize the students with the nature of information processes in modern management with special attention to processes of collecting, analyzing, storing

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and transmitting information. To present the possibility of using basic methods / tools/ used in information processes

- in a company.

To familiarize the students with problems of information security in the twenty-first century organizations

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To present current trends and IT solutions used in innovative

organizations

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Course title: IT in management Lecturer (s): Tomasz Stefaniuk MA ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

1. Information technology in business management

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– introduction Getting Started with CDN Optima

3. system

CDN Optima system registers cash / 4.

bank The CDN Optima HR-payroll module

5. part 1

The CDN Optima HR-payroll module 6.

part 2 The CDN Optima HR-payroll module

7. part 3

The CDN Optima Invoice Module and Storage Part 18.

. The CDN Optima Invoice Module and Storage Part 2

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CDN Optima System Tax Book 1 tax book10.

. CDN Optima System Module Tax Book Part 2

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Project Management - MS Project. scheduling 12.

tasks Project Management - MS Project.

13. resource planning

Project Management - MS Project. 14.

analysis of the project Project Management - MS Project. Presentation and

implementation of the project

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60h Textbooks:

1. The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems:

Critical Perspectives and New Directions.

2. J. Laudon, Management Information Systems,

Prentice Hall, 2003

Edited by R. D Galliers

and W. Currie, Oxford University Press, 2011

3. Documentation and help files of Comarch Optima

programs

Objectives:

- To familiarize the students with the role of information technology in modern

- organizations

To present possibilities of modern information technology in business management with a special focus

α. on:

β. Human Resource Management

χ. Finance and accounting Sales and

δ. magazine

Project Management

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Course title: Public Finance (in Poland)

Lecturer (s): Anna Świrska, PhD

ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

1. The concept of public finances in Poland. 2. Legal basis for the public finance system and the state

budget. 3. Public funds and their sources. 4. Methods of budget planning. 5. Budget deficit and public debt. 6. Legal basis for public financial management at local

government level. 7. Local government financial management (budget, the concept

of income and expenditure, deficit and debt, for example, municipalities).

8. Control and supervision of local government finances. 9. Sources of income in local government units: own and others

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

M. Podstawka, Finanse, PWN 2010 2. W. Ziółkowska, Finanse publiczne. Teoria i zastosowanie,

Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa, Poznań 2012 3. S.N. Chand, Public Finance, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2008

Objectives:

1. To present the financial system of the state and local government units.

2. To introduce basic financial terms: income, revenues, expenditures and state budget planning

3. To introduce basic organizational and legal forms of public sector entities

4. To present the fundamentals of the budget deficit and public debt

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Course title: Economics I (Microeconomics)

Lecturer (s): Anna Świrska, PhD

ECTS Credits: 8 Content:

1. Economics as a discipline of knowledge. 2. Basic concepts and economic problems. 3. Microanalysis of the market: demand, supply, price. The law

of supply and demand. Determinants of supply and demand. The market mechanism.

4. Elasticity of demand and supply. 5. Decisions of households. 6. Decisions of the producer. 7. Production costs in economics. 8. Market structures - market models. 9. The effectiveness of management of companies in different

market structures. 10. Basic terms of economic aggregation in macro scale; GDP. 11. Labour market and unemployment - basic concepts 12. Inflation and its consequences. The role of the state in

economy.

Language: English

Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 90h Textbooks:

1. D.Begg, S. Fisher, R. Dornbusch, Economics, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008

2. Lipsey & Chrystal, Economics, 11th

edition, Oxford Press, 2007

Objectives:

1. To teach basic theories and economic terms. 2. To understand the principles of the economic system and its basic subjects. 3.To develop the students' awareness concerning the impact of economic factors on management.

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Course title: Economics II (Macroeconomics)

Lecturer (s): Hanna Trojanowska PhD ECTS Credits: 6 Content:

Basic principles of macroeconomics from a market economic perspective An overview of the fundamental concepts of market economics How to measure national economic activity - GDP, unemployment and inflation. The business cycle, The classical-Keynesian debate The monetary system Money markets and fractional reserve banking International economics and theories of economic growth and development.

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60 h (30 lecture + 30 exercises) Textbooks:

Edvin Mansfeld, 'Principles of macroeconomics', Norton Company 1992

Objectives:

The purpose of the Macroeconomics course is to provide the students with theoretical as well as practical knowledge that enables them to thorough understanding of the principles of Macroeconomics which apply to the functions of individual decision makers within the larger economic system.

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Course title: Packaging in Logistic Systems Lecturer (s): Katarzyna Wąsowska, PhD ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

- Packaging - definitions, functions and classification - Modern packaging requirements - Characteristic features of basic types of packaging - Understanding packaging labels - Labeling of packages for the purpose of numerical identification - Coordination and package dimension system

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

1. Zanjirani Farahani R., Rezapour S., (2011), Logistics operations and management.

Objectives:

The importance and the role of packages in logistic.

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Course title: Inventory management and material flow Lecturer (s): Katarzyna Wąsowska PhD ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

- Inventory in logistic management - Inventory in logistic system - Cost of inventory - Fundamental decisions regarding inventory management - Logistic subsystem rates - storage and storehouse - Models - strategies of inventory development - Logistic centers - Inventory in supply and distribution - Functional classification of inventories - Classification of inventory - Economic aspects of inventory management - Method of same-size orders at constant and stable demand - Method of same-size orders at unstable (undetermined) demand - Automation and mechanization of storage - Selected aspects related to inventory management

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

1. Waters D., (2003), Inventory control and management 2. Viale J.D., (1996), Basics of Inventory Management: From Warehouse to Distribution Center. 3. Piasecki J.D., (2003), Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology. 4.Muller M., (2003), Essentials of Inventory Management.

Objectives:

The students will know the role of management in goods storage. They will also get familiar with the organization of goods storage and the flow of materials

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Course title: Setting up and Functioning of SMEs Lecturer (s): Marzena Wójcik-Augustyniak PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

Lectures: 1. The nature and scope of the enterprise functioning 2. Goals and mission of a company 3. Typology of enterprises 4. The risk in business 5. The essence of entrepreneurship 6. Functions and models of entrepreneurships 7. Policy making business 8. Financing of the business 9. Restructuring as a way of overcoming the problems of enterprises

development Language: English Level: First - cycle Duration: 60h Textbooks:

1. Krueger D., Strategic Management and Management by Objectives, Small Business Advancement National Center, 1994.

2. Drucker P., Managing in a Time of Great Change, New York: Truman Talley Books/Dutton, 1995.

3. Shane S., A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: the Individual-Opportunity Nexus, Edward Elgar, 2003.

4. Lundström A., Stevenson L., Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice, Springer, 2005.

5. Longenecker J.G.; Moore C.W., Petty J.W., Palich L.E., (Casebound). Small business management: launching and growing entrepreneurial ventures. Cengage Learning 2008.

6. Harvard Business Review. Objectives:

-to acquire the knowledge about creating business -to introduce basic principles of being entrepreneurial -to present modern methods of firm management -to learn entrepreneurial attitudes and activity -to direct the students to self-deepening their knowledge, improving study skills -to master the ability to associate facts derived from practical activities of an organization through the work on the case studies in the connotation to the literature on the subject

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Course title: Strategic Management Lecturer (s): Marzena Wójcik-Augustyniak, PhD ECTS Credits: 7 Content:

Lectures / classes 1. Basic ideas connected with strategic management 2. Phases of strategic management process 3. Elements of enterprises’ environment 4. Strategic analysis 5. Strategic analysis and planning methods 6. Formulating corporate strategies 7. Competitive strategies 8. Types of functional strategies 9. Alliance strategies 10. Internationalization and globalization processes

Language: English

Level: Postgraduate Duration: 75h Textbooks:

1. Porter M.E., Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, The Free Press, New York 1998.

2. Porter, M.E., On Competition. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 1998.

3. Saloner G., Shepard A., Podolny J., Strategic Management, John Wiley &Sons, Inc., New York 2001.

4. McKeown M., The Strategy Book, FT Prentice Hall, 2012. 5. de Wit B., Meyer R., Strategy Process, Content and Context,

Thomson Learning 2008. 6. Welch J., Welch S., Winning, Harper Collin Publishers, 2005. 7. Harvard Business Review.

Objectives:

-to acquire knowledge about the importance and rules of strategic management -to develop skills of formulating vision, mission and strategic goals of a contemporary enterprise -to introduce modern methods of strategic analysis -to direct the students to self-deepening their knowledge, improving study skills -to master the ability of associating facts derived from practical activities of an organization in the connotation to the literature on the subject through the work on the case studies

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Course title: International Financial Management

Lecturer (s): Jolanta Brodowska-Szewczuk, PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

The course is organized in three groups of problems. The first group concerns basic problems of exchange rate and the foreign exchange markets. The second part presents the balance of payment. In the third part the problems of the evolution and stability of the international monetary system are presented.

1. The Foreign Exchange Market. Notion and types of exchange rate. Exchange rate transactions.

2. The Balance of Payments Elasticity and Absorption Approaches to the Balance of Payments.

3. The Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments. Modern Models of Exchange Rate Determination.

4. Currency Derivatives: Futures, Options and Swaps.

5. The International Monetary System.

6. International Policy Coordination; International Debt Crises.

Language: English

Level: Postgraduate Duration: 45h Textbooks:

Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz, „International Economics”, Prentice Hall, 9 edition, 2011; Keith Pilbeam, „International Finance”, Palgrave Macmillan; 3rd edition, 2005; Keith Pilbeam, „Finance and Finance Markets”, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005;

Objectives:

Students will be able to recognize the main notions, theories, mechanisms and instruments of exchange rate, balance of payments and international monetary system.

Student will be able to understand and analyse the international financial statistics of exchange rate, balance of payments account and explain the structure and evolution of the international monetary system.

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Course title: Business Ethics

Lecturer (s): Grażyna O’Sullivan, PhD

ECTS Credits: 4

Content:

The area of ethics. Values and moral principles. Ethics as an element in organizational culture. Conflicts of values in the process of managements. Ethical aspects of globalization. Ethical aspects of marketing, capital markets and competition. Business ethics as a scientific research on the possibility of combining moral standards with the strategic interests of an organization. CSR as one of the most important concepts of business ethics. From CSR to SR the enlargement of concept to every organization. SR as a tool for sustainable development.

Language: English

Level: Postgraduate Duration: 30 Textbooks:

O. C. Ferrell, J. Fraedrich, L. Ferrell, Business Ethics. Ethical Decision Making and Cases, Houghton Mifflin Company, Biston New York 2008, G. O’Sullivan (ed.) Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Aspects of Business, Wydawnictwo Studio Emka, Warsaw 2010, J. Jackson, An introduction to Business Ethics, Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Oxford UK 1988, S. Benn, D. Bolton, Key Concepts in Corporate Social Responsibility, SAGE Publications Ltd, London 2011, No Scruples?, R. Cove (ed.), Spiro Press, London 2002

Objectives:

The main purpose of the course is to make students understand ethical principles and their meaning in business. The course should enable participants to assess ethical aspects of the performance of an organization and give them the ability to choose the right behaviour from the ethical point of view.

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Course title: Methodology of Scientific Research

Lecturer (s): Grażyna O’Sullivan, PhD ECTS Credits: 6 Content:

During the course students should acquire the skill of doing scientific research using various methods. They should also be able to select, analyze and interpret data.

Language: English

Level: Postgraduate Duration: 60 Textbooks:

E. Babbie, The Basics of Social Research, Wadsworth Publishing 2005, D. Silverman, Doing Qualitative Research, Sage, Thousand Oaks, Cal. 1999, L. Lyberg (ed.), Survey Measurement and Process Quality, Wiley, New York 1996

Objectives:

What is science? (Traditional and scientific research, theories of truth the role of scientific authority).

- Paradigms, characteristics of social research (macro and micro-theories, the paradigm of conflict, etnomethodology, structural functionalism, characteristics of inductive and deductive theories, relations between theory and research)

- Process of research ( purpose and problem of research, hypothesis, planning a research project, choosing appropriate methods, collecting, analyzing and interpreting data, implementation of results).

- Measuring results (methods). - Experiment (types of experiments: classical, held in an organization or in a laboratory, ethical aspects of experiments). - Questionnaires. - Qualitative research.

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Course title: Organizational Behaviour

Lecturer (s): Grażyna O’Sullivan, PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

Shaping organizational behaviour. Individual values and attitudes versus organizational culture. Formal and informal groups and their interactions. The meaning of communication systems. The concept of empowerment. Conflicts and ways of solving them. Answering the needs of stakeholders. Managing changes. Effective motivating (the Carrot Principle). Multicultural organizations.

Language: English

Level: Undergraduate Duration: 75h Textbooks:

Paul Hersey (at al.), Management of Organizational Behavior, Pearson International Edition 2010, R. E. Hess, Studies in Empowerment, Haworth Press 1984, A. Gostic, Ch. Elton, The Carrot Principle, Simon&Schuster UK Ltd 2009

Objectives:

During the course the students should obtain knowledge concerning the issue of shaping desirable attitudes of employees towards work, cooperation and reaching organizational goals. The course underlines the meaning of problem solving, effective motivation, communication and performing in turbulent and often multicultural environment.

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Course title: Philosophy

Lecturer (s): Grażyna O’Sullivan, PhD ECTS Credits: 1 Content:

1. What is philosophy?

2. Early philosophical schools (Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Parmenides).

3. Ancient atomism and pluralism (Democritus, Empedocles).

4. The sophists and Socrates.

5. The Academy and Plato.

6. Systematic approach of Aristotle.

7. Philosophical schools in III BC.

8. Christianity and philosophy (St Augustine and St Thomas).

9. The new humanism and Rene Descartes.

10. The philosophy of the 17th

11. John Locke and empiricism.

century (Spinoza, Leibniz, Pascal).

12. French philosophy in the 18th

13. The age of reason and Immanuel Kant.

century.

14. German idealism of the 19th

15. Chosen philosophical trends of the 20

century. th

Language:

century.

English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

R. Audi (ed), The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press 1999, R. Osborne, Phgilosophy for Beginners, Writers and Readers Publishing, London 1992, R. Popkin, A. Stroll, Philosophy Made Simple, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1993, O. Leaman (ed.), The Future of Philosophy, Routledge, London, New York 2003

Objectives:

The main objective of the course is to make students acquaint with the basic philosophical knowledge. They should also improve their ability of critical and holistic thinking.

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Course title: Theory of Organization

Lecturer (s): Grażyna O’Sullivan, PhD ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

Definitions of organization. Evolution of the theories of an organization (from Taylor to Senge). Organizational structure and its attributes. Types of organization. Entrepreneurship. Power in an organization. Forms of ownership. Life cycle and change in an organization. Environment of an organization. Types of capital in an organization. Social responsibility of an organization. Competition and cooperation of organizations. Innovation and risk. Organization in the future.

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 45h Textbooks:

R. Daft, Organization Theory and Design, South- Western College Publishing, Mason 2001, R. Daft, Business organization, South-Western College Publishing, Mason 2004, P. Senge, The Fifth Discipline, Doubleday 1990

Objectives:

The purpose of the course is to create a base for further business studying. It introduces all main issues concerning organization, provides students with the general knowledge enabling them to understand the functioning of an enterprise and apply principles of management and organizational behaviour.

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Course title: Intellectual Capital Management Lecturer (s): Mariusz Cielmęcki MA ECTS Credits: 5 Content: Knowledge economy. Main competitive factors of contemporary

organizations. Hierarchy of knowledge. Tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge. The conversion of knowledge. The strategy of codification and personalization of knowledge. The comparison of tangible and intangible assets. The components of intellectual capital. Business stakeholders. Methods of intellectual capital survey. Market-value to book-value indicator. Q-Tobin indicator. CIV (Calculated Intangible Value) method. KCE (Knowledge Capital Earnings) method. VAIC (Value Added Intellectual Coefficiency) method. EVA (Economic Value Added) method. The Scandia Navigator. The Value Platform. Intellectual capital reporting.

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 60 Textbooks:

L. Edvinsson, M. Malone, Intellectual Capital, HarperCollins, 1997 A. Brooking, Intellectual Capital, International Thomas Business Press, 1998 D.A. Klein, Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital, Routledge, 2012 P. Wachowiak (red.), Pomiar kapitału intelektualnego, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, 2005

Objectives: To deepen the knowledge of intellectual capital management.

To learn methods of measuring intellectual capital.

To know the analysis and measurement of intellectual capital.

To develop skills of integral approach to the measurement of intellectual capital in the perspective of stakeholders.

To know ways of intellectual capital reporting

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Course title: Customer relationship management (CRM) Lecturer (s): Wioletta Wereda, PhD

ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

• Relationship marketing and modern marketing. • Sales environment – general overview. • Customer relationship management (CRM)– general

specification. • Customer relationship management (CRM)- elements and

examples. • Loyalty programmes – general overview and examples. • Advantages and disadvantages of customer service. • The Mystery Shopping Method – the practical case.

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

1. D. Jobber, G. Lancaster (2009) Selling and Sales Management, Prentice Hall FT, Harlow, pp. 569. 2. J. Diche (2001) The CRM Handbook: A Business Guide to

Customer Relationship Management, Addison-Wesley Professional, pp.336.

3.F. Buttle (2008) Customer Relationship Management. Second edition, Taylor & Francis,pp.522.

Objectives:

- To obtain basic knowledge and competences about the role of a client in the modern world.

- To develop critical thinking skills with the focus on the role of clients` values as a part of an organization marketing strategy; relationship marketing and customer relationship management; cycles of a client’s life on the market; and the students’ personal selling strengths

- To obtain basic knowledge about customers’ needs, care and service in modern times.

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Course title: Project management

Lecturer (s): Wioletta Wereda, PhD

ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

- Introduction to Project Management. - The Project Management Life Cycle. - Building high-performance project team. - Setting Up for Success of Project. - Project Risk Management. - Project plans and schedule. - Project budget. - Project tracking, control and reports. - Change and quality management in project. - Project Management routemap.

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

1. E. Verzuh (ed.), The portable MBA in Project Management, 2003, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, pp. 435. 2. Mantel, Meredith, Shafer, and Sutton, Core Concepts: Project Management in Practice, 2005, Wiley and Sons, Inc.,. Hoboken, New Jersey. 3. J. Ferraro, The strategic project leader, 2006, Auerbach Publications Taylor&Francis Group, New York, pp. 330.

Objectives: After successful completion of this module students should be able

to:

• Explain decision - making phases in Project Management and a project manager's role in each phase.

• List and discuss basic project success criteria and common reasons for project failure.

• Recognize and discuss elements of Risk Management. • Lead a project (primary audience) or serve on a project team

(secondary audience). • Analyze the risk management process cycle within a

company. • Identify how the use of a project team contributes to the

success of a project. Improve ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

• Work in teams. • Work effectively as project managers

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Course title: Sales management and customer service Lecturer (s): Wioletta Wereda, PhD

ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

- 21st century sales force and sales perspective. - Sales environment – general overview. - Sales techniques – general specification. - Sales management - description of functions and general

overview. - Sales managers – challenges for the 21st century - Advantages and disadvantages of customer service. - Personality Assessment Project in the sales activity.

Language: English

Level: First - cycle Duration: 30h Textbooks:

1. Tanner, Honeycutt & Erffmeyer (2009) Sales Management: Shaping Future Sales Leaders, Pearson. 2. W. M. Thomas (2008) The Sales Manager’s Success Manual, American Management Association, New York. 3. Various Harvard Business Review, Harvard Management Update

Objectives:

• To obtain basic knowledge and competences about sales manager’s job.

• To develop critical thinking skills with the focus on the role of personal selling as a part of an organization marketing strategy; sales force organization; international sales techniques; the recruitment, selection, and deployment of salespeople; sales training; motivating and rewarding salespeople; evaluation of sales effectiveness/performance; global selling information; the students’ and personal selling strengths

• To obtain basic knowledge about customers’ needs, care and service in modern times.

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Course title: Human Resource Management

Lecturer: Grażyna O’Sullivan, PhD

ECTS credits: 5

Hours: 60 h

Language: English

Level: First - cycle

Content: Definitions of HRM. HRM and competitive advantage of an organization. Principles of recruitment and attracting High Potential. Personality theories. The process of learning in an organization. The importance of employees development. Theories of motivation. The carrot principle. HR planning. Evaluating work (quantitative and qualitative methods).

Textbooks: J. Bratton, J. Gold, Human Resource Management. Theory and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2003. G. O’Sullivan (ed.), Human Resources. Their Use and Development, Wydawnictwo Studio Emka, Warsaw 2012, G. O’Sullivan (ed.), Strategic Management and Knowledge Management. How to Use Intellectual Potential of Employees to Create an Open to Change Organization, Wydawnictwo Studio Emka, Warsaw 2011, QA. Gostick, Ch. Elton,The Orange Revolution. How one Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization, Free Press, New York 2010

Objectives: The main purpose of the course is to provide the students with general knowledge concerning HR, its understanding and importance for modern organization where human resources are the most valuable resources of all.

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Course title: Introduction into Polish Criminal Law Lecturer (s): Karol Pachnik PhD ECTS Credits: 4 Content During the classes on Introduction to Polish Criminal Law the following subjects will be analysed and discussed: I. Historical Background 1. The Period between the Two Word Wars ( 1918 – 1939) 2. The Period 1944 -1989 II. The Penal Code of Democratic Poland 1. Conceptual Foundations of the 1997 Criminal Code 2. The General Principles of Liability a. The Principle of Legality b. Age limits c. The Principles of Culpability d. Forms of Committing Offences e. Circumstances Excluding Liability 3. Responses to crime a. Punishments b. Penal Measures 4. Sentencing Principles 5. Sentencing Practices 6. Specific crimes. III. Dealing with juveniles offenders In Poland– law of treatment of juveniles from 1982 IV. The liability of Legal Persons. Language : English. Duration: semester, 45 h Textbooks: A. Szwarc Criminal Law (w:) Handbook of polish law, pod red. W. Dajczak, A. J. Szwarc, P. Wiliński, Warszawa-Bielsko-Biała 2011, Objectives: The students will get basic knowledge about Polish Criminal Law.

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Course title: Introduction to Polish Administrative Proceedings Lecturer (s): Karol Pachnik PhD ECTS Credits: 6 Content Polish Administrative Procedure. Judicial Control of Legality of Administrative Actions. Right to Good Administration in the EU – The European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour. Language: English. Duration: semester, 60 h Textbooks: Administrative A. Skoczylas Proceedings and Judicial Review of Administration(w:) Handbook of polish law, pod red. W. Dajczak, A. J. Szwarc, P. Wiliński, Warszawa-Bielsko-Biała 2011, M. Możdzen-Marcinkowski, Introduction to polish Administrative Law, Warszawa 2009 Objectives: The students will get basic knowledge about Polish Administrative Proceedings.

The Faculty of Economic and Legal Sciences of Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities is one of the fastest developing faculty of the University. It was founded on 1st September 2000 and until September 2012 called the Faculty of Management. It consists of Department of Administration, Government and Law and Department of Management and Marketing.

The Faculty is involved in numerous research projects especially those focused on contemporary challenges regarding management and logistics, regional development, management of the environment and institutional aspects of the environmental management.

Our mission is to prepare young people for competent functioning in the dynamically changing environment. We endeavour to provide our graduates with knowledge, skills and abilities to diagnose, understand and solve problems in the fields of administration, logistics and management. Consequently, we offer our students three study programmes of administration (the first and the second - cycle studies), logistics (the first - cycle studies) and management (the first and the second - cycle studies).

Additionally, the Faculty runs five post-diploma study programmes: “Strategic Management of Personnel”, “New Forms of Advertising”, “Civil Service in Public Administration and Regional and Local Development”, “Administration and Public Finance” and “Post diploma studies in internal auditing and accounting.

Students of the Faculty can broaden their interests in three scientific circles: the Association of Administration, the Association of Economists and the Association of Managers called “Top Manager”. Members of those mentioned above participate in seminars and scientific conferences in Poland and abroad. Since 2007 the students of “Top Management” have co-organized the League of Business Managers (LMB) which is a highly regarded management competition.

The Faculty of Economic and Legal Sciences issues a scientific quarterly journal called “Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego - Seria Administracja i Zarządzanie”. It is also worth mentioning that many lecturers of the Faculty have practical experience in collaborating with various companies, and are eager to share it both with students and foreign colleagues.

Studying in the Faculty of Economic and Legal Sciences can give foreign students an opportunity to realize their dreams and plans, and allows them to gain knowledge and skills together with stimulating personal development. On the other hand, visits of foreign lecturers can lead to enriching scientific collaboration and sharing experiences. For both groups we have prepared attractive offers: over thirty interesting courses in English for students and two unique international projects for lecturers.

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The Faculty of Natural Sciences

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Course title: Animal physiology

Lecturer (s): Małgorzata Witeska D.Sc., Katarzyna Ługowska Ph.D., Piotr Sarnowski Ph.D., Elżbieta Kondera Ph.D. Institute of Biology, Department of Animal Physiology

ECTS Credits: 6 Content:

Lectures Mechanisms of membrane transport and neuron function. Organization and function of nervous system: somatic and autonomic systems, synaptic transmission. Functions of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles – contraction mechanism, innervation and energetic metabolism of muscles. Respiration of aquatic and terrestrial animals – conditions of gas exchange and respiratory system structure, factors affecting the metabolic rate. Roles of nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins and minerals. Digestion: passage of food in the digestive tract and actions of digestive enzymes, roles of symbiotic microorganisms in monogastric animals and ruminants. The intestinal absorption – mechanisms of membrane nutrient transport. Hepatic metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids, and other liver functions. Osmoregulation in freshwater, marine and terrestrial animals. Functions of the nephron: glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion, mechanism of water resorption, hormonal regulation of the urine volume and concentration. The circulatory system: the mechanism of heart automaticity, hemodynamic cycle, the organization of circulatory systems in invertebrates and vertebrates, functions of blood vessels, microcirculation. Blood composition and functions: oxygen transport and hemoglobin, carbon dioxide transport, other transport and homeostatic functions of blood. The immune system of invertebrates and vertebrates, immune mechanisms: functions of cells and humoral factors. Endocrine regulation of physiological processes. The effect of temperature and thermoregulatory mechanisms in poikilotherms and homeotherms. Biological rhythms in animals. Laboratory Neural reflexes and senses in human. Reflexes in a frog (interactive movies): reactions to various stimuli, the relationship between reflex speed and stimulus strenght, distribution of receptors on body surface. Functions of skeletal muscles in a frog (interactive movies): the observation of single and tetanic contractions, and muscle fatigue. The effect of temperature measurement on oxygen consumption and ventilatory activity in fish. Evaluation of amylase effect on starch and glycogen under various conditions. Evaluation of pepsin and trypsin action on protein under various conditions. Analysis of urine composition – detection of various mineral and organic compounds. Observation of cardiac muscle functions (interactive movies): automaticity centers, effect of temperature and electrolytes. Analysis of blood composition: identification of blood cells and measurement of basic blood parameters. Evaluation of the effect of physical effort on physiological parameters in human.

Language English

Duration: 90 h (30 h – lecture, 60 h – laboratory) biology Textbooks:

1. Anderson M., Hill R., Wyse G. 2012. Animal Physiology. Sinauer Associates 2. Schmidt-Nielsen K. 1997. Animal Physiology – Adaptation and Environment. Cambridge University Press

Objectives:

Understanding basic physiological processes in animal organisms - evolutionary and adaptive approaches

Course title: Animal physiology

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Lecturer (s): Małgorzata Witeska D.Sc., Katarzyna Ługowska Ph.D., Piotr

Sarnowski Ph.D., Elżbieta Kondera Ph.D. Institute of Biology, Department of Animal Physiology

ECTS Credits: 6 Content:

Neuron functions – mechanisms of membrane transport and membrane potentials. Synaptic transmission. Organization and functions of somatic and autonomic nervous system. Neural reflex reaction. Functions of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle – mechanism of contraction, innervation, and energetic metabolism. Respiration in animals – gas exchange in aquatic and terrestrial environment, types and functions of respiratory organs, factors affecting metabolic rate. Nutrients and their functions in animal organisms. Food digestion: digestive enzymes and role of digestive system. Symbiotic microorganisms in digestive tract in monogastric animals and in ruminants. Mechanisms of intestinal nutrient absorption. Hepatic metabolism of nutrients and other liver functions. Osmoregulation in freshwater, marine and terrestrial animals. Functions of nephrons: glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion, water resorption in Henle loop. Organization and functions of circulatory system, exchange between blood and tissues – role of a capillary system. Composition and functions of blood. Mechanisms of hormonal control of physiological functions, endocrine system in mammals. Immune mechanisms in animals. Effects of environmental temperature and thermal regulation in poikilotherms and homeotherms.

Language: English

Duration: 45 h (15 h – lecture, 30 h – laboratory) animal husbandry and bioengineering of food production

Textbooks:

1. Anderson M., Hill R., Wyse G. 2012. Animal Physiology. Sinauer Associates 2. Schmidt-Nielsen K. 1997. Animal Physiology – Adaptation and Environment. Cambridge University Press

Objectives:

Understanding basic physiological processes in animal organisms - evolutionary and adaptive approaches

Course title: Fundamental concepts of animal nutrition and physiology of nutrition

Lecturer (s): Associate Professor Bogusław Olkowski ECTS Credits: 2 - agriculture

6 - animal husbandry 4 - bioengineering

Content:

The role of nutrition in animal production. Feed ingredients, their role and importance in nutrition. Chemical composition and standard analyses of feed. Anatomy and basic physiology of the gastrointestinal tract in farm animals. Basic physiology of digestion and absorption in ruminants and monogastric animals. Digestibility of nutrients, methods of its evaluation , and factors affecting the digestibility. Energetic metabolism in animals, the main systems of energy units. The biological value of protein and methods of its evaluation. Calculation of selected nutritional parameters and feed units. Characteristics of the main classes (roughage and concentrate) of feedstuff, and their suitability in animal nutrition. Antinutritional factors in feed and their impact on animals. Methods

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for food preservation and treatment. Principles of nutritional requirements and recommendations for farm animals. Basic rules in nutrition of major livestock species. The bases of preparation of feed rations and specific recipes of mixtures for selected groups of livestock. New trends in animal nutrition.

Language: English Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 30 h - agriculture

45 h - animal husbandry and bioengineering Textbooks:

Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding, 5th ed. 2005. Pond et al., Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ.

Objectives:

To familiarize the students with the importance of nutrition in successful maintenance and production of animal species. The students are expected to learn how to classify the major classes of nutrients, understand their chemical composition; identify their sources and functions in all aspects of nutritional requirements for animals; understand the mechanisms and factors that affect digestion, absorption, and utilization of nutrients; become familiar with the impact of nutrition on the production of main farm animals. The students are expected to acquire: basic knowledge on the methods of production, evaluation, and estimation of main nutritional parameters of feed and preservation techniques; understand the importance of feed and its use in farm livestock feeding; deepen the knowledge on nutritional requirements and recommendations for farm animal species and acquire basic skills in preparation of feed rations for selected groups of farm animals.

Course title: Fundamental concepts of standardization and certification of feedstuff raw materials

Lecturer (s): Associate Professor Bogusław Olkowski ECTS Credits: 5 - bioengineering

3 - animal husbandry Content:

The nature and objectives of standardization in food products. Properties of food that define the product quality and class grade. Basics of national and international standardization. Principles of international food standards; the role of various international agencies. The fundamentals and principles of grading the main raw food products of plant and animal origins. Standards for milk, meat, eggs, edible grain legume seeds, fruit, vegetables, and some processed food from these materials. Standardization of honey and edible fats. Standardization of eco-friendly and traditionally manufactured products. Inspection and certification of food products.

Language: English Level: First-cycle programme

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Duration: 40 h - bioengineering 45 h - animal husbandry

Textbooks:

National and international legislations and norms. Basic regulations for food standardization in the European Union and agencies in the other states. Directives and regulations - rules for implementing Council Regulation on

Objectives:

marketing standards of feedstuffs. Guidelines of WHO, FAO, Codex Alimentarius, and WTO; WTO agencies.

The student will be introduced into the concepts and principles of food quality requirements in the context of grading, quality control, and the development of main principles relevant to food standards. The students will become familiar with the national and international food/feed market and Codex Alimentarius standards, as well as the import/export standards. The student should be able to classify the grades of major food/feed material and selected products.

Course title: Meat science and basics of meat processing technology

Lecturer (s): PhD Zybert Andrzej, Associate Prof Krzęcio –Nieczyporuk Elżbieta, PhD Antosik Katarzyna, Full Prof. Koćwin-Podsiadła Maria -Chairmen

ECTS Credits: 4

Content:

Definitions of meat quality. Pork meat quality in Poland, UE countries and in the world. Segments of pork meat market. New trends in meat production of high quality pork for fresh meat consumption and for industrial cured and cooked meat and products. Slaughter of pigs – stunning, slaughter, carcass butchery. Post mortem changes in muscles and their conversion into meat. Determinants of pork meat quality. Meat quality defects and criteria of its estimation. Meat hygiene, spoilage and preservation of meat (chilling, heating). Basics of smoked and cured meat production. Packaging and distribution of meat and meat products. Functional additives in meat processing.

Language English

Duration: 40h

Textbooks:

Warris P.D. Meat Science: an introductory text. (2nd

Lawrie R.A.; Ledward D.A. Lawrie´s meat Sience (7

edition)CABI Publishing 2010

th

Improving the sensory and nutritional quality of fresh meat. Edited by Kerry J.P. and Ledward D. , CRC Press 2009

Edition) Woodhead Publishing 2006

Meat processing: improving quality. Edited by Kerry J.P.and Ledward D. , CRC Press 2002 Meat science and applications. Edited by Hui Y.H., Nip W.K., Rogers R. and Young O.A. , Marcel Dekker Inc. 2001. Handbook of meat and meat processing – Edited by Hui Y.H. CRC 2012.

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Objectives:

This course provides the students with recent knowledge concerning new trends in meat science, segments of pork market, quality demands of pork processors and the basics of meat processing technology. It also introduces students into the biochemical and physical changes during post mortem conversion of muscle into meat, meat quality defects and criteria of practical methods its estimation.

Course title: Technology of pork production

Lecturer (s): PhD Zybert Andrzej, Associated Prof. Krzęcio –Nieczyporuk Elżbieta, Full Prof. Koćwin-Podsiadła Maria - Chairmen

ECTS Credits: 3

Content:

The economic importance of pigs. Physiological traits of pigs with regard to present market requirements. Musculature, fatness and hot carcass weight requirements in Poland and other markets. Pig breeds in fattening. The influences of crossbreeding on carcass composition. Breeding programme design to include meat quality. Technologies of pork production. Environmental determinants of carcass and meat quality. Genetic determinants of carcass and meat quality. EUROP carcass grading system and estimation of carcass value.

Language of institution: English

Duration: 30h

Textbooks:

Improving the sensory and nutritional quality of fresh meat. Edited by Kerry J.P.and Ledward D. , CRC Press 2009 Lawrie R.A.; Ledward D.A. Lawrie´s meat Sience (7th

Wittemore´s Science and practice of pig production. (3

Edition) Woodhead Publishing 2006

rd

Objectives:

edition), edited by Wittemore C.T. and Kyriazakis I., Blackwell Publishing 2006.

The course introduces the students into the modern technologies of pork production regarding present market requirements concerning carcass and meat quality. It also provides students with practical knowledge enabling them to understand the influence of breeds (and crossbreeding) on production of fatteners, knowledge concerning breeding programmes and their impact on carcass and meat quality.

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Course title: The technology of food production in small ruminants Lecturer (s): Associate Professor Roman Niedziółka ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

The market of products in small ruminant (sheep, goat, alpaca, vicuña) and their importance for people, the introduction into into the most important directions of their production. Specificity of selective breeding in different types of production. Rules of selective breeding and techniques used in reproduction of small ruminants. Application of contemporary achievements in genetics of quantitative traits in breeding, and breeding programmes currently used in Polish sheep-farming. Genetic methods used to improve reproductiveness (sheep, goats). Elements of performance recording and usage of economically important traits in small ruminants. Technology of milk production in small ruminants (mainly sheep and goats) in different environmental conditions (small and large farms, hill grazing). Getting milk. Factors modifying the lactation process during different periods of sexual activity in sheep and goats. The chemical composition of milk in small ruminants. Sheep and goat milk as functional food. Preparing and using the milk for further processing. Fermented milk drinks, butter and whey. Production and characteristics of bunc, bryndza and oscypek cheese made from sheep milk. Goat milk products and their proprieties. Common mistakes made during the cottage and blue cheese production. Technology of meat production in small ruminants regarding production systems. Factors influencing the production level, slaughter value and chemical composition of meat. Application of small ruminants in the production of ecological food. Legal acts relating to lamb and goat meat market, sheep and goat milk, and their turnover in Poland and the European Union.

Language English

Duration: 28 h Textbooks:

Henreich L., Zeltner E. Cheese, butter, yoghurt, kefir.. MULTICO, 2009. Kędzior W. Sheep food products. PWE, Warsaw 2005. Litwinczuk A., Litwinczuk Z., Barłowska J,, Florek M. Animal material - opinion and usage. PWRiL, Warsaw 2004. Niżnikowski R. Farming, breeding and sheep use. The publishing house Village of Tomorrow, Warsaw 2011. The Patkowska - Sokola B. - 2000 - the Basis of breeding and the sheep farming. AR Wroclaw.

Objectives:

The students become familiar with the production technology, classification and usage of meat and milk in small ruminants. Additionally, production conditions, evaluation of milk and meat quality as the usage of processed products are stated.

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Course title: Meat science and basics of meat processing technology

Lecturer (s): PhD Zybert Andrzej, Associate Prof Krzęcio –Nieczyporuk Elżbieta, PhD Antosik Katarzyna, Full Prof. Koćwin-Podsiadła Maria -Chairmen

ECTS Credits: 4

Content:

Definitions of meat quality. Quality of pork meat in Poland, the UE countries and in the world. Segments of pork meat market. New trends in meat production of high quality pork for fresh meat consumption and for industrial cured and cooked meat and products. Slaughter of pigs – stunning, slaughter, carcass butchery. Post mortem changes in muscles and their conversion into meat. Determinants of pork meat quality. Meat quality defects and criteria of its estimation. Meat hygiene, spoilage and preservation of meat (chilling, heating). Basics of smoked and cured meat production. Packaging and distribution of meat and meat products. Functional additives in meat processing.

Language English

Duration: 40h

Textbooks:

Warris P.D. Meat Science: an introductory text. (2nd

Lawrie R.A.; Ledward D.A. Lawrie´s meat Sience (7

edition)CABI Publishing 2010

th

Improving the sensory and nutritional quality of fresh meat. Edited by Kerry J.P. and Ledward D. , CRC Press 2009

Edition) Woodhead Publishing 2006

Meat processing: improving quality. Edited by Kerry J.P.and Ledward D. , CRC Press 2002 Meat science and applications. Edited by Hui Y.H., Nip W.K., Rogers R. and Young O.A. , Marcel Dekker Inc. 2001. Handbook of meat and meat processing – Edited by Hui Y.H. CRC 2012.

Objectives:

This course provides the students with recent knowledge concerning new trends in meat science, segments of pork market, quality demands of pork processors and the basics of meat processing technology. It also introduces the students into biochemical and physical changes during post mortem conversion of muscles into meat, meat quality defects and criteria of practical methods of its estimation.

Course title: Technology of pork production

Lecturer (s): PhD Zybert Andrzej, Associated Prof. Krzęcio –Nieczyporuk Elżbieta, Full Prof. Koćwin-Podsiadła Maria - Chairmen

ECTS Credits: 3

Content:

The economic importance of pigs. Physiological traits of pigs with regard to present market requirements. Musculature, fatness and hot carcass weight requirements in Poland and other markets. Pig breeds in fattening. The influences of crossbreeding on carcass composition. Breeding programme design to include meat quality. Technologies of pork production. Environmental determinants of carcass and meat

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quality. Genetic determinants of carcass and meat quality. EUROP carcass grading system and estimation of carcass value.

Language of institution: English

Duration: 30h

Textbooks:

Improving the sensory and nutritional quality of fresh meat. Edited by Kerry J.P.and Ledward D. , CRC Press 2009 Lawrie R.A.; Ledward D.A. Lawrie´s meat Sience (7th

Wittemore´s Science and practice of pig production. (3

Edition) Woodhead Publishing 2006

rd

Objectives:

edition), edited by Wittemore C.T. and Kyriazakis I., Blackwell Publishing 2006.

The course introduces the students into the modern technologies of pork production regarding present market requirements concerning carcass and meat quality. It also provides students with practical knowledge enabling them to understand the influence of breeds (and crossbreeding) on production of fatteners, knowledge concerning breeding programmes and their impact on carcass and meat quality.

Course title: Endocrinology

Lecturer (s): Małgorzata Witeska D.Sc., Katarzyna Ługowska Ph.D., Piotr Sarnowski Ph.D., Elżbieta Kondera Ph.D. Institute of Biology, Department of Animal Physiology

ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

Lectures: Hormones: chemical structure, mechanisms of action and physiological control of secretion, types of hormonal receptors. Evolution of secretory cells, endocrine systems of invertebrates and vertebrates. Evolution of pineal gland, melatonin and its functions, factors affecting melatonin secretion. Hormonal control of metabolic rate, synthesis, regulation of secretion and function of thyroid hormones in lower and higher vertebrates, iodine metabolism, disturbances of thyroid function. Hormonal control of carbohydrate metabolism, regulation of insulin and glucagon secretion, mechanisms of action, and disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism. Hormonal regulation of appetite (orexigenic and anorexigenic hormones) and digestive activity. Hormonal control of osmotic balance and ion levels: action of vasopressin and aldosterone, regulation of plasma calcium level by calciotropic hormones. Sex hormones and their role in sex determination, sexual maturation, reproduction and other physiological functions. Neuro-hormonal background of stress reaction. Endocrine disruptors – environmental contaminants disturbing endocrine functions in animals. Laboratory: Experimental evaluation of the effects of thyroxin on aerobic metabolic rate and the rate of protein catabolism in fish. Evaluation of the effects of thyroxin on behavioral parameters of fish: locomotor and feeding activity, and ventilation rate. Evaluation of the effects of epinephrine and acetylcholine on peristaltic activity of intestine (interactive movie). Experimental valuation of the effects of epinephrine, insulin and stressors on plasma glucose level in fish. Experimental evaluation of plasma glucose dynamics in human – glucose curve. Evaluation of the effects of epinephrine and acetylcholine on amphibian heart beat (interactive movie). Evaluation of the effect of epinephrine on erythrocyte volume in vitro. Evaluation of the effect of cortisol on leukocyte count in fish. Histological view of

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endocrine glands. Language English

Duration: 45 h (15 h – lecture, 30 h – laboratory) Textbooks:

1.Gardner D. G., Shoback D. 2007. Greenspan’s Basic: Clinical Endocrinology. McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. 2.Nussey S., Whitehead S. 2001. Endocrinology. An integrated approach. Oxford Bios Scientific Publishers

Objectives:

Presentation of endocrinology principles: mechanisms of hormonal regulation of physiological functions in animals, factors affecting hormone secretion, and function of selected endocrine glands in evolutionary approach.

Course title: Hematology

Lecturer (s): Małgorzata Witeska D.Sc., Katarzyna Ługowska Ph.D., Elżbieta Kondera Ph.D. Institute of Biology, Department of Animal Physiology

ECTS Credits: 5

Lectures Evolution of hematopoietic system in vertebrates. Hematopoietic function of bone marrow. Hematopietic stem cells. Erythropoiesis in lower and higher vertebrates. Chemical composition of erythrocytes, evolution, structure, function and properties of hemoglobin. Serology of blood groups. Erythrocyte morphology in various vertebrates, criteria of morphological evaluation of erythrocytes – structural anomalies as an indicator of physiological disturbances. Hemolysis. Sampling and storage of blood for analyses, use of anticoagulants. Hematological parameters (Ht, Hb, RBC, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Lt, WBC, PLT, PDW, erythrocyte osmotic resistance, metabolic activity of phagocytes, lymphocyte viability, differential count of erythrocytes and leukocytes) – methods of measurement, and reference values for various animals. Leukopoiesis: granulopoiesis, monocytopoiesis, and lymphopoiesis. Immune functions of granulocytes, monocytes and lymphocytes, their morphology and count in various animals. Mechanisms of immune response: non-specific and specific, cellular and humoral, phylogenesis and function of antibodies. Thrombocytes and thrombopoiesis, function of thrombocytes – the role of thrombocytes in immune response and blood clotting. Morphology of thrombocytes in various vertebrates. Blood and hematopoietic system diseases: anemia, leukemia, and clotting disorders. Blood donation and use of blood products. Hematopoietic transplantations. The effect of stress on hematologic and immune parameters. Blood donation and blood therapeutics. Laboratory Measurement of basic red blood parameters (Ht, RBC, Hb, MCV, MCH, MCHC). Evaluation of the effect of stress on fish red blood system. Evaluation of erythrocyte osmotic resistance, and the effect of EDTA and stress on its values. Making and staining of the blood smear. Cytological evaluation of erythrocytes – identification of mature, immature and abnormal cells. Evaluation of the effects of stress on fish erythrocyte differential count. Comparison between erythrocyte morphology, size and anizocytosis level in various vertebrates. Identification and calculation of leukocyte differential count in various vertebrates. Evaluation of differential erythrocyte count in healthy and diseased humans. Comparison between leukocyte differential count in newborn and adult human. Evaluation of the effect of stress on leukocyte parameters. Measurement of oxidative metabolic activity of phagocytes. Lymphocyte isolation and evaluation of their viability. Evaluation of the effects of stress on

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plasma glucose level. Language English

Duration: 60 h (10 h – lecture, 45 h – laboratory) Textbooks:

1. Hoffbrand A.V., Moss P.A.H. 2011. Essential hematology. Wiley-Blackwell 2.Weiss D.J, Wardrop K.J. 2011. Schalm’s Veterinary hematology. John Wiley & Sons

Objectives:

Comparative presentation of blood composition, hematopoiesis, blood cell structure and functions in various vertebrates, and an overview of selected hematological disturbances

Course title: Sheep breeding Lecturer (s): Associate Professor Roman Niedziółka ECTS Credits: 5 Content:

The Origin of sheep and their domestication. Main directions of sheep-farming development. The geographical distribution in the world and in Poland. The current situation in Polish sheep-farming and perspectives of its development. Economic conditions and geography of production concerning basic sheep products. The basic information about wool as a specific product of sheep breeding. Various applications of sheepskin in clothing. Milk performance in sheep and basic information on sheep milk processing. Sheep meat performance. The classification and turnover of sheep; production cycles in a sheep shed. Industrial technologies of mutton production with special regard to modern techniques of sheep reproduction. Some aspects of intensification sheep production. The basic elements of feeding and an economics view to fodder production in relation to biological proprieties of sheep. The pasture management with regard to sheep needs. Breeding use of sheep. Reproduction performance in sheep; physiological aspects. Genetic improvement of sheep reproduction. Infertility in sheep. Improvement of sheep breeding; new technologies used in reproduction. The elements of performance recording necessary for the selective breeding in sheep. Inheritance of economically important traits. The improvement of sheep by selection and crossbreeding. Breeding programmes currently used in Polish sheep-farming and in some countries in the world. Sheep building and technical equipment in sheep production. The basic elements of economics in sheep production, calculation of the production, sheep farm inputs and its financial results. Technical equipment regarding different types of sheep production. Caring and veterinary preventive treatment.

Language of institution: English Duration: 45 h Textbooks:

Bednarski the W., Repsa the A. - 2003 - The Biotechnology of food. WNT Warsaw.Henreich L., Zeltner E. Cheese, butter, yoghurt, kefir. MULTICO, 2009. Kędzior W. Sheep food products. PWE, Warsaw 2005. Litwinczuk A., Litwinczuk Z., Barłowska J,, Florek M. Animal material - opinion and usage. PWRiL, Warsaw 2004. Niżnikowski R. Farming, breeding and sheep use. The publishing house Village of Tomorrow, Warsaw 2011. Patkowska - Sokola B. - 2000 - the Basis of breeding and the sheep farming. AR Wroclaw. Strzeżek J. - 2007 - Biology of the animals' reproduction. UWM Olsztyn. Szeliga W, Kałuża H., Pieniak-Lendzion K., Niedziółka R, 1999: Chosen aspects connected with breeding, sheep and goats farming. AP Siedlce.

Objectives:

The aim of the sheep management course is to acquaint students with the biology of the species and the basic information concerning sheep-farming and the organization of sheep production. Consequently, the knowledge should enable students to perform

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tasks directly in the production and further improve their professional skills.

Course title Economics of food production ECTS Credits 3 Iwona Soczewka PhD Content • the importance of economics of

• food production

the position of food production enterprises in the national economy and

• the rules of their management

main factors •

of food production categories

• of production

the organizational structure of production •

on a farm cost and profitability of

• plant and animal production

calculation of •

food producers’ income production process

• in food companies

types and forms of •

production management organization

• of the production process in food industry

technical and economic analyse of food industry

Language companies

English Duration 3rd year, 6th

Textbooks semester of Food Engineering

1. Urban S., Szlachta K., 2000: Ekonomika i organizacja handlu żywnością. Wyd. AE Wrocław

2. Fereniec J.,1999: Ekonomika i organizacja rolnictwa. Key Text, Warszawa

3. Duraj J. 2000. Podstawy ekonomiki przedsiębiorstwa. PWE, Warszawa.

4. Goraj L., Mańko S., 2009: Rachunkowość i analiza ekonomiczna w indywidualnym gospodarstwie rolnym. Difin, Warszawa

Objectives • to familiarize the students with basic concepts of economics of

• food production

to introduce the methods of calculating the categories of production,

• costs and revenue

to acquaint students with the functioning of various of market segment made by

food business operators

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Course title Organization and agricultural economics ECTS Credits 5 Iwona Soczewka PhD Content Famous agricultural economists

The position of agriculture in the national economy. Social functions of agriculture and the new balance and the position of Polish agriculture compared to selected EU countries. The organization of an agricultural farm. Factors of production in agriculture. Types of production management. Costs, expenditure and profitability of agricultural production. Revenue in agriculture and methods of their calculation Calculations in agriculture Farm economic calculations Efficiency indicators in the farm management. The organization of production on a farm. Economic and organizational characteristics of crop production. Economic and organizational characteristics

Language of institution

of animal production. English

Duration 3rd year, 5th

Textbooks semester of Agriculture

1. J. Fereniec : Ekonomika i organizacja rolnictwa Wyd. Key Text1999

2. Analiza ekonomiczna gospodarstwa rolniczego w ćwiczeniach i zadaniach. Red. H. Kałuża Wyd. Akademia Podlaska, Siedlce 2005r.

3. L. Goraj, S. Mańko: Rachunkowość i analiza ekonomiczna w indywidualnym gospodarstwie rolnym. Wyd. DIFIN, Warszawa, 2009

Objectives • to familiarize the students with basic concepts in the field of

• agricultural economics

to introduce the methods of calculating categories of production,

• costs and revenues

to present of basic divisions and branches of

agricultural production

The Faculty of Natural Sciences (Faculty of Agriculture till 2007) is one of the oldest faculties of Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities. Its organization started from the foundation of Institute of Applied Biology (now - Department of Biology) in 1977. Institute of Animal Breeding and Production Technology (Department of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry) was organized at the same time and Institute of Plant Breeding and Production Technology (Department of Agronomy at present) was appointed a year later. Currently, the Faculty consists of three research.

The research and teaching base of the Faculty is located in number 12 and 14 buildings at Prusa street. It is supplemented with Agricultural Experimental Station, greenhouse center and the Center for Horse Riding.

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The Faculty employs 149 academic teachers (18 professors and 28 assistant professors in this group), who educate 1500 students of intramural and extramural studies in bioengineering of food production (the first-cycle studies), biology (the first and the second-cycle studies), spatial economy (the first-cycle studies), agriculture (the first and the second-cycle studies), tourism and recreation (the first-cycle studies) and animal husbandry (the first and the second-cycle studies). The doctoral studies in agronomy, animal husbandry and biology are also conducted in the Faculty.

The Faculty has been entitled to award PhD degree in agronomy since 1986 and animal husbandry since 1990, as well as PhD degree in biology since 1998. In 1996 further qualifications to confer the degree of “doctor habilitowany” (equivalent of the Doctor of Science degree) of agricultural science in agronomy were obtained by the Faculty. A few years later, the qualifications were obtained for animal husbandry (2004). The Committee of the Faculty of Natural Sciences has promoted over 200 doctors, 20 assistant professors and 13 professors.

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The Faculty of Humanities

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Course title: History of English-speaking countries Lecturer (s): Joanna Stolarek, PhD ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

History of Great Britain: Earliest times. The Middle Ages. The Tudors. The Stuarts. The eighteenth century. The nineteenth century. The twentieth century. History of the USA: A New World. A New Nation. Years of growth. Twentieth century Americans. Superpower.

Language: English Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 30 hours Textbooks:

David McDowall An Illustrated History of Britain, Longman 1989. Bryn O’Callaghan An Illustrated History of the USA, Longman 1990. David McDowall Britain in Close-up, Longman 1993 E. Fielder America in Close-up, Longman 2004

Objectives:

During the course students should obtain knowledge concerning the history of Great Britain and the USA from their beginnings to their recent cultural, political and social situation. The course focuses on presenting the histories of both the countries at the background of world’s political and socio-cultural contexts (wars, international conflicts, socio-economic developments, cultural and artistic changes, etc).

Course title: Culture of English-speaking countries Lecturer (s): Joanna Stolarek, PhD ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

Features of British identity. Political and legal system in the UK. Education in the UK. Press, radio and television. Religion and religious denominations in the UK. The United Kingdom and the problems of devolution. UK’s membership in the European Union. Political system in the USA. Education in the USA. Media and the features of American journalism. Religion in the USA. Contemporary political, social and cultural problem in the USA.

Language: English Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 60 hours Textbooks:

David McDowall Britain in Close-up, Longman 1993 E. Fielder America in Close-up, Longman 2004 Luther, S. Luedtke (ed.) Making America. The Society and Culture in the United States, Washington D. C. United States Information Agency 1988. Robert A. Divine, T. H. Breen, George M. Fredrickson, R. Hal Williams America. Past and Present, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1987. Randee Falk, Spotlight on the USA, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. Susan Sheerin, Jonathan Seath, Gillian White, Spotlight on Britain, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1990. Peter Brom, Life in Modern Britain, Manchester, Longman 1992.

Objectives:

During the course students should obtain knowledge concerning the culture of Great Britain and the USA, in particular the political and legal system of these countries, education, their social, cultural and artistic-literary developments and changes.. The course focuses on presenting the culture of both the countries at the background of world’s political and socio-cultural contexts (wars, international conflicts, socio-economic developments, cultural and artistic changes, etc).

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Course title: Old English and Medieval Literature Lecturer (s): Full Profesor Leszek Kolek ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

The course covers the history of English literature from the oldest texts (from oral works written down) till the end of the medieval period (15th century). Old English texts discussed include pre-Christian literature (heroic epic and sagas; Beowulf) and religious works (Caedmon, Cynewulf, didactic lyrics, hagiography, homilies). Selected medieval texts are discussed on the examples of medieval lyrics, fragments of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterpiece The Canterbury Tales – selected tales (The Miller’s Tale, The Wife of Bath’s Tale). Particular issues discussed: the influence of Old English on prosody (mnemonic devices, verse structure, rhetorical figures), the evolution of English in the periods discussed, genre categories and their distinctive features, cultural significance of the discussed texts, English writings as a part of the universal Christian culture of Europe, the picture of English society and their worldview.

Language: English Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 45 hours Textbooks:

Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature, Macmillan, London 2000; Chapters 1 and 2. Andrew Sanders: The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1994; Chapters 1 and 2. Margaret Drabble [ed.]: The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th

Objectives:

edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000.

Students acquire knowledge of English literature of the 8th-15th

centuries as well as an ability to interpret literary works in their broad cultural context. Thus indirectly they develop their literary competence and language skills.

Course title: English Literature from the Renaissance till Preromanticism Lecturer (s): Full Professor Leszek Kolek ECTS Credits: 3 Content:

The course covers the history of English literature from the Renaissance till Pre-Romanticism (till the end of the 18th century). Renaissance literature is represented primarily by Elizabethan drama and poetry (Shakespeare’s sonnets, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello), metaphysical poetry (John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell), till fragments of John Milton’s Paradise Lost (Prologue, Books I and IV). The Neoclassical period is illustrated by the writings of Alexander Pope (The Rape of the Lock, fragments of Essay on Criticism). The novels discussed include Samuel Richard’s Pamela (letters I-XV) and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Particular issues discussed: problems of humanism and evolution of the worldview, cultural and political effects of the Reformation, new literary genres (sonnet), appearance of professional theatres and the evolution of drama, distinctive features of metaphysical poetry, Puritan epic as the last masterpiece of the Renaissance in England, the aesthetics of neoclassicism (Age of Reason), the birth and evolution of English novel in the 18th

Language:

century, the undermining of classical aesthetics by the poets of the “Graveyard School”, sentimentalism and Gothic romance. English

Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 45 hours Textbooks:

Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature, Macmillan, London 2000; Chapters 3-6. Andrew Sanders: The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1994; Chapters 3-5. Margaret Drabble [ed.]: The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th

Objectives:

edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000.

Students acquire knowledge of English literature of the 16th-18th centuries as well as an ability to interpret literary works in their broad cultural context. Thus indirectly they develop their literary competence and language skills.

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Course title: English Literature in the Periods of Romanticism and Victorianism Lecturer (s): Full Professor Leszek Kolek ECTS Credits: 4 Content:

The course covers the history of English literature of Romanticism and Victorianism (the 19th

Language:

century). Romanticism is represented mainly the poetry of both generations of Romantic poets (William Blake, William Wordsworth, S. T. Coleridge, John Keats, P. B. Shelley, George Byron). The dominant genre of the Victorian Age is illustrated by the works by Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, George Eliot and Thomas Hardy but selected poems by Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning are also analysed. The detailed topics concerning Romantic literature for discussion include: comparison of Neoclassical and Romantic aesthetics, sources of inspiration, the role of romantic imagination, concepts introduced by particular poets, new language and contents; in Victorian literature the most important problems concern social issues of the period, utilitarianism, realism in the novel and directions of departing from this convention, typical features of construction, genre varieties of fiction and poetry (e.g. dramatic monologue), an attempt to improve the Victorian taste in the arts by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, experiments in the religious poetry by G. M. Hopkins. English

Level: Undergraduate course Duration: 60 hours Textbooks:

Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature, Macmillan, London 2000; Chapters 7-11. Andrew Sanders: The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1994; Chapters 6-7. Margaret Drabble [ed.]: The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th

Objectives:

edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000.

Students acquire knowledge of English literature of the 19th

century as well as an ability to interpret literary works in their broad cultural context. Thus indirectly they develop their literary competence and language skills.

The Faculty of Humanities is one of the largest and oldest faculties of Siedlce University of Natural

Sciences and the Humanities, at the same time being an integral part of the university as a public

research and didactic facility. Five departments operate within the structure of the Faculty:

Department of Education Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Interdisciplinary Studies,

Department of Polish Studies and Applied Linguistics, Department of History and International

Relations, and Department of Social Science and Security. The departments educate students in

seven fields: the first-cycle studies: Education Studies, Modern Languages – with majors in:

English Studies, German Studies and Russian Studies; History, Polish Studies, International

Relations, National Security, Political Science; and five fields second-cycle studies: Education

Studies, History, Polish Studies, Political Science, National Security. The Faculty is authorised to

grant doctoral degree in disciplines of History and National Security. Introduction in the nearest

future of doctoral studies in the above mentioned disciplines is being considered. The Faculty also

offers part-time post-graduate studies. At present the Faculty of Humanities is the largest and the

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most modern organisational unit of the Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and the Humanities,

employing high-class teaching and research staff. It plays a unique role in the Mazovia and Podlasie

regions as a dynamic education, research and didactic centre.

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The Faculty of Sciences

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CHEMISTRY

Chemistry is fundamental for our vital needs, like: clothing, food, health, energy. Chemical technologies improve the life quality providing new ideas and inventions.

Courses:

Course title: Atmospheric chemistry

Lecturer: Janina Kopyra PhD

ECTS Credits: 1

Content: Introduction to the atmosphere. Evolution of the Earth atmosphere. Atmospheric composition. Atmospheric structure. Pressure profile. Temperature profile. Atmospheric chemistry. Transport in the atmosphere. Photochemical smog. Tropospheric ozone. The greenhouse effect. Global warming. Stratospheric ozone. Acid rain. Air pollution. Aerosols.

Language: English

Duration: 15 hours

Textbooks:

R. Goody, Principles of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Oxford University Press, New York, 1995.

D.J. Jacob, Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, Princeton University Press, 1999.

P.V. Hobbs, Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Objectives: The atmosphere of the Earth is a crucial component of our environment, thus any changes of its composition will influence the quality of our life, which is shown through degradation of the ecosystem, air pollution and climate change. In order to control and above all mitigate

Upon completion of the course student will be able to:

these problems it is necessary to understand the physical and chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere.

1. Describe the structure of the atmosphere. 2. Understand the physical and chemical processes that control the composition of the

atmosphere. 3. Describe the physical processes by which chemical components are transferred between the

regions of the Earth's atmosphere. 4. Describe the cyclic processes of biogeochemistry. 5. Describe the processes that drive chemistry of the troposphere and stratosphere.

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Course title: Chemistry of Active Species

Lecturer: Stanisław Ostrowski Full Professor

ECTS Credits: 3

Content:

Introduction to active species – classification and structures.

Carbocations. Classification of electrophilic agents and methods of generation of carbocations. Some reactions of carbocations: general scheme of electrophilic reaction, formation of acetals, carbocations from nitriles and their reactions, reactions of carbocations with CO, reactions of acetals with vinylic ethers, insertion of acetylene and ethylene to acid chlorides, aminomethylation and chloromethylation of aromatic compounds. Reactions involving electrons of σ(C-H) and σ(C-C) bonds. Solvents and competitive reactions in chemistry of carbocations. Stabilization effects. Stabilization of carbocations as a criterion of reactivity.

Carbanions. Definition and structure of carbanions. Methods of generation. Stabilization of carbanions (hybridization effect, inductive effect, p-π conjugation, p-d conjugation, aromatization effect). Kinetic and thermodynamic acidity, scales of activity. Selected reactions of carbanions: alkylations; reactions with double bonds >C=Z (e.g., Wittig reaction, Peterson reaction, Darzens reaction, reactions with sulphur ylides, reactions with CO2 and CS2

Carbenes and nitrenes. Definition and structure of carbenes. Methods of generation. Electrophilic, nucleophilic, and amphiphilic carbenes. Some reactions of carbenes (addition to double bonds, reactions with amines and O-nucleophiles, insertion reactions).

); reactions with carbon-carbon multiple bonds (e.g., Michael addition, cyclopropanation and formation of oxiranes, addition-elimination mechanism). Reactions of Grignard reagents, X-philic substitution, reactions with nitrous acid esters), reactions with electrophilic arenes.

Free radicals. Structure of radicals. Generation of radicals. Reactions of radicals: coupling and disproportionation, fragmentations, substitution at unsaturated carbon atoms and in the aromatic ring, addition to unsaturated bonds, rearrangements, oxidation reactions.

Mechanisms of estrification and hydrolysis of esters: AAC2, AAC1, AAL1, BAC2, BAL2, BAL

Language: English

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Duration: 30 hours

Textbooks:

1. M.B. Smith, J. March; March’s Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure, 6th

2. J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, P. Wothers; Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2001.

Ed., Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2007.

3. J. McMurry; Organic Chemistry, vol.1 & vol. 2, PWN, Warszawa, 2000.

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4. O.A. Reutov, I.P. Beletskaya, K.P. Butin; CH-Acids, Pergamon, New York, 1978. 5. E. Buncel; Carbanions: Mechanistic and Isotopic Aspects6. D.J.

, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1975. Cram; Fundamentals of Carbanion Chemistry

7. W. , Academic Press, New York, 1965.

Kirmse; Carbene ChemistryObjectives:

, Academic Press, New York, 1971.

To develop knowledge concerning active species (carbocations, carboanions, carbenes, nitrenes, and free radicals). Presentation of generation methods and selected reactions of active species. To discuss stabilization effects and criteria of reactivity; structures of active species. Carbocations, carboanions, carbenes, nitrenes, and radicals in organic synthesis.

Course title: Chemistry of Biomolecules and Biopolymers

Lecturer: Teodozja Lipińska Associate Professor

ECTS Credits: 8

Content

Lecture: Qualitative analysis of organic compounds and their mixtures by conventional and spectroscopic (IR, MS, NMR) methodologies. Carbohydrates from biosynthesis as the solar energy sources for life on earth. Carbohydrates: structure of natural molecules, classification and stereochemistry: Fischer projection and D-L notational system in aldotetroses, aldopentoses and aldohexoses, ketoses, cyclic forms of carbohydrates: furanose and piranose forms, deoxy and aminosugars, chemical transformation of monocarbohydrates: osazones, glicosides, esters, epimerization, anomeric forms and mutarotation – oxidation relationship, reduction, chain extension and shortening. Occurrence, structure, reactivity and biological importance of disaccharides: (+) maltose, (+) cellobiose, (+) lactose, (+) sucrose and polisaccharides. Natural and synthetic carbohydrate derivatives: chitin, pectin heparin, celluloid, viscose rayon, modified starch. Carbohydrates and their derivatives applied in pharmaceutical chemistry. Amino acids and proteins: classification, structures, reactivity and acid-base behaviour of essential amino acids. Methods of synthesis of racemic α-amino acids, racemates resolution, asymmetric synthesis. Peptides: structure and their determination: amino acids, sequence, and group analysis, selective hydrolyses. The strategy of peptide synthesis: methods of protection and deprotection of functional group, peptide bond formation with DCC, the Merrifield method peptide synthesis on solid phase. Structure and classification of peptides and proteins - role of hydrogen bonds in secondary structures formation. Lipids; biosynthesis, structure, biochemical function and pharmacological application of fatty acids, phospholipides, waxes, prostaglandins, terpenes (the isoprene rule), steroids. Nucleic acids: structure of natural pyrimidines and purines, nucleosides, nucleotides, DNA and RNA; (mRNA, TRNA, rRNA) replication, transcription, translation (genetic code). The Sanger method for DNA sequencing. Alkaloids as products of secondary metabolism in plants: structure and classification, isolation and pharmacological applications.. Synthetic polymers: structure and classification of main kinds synthetic polymers and comparison to biopolymers, raw and synthetic rubbers vulcanization, biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, Natural supramolecules: cyclodextrines structure and applications in pharmacology. Retrosynthesis conception: disconnection, synthons and synthetic equivalents – methodology for construction of complex molecules. Preparation methods of pure chiral stereoisomers with good biological activity: asymmetric synthesis and transformation of natural molecules. Theoretical classes: Moderated discussions throughout the lectures program, theoretical solving of structural and analytical problems.

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Laboratory: Laboratory experiments containing conventional and spectroscopic analyses of simple organic compounds pharmacologically interesting and their mixtures. Language: English

Duration: lecture: 30- hours, theoretical classes -15 hours, laboratory – 60 hours

Textbooks

1..John E McMurry, Organic Chemistry, 6-th Ed, Brooks Cole 2004.

2, Vogel’s Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed Longman Group UK Limited. 1989.

Objectives:

The objectives of the course is to provide the students with necessary knowledge and experience to be able to: organize qualitative analysis of organic compounds by conventional and spectroscopic methodology, identify and apply the typical and characteristic reactions of organic functional groups, understand the field of natural product chemistry (simple molecules and biopolymers), identify (theoretically and practically) compounds important to living systems and to medicinal chemistry, predict the chemical, physical and biochemical properties of the biomolecules and biopolymers from their structures, recognize stereochemistry of natural compounds, recognize main groups of synthetic polymers, understand the concept of retrosynthesis and problems with laboratory preparation of pure stereoisomers pharmacologically interesting. It is important to enhance understanding of chemistry and biochemistry and its expand into pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry.

Course title: Coordination chemistry

ECTS Credits: 3

Content

Structure and physicochemical properties of coordination compounds.

Chemical bonding in coordination compounds.

Magnetic properties of coordination compounds. ESR spectroscopy in investigations of electronic structure of coordination compounds.

Electrochemical properties of coordination compounds. Electron transfer processes involving coordination compounds.

Spectroscopic properties of coordination compounds. Photochemical processes involving coordination compounds.

Practical application of coordination compounds resulting from their electrochemical and spectroscopic properties.

Chemistry of coordination compounds.

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Geometric and constitution isomerism of coordination compounds. Chirality of coordination compounds.

Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of coordination compounds. Thermodynamics of metal-ligand(s) interactions.

Transition metal chelates and macrocyclic complexes.

Transition metal carbonyls. Organometalic compounds.

Practical application of coordination compounds resulting from their chemical reactivity.

Language: English

Duration: 30 hours

Textbooks:

1) C.E. Housecroft, A.G. Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, Pearson Education Ltd., 2005. 2) C.E. Housecroft, The Heavier d-Block Metals: Aspects of Inorganic and Coordination

Chemistry, Oxford Science Publications, 1999. 3) C.J. Jones, d- and f- block chemistry, Wiley, 2002. 3) R. Hoffman, Molecular Orbitals of Transition Metal Complexes, Oxford University Press,2005.

4) M. Gerloch, E.G. Constable, Transition Metal Chemistry, VCH, 1995.

5) G.A. Lawrance, Introduction to Coordination Chemistry, Wiley, 2010

6) J. R. Gispert, Coordination Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, 2008.

7) J.A. McCleverty, T.J. Meyer, (Eds.), Compressive Coordination Chemistry II, Vols. 1-10, Elsevier, 2005

8) A.F. Hill, Organotransition Metal Chemistry, RSC, 2002.

9) R.H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Wiley, 2009.

10) C. Elschenbroich, Organometallics.Wiley-VCH, 2006.

Objectives:

Key features of coordination compounds, including the variety of structures, oxidation numbers and electronic configurations, coordination numbers, ligands and chelates as well as bonding and stability of complexes

Types of isomers in coordination compounds.

Application of the Ligand Field Theory in description of the magnetic spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of coordination compounds.

Stability and reactivity of transition metal complexes

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Most important applications of coordination compounds.

Course title: Instrumental Analysis II – UV-VIS spectroscopy

ECTS Credits: 2

Content

Theoretical background of UV-VIS absorption and emission spectroscopy:

Nature and properties of electromagnetic radiation.

Absorption in emission (luminescence, fluorescence, and phosphorescence) of UV-VIS radiation.

Born-Opennheimer approximation. Franck-Condon rule. Classification of electronic transitions. Selection rules and probability of electronic transitions. Spectral bands parameters.

Jabłoński diagram. Kasha rule,

Radiative and non-radiative deactivation of excited states.

Polarized light UV-VIS spectroscopy. Circular dichroism. Magnetic circular dichroism.

Practice of UV-VIS absorption and emission measurements:

Techniques of UV-VIS absorption measurements.

Techniques of stationary UV-VIS emission measurements.

Techniques of time-resolved UV-VIS emission measurements.

Investigations of the excited state nature and reactivity by means of absorption and emission UV-VIS spectroscopy.

Analytical application of UV-VIS absorption and emission spectroscopy.

Language: English

Duration: 15 hours

Textbooks:

1. M.J.K. Thomas, D.J. Ando, Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy: Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

2. T. Oven, Fundamentals of modern UV-visible spectroscopy, A Primer, Agilent Technologies, 2000.

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3. Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis - Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrophotometry, in "Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology" by R. Raghavan, J.C. Joseph, Marcel Dekker, 2002.

4. M.G. Gore, Spectrophotometry and Spectrofluorimetry: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press, 2000.

5. P. Suppan, Chemistry and Light, RSC, 1994

6. J.R. Lakowicz, Principles of fluorescence spectroscopy, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publisher, 1999

7. M. Klessinger, J. Michl, Excited States and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules, VCH, 1995

8. B. Valeur, Molecular Fluorescence. Principles and Application, Wiley-VCH, 2002

9. A. Rodger, B. Norden, Circular Dichroism and Linear Dichroism, Oxford University Press, 1997.

10. N. Berova, K. Nakanishi, R.W. Woody, Circular Dichroism: Principles and Applications, Wiley, 2000.

Objectives:

Nature and properties of electromagnetic radiation in UV-Vis region. Interaction of light with matter. Techniques of spectroscopic measurements.

Application of absorption and emission spectroscopy in analytics and characterization of chemical compounds.

Fundamental rules in absorption and emission spectroscopy. Relations between spectroscopic properties and structure of chemical compounds.

Fundamental aspects of physical and chemical processes involving excited states.

Course title: Introduction to Green Chemistry

Lecturer: Teodozja Lipińska Associate Professor

ECTS Credits: 2

Content 1. Introduction: key role of the chemistry in sustainable civilization development.: 2. principles of Green Chemistry, main directions for chemists and chemical engineers activity for environmental protection. 2. Role of analytical chemistry in sustainable development. 3. The atom economy concept and realization possibilities in practice. 4 The principles in design of biorefineries instead petrochemical processes. 4. Advantage and disadvantage of using the renewable feedstock

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for biofuels and energy production. 5 Synthetic polymers and biopolymers: classification, structure, recycling possibility, biodegradability. 6. Supercritical fluids as reaction medium: supercritical carbon dioxide and water. 7. Ionic liquid: structure, properties, applications. 8. Application of microwave heating in environmental chemical analysis (sample preparation), organic synthesis, drying, sintering. 9. Examples of new solutions in chemical industry: green engineering, new catalysts. 10. Reactions without solvent, water as reaction solvent, phase transfer catalysis.

Language: English.

Duration: 15 hours

Textbooks:

1. P. T. Anastas, J. C. Warner Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998

2. Introduction to Green Chemistry, Albert Matlack, 2nd

3. Green Chemistry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/

Edition, CRC Press INC, 2010

4. Green Chemistry Network, University of York, UK: http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/gcn/

5. Green Chemistry – RSC journal - online

Objectives:

The study of modern approach to chemistry, its products and impact on elimination or minimization of the environmental pollution and degradation. The Green Chemistry programs promote the sustainable development by planning new products, its production and utilization, which will eliminate or reduce the use and generation of hazardous substances and prevent environmental pollution. The fundamental goal of the course is to show that modern chemical processes will be corrected and greening by applying of pure technologies with the use renewable feedstock, new catalysts and biotechnological methods..

After successful completion of this course, a student will: have knowledge concerning the areas of activity chemists according to Green Chemistry ideas, demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of the atom economy, renewable feedstock, biorefinery, biofuels, biodegradability, modern catalytic processes and appreciate and understand currently topical and newly emerging aspects of environmental analysis.

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Course title: Liquid Crystals

ECTS Credits: 3

Content :

Introduction. The terms liquid crystals, crystalline liquid, mesophase and mesomorphous state are used synonymously to describe a state of aggregation that exhibits a molecular order in a size range similar to that of a crystal but acts more or less a viscous liquid. A substance that forms mesophase after melting or dissolving is called a mesogen.

The historical development began with morphology. The pioneering work goes principally to O. Lehman (1877), F. Reiniter (1988) and D. Vorlander (1908). Worthy of remark is active participation on the liquid crystal research in Poland (M. Misowicz introduced three viscosity coefficient 1935, 1946).

Language: English

Duration: 15 hours

Textbooks:

1. Liquid Crystals Materials Design and Self-Assembly Volume Editor: Carsten Tschierske,

Topics in Current Chemistry, 318, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.

2. Lev M. Blinov, Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals, Springer ScienceţBusiness Media B.V., 2011.

3. Th. Rasing L Mu. Sevic, Surfaces and Interfaces of Liquid Crystals, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.

4. D. Demus, J. Goodby, G. W. Gray, H.-W. Spiess, V. Vill, Handbook of Liquid Crystals, Vol. 1: Fundamentals, Weinheim, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Singapore, Toronto, Wiley-VCH, 1998.

Objectives: Introduction and historical development. Guide to the nomenclature and classification of liquid crystals (LC). Theory of the LC state: Continuum theory for LC, Molecular theories of LC, Molecular modeling. General synthetic strategies: chirality and nonchirality mesogenes. Chemical structure and mesogenic properties. Physical properties: Tensor properties of anisotropic materials, Magnetic properties of LC, Optical properties, Dielectric properties, Phase transitions: Theories and experimental methods in: complementary methods DSC, TLI and POM. Monotropic and enencjotropic phase transitions. Phase structures of calamitic liquid crystals. Phase transitions in rod-like LC. Discotic LC.. Nonchiral and chiral nematic LC. Non-Chiral and chiral smectic Liquid Crystals. Ferro- and antiferroelectric mesogenes. Non-Conventional liquidcrystalline materials. Dynamic properties of nematic, smectic and other phases of LC. Fluctuations and liquid crystal phase transitions. Re-entrant phase transitions in LCs. Defects and textures liquidcrystalline phases. LC in electric and magnetic fields. Nonlinear optical properties of LC. Characterization of experimental methods: DR, FTIR, NMR, X-ray diffraction, neutron scattering ,and light scattering.

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Applications: displays, nondisplay applications of LC, thermography using Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystals as Solvents for Spectroscopic, chemical reaction. and gas chromatographic applications

Course title: Organic Chemistry I

Lecturer: Stanisław Ostrowski Full Professor

ECTS Credits: 17

Content:

a) Lecture:

Introduction to organic chemistry and applications. Functional groups. Structure of organic molecules. Types of organic reactions. Methods of molecular structures determination.

Alkanes and cycloalkanes: conformations of ethane, n-butane, cyclohexane, Newman projection, halogenation of alkanes, mechanism.

Introduction to stereochemistry: general definitions, tetrahedral geometry and Fischer projections, relative configuration and absolute configuration R/S, stereoselective and stereospecific reactions, meso-compounds, optical purity, resolution of racemic mixtures.

Alkenes and conjugated dienes: E/Z isomerism, electrophilic addition to double bonds, carboca-tions, radical addition, allylic position, conjugated dienes – stability of, reactions.

Alkynes: acidity of, reactions of triple bond.

Arenes: aromaticity, resonance, nomenclature of, electrophilic aromatic substitution and orientation, reactions of arenes.

Alkyl and aryl halides: preparation of reactions, mechanisms and stereochemistry of nucleophilic substitutions and of elimination reactions (E1, E2, E1C

Metalloorganic compounds: organolithium and Grignard reagents, their reactions.

β), nucleophilic substitution in arenas.

Alcohols, thiols and phenols: preparation of, reactions of alcohols and phenols.

Ethers, epoxides, sulphides: preparation of ethers, epoxides and sulphides, their reactions.

Aldehydes and ketones: structure and properties of carbonyl group, addition to carbonyl group, oxidation and reduction, aldol condensation.

Carboxylic acids and their derivatives: acidity, pKa

Carbonyl compounds in organic synthesis: enolization, alkylation and acylation of enol ions, Wittig, Claisen, Reformatski, and Michael reactions, the use of malonic and acetoacetic esters, enamines.

values, preparation methods of carboxylic acid and their derivatives, reactivity, acid halides, anhydrides, esters, amides (reactions of, mechanisms).

Introduction to carbohydrates: strategy of synthesis of D-aldoses, anomers and mutarotation.

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Cycloaddition reactions: introduction to frontier orbitals theory, cycloadditions [2+2] and [2+4].

Aliphatic and aromatic amines: amines as bases and nucleophiles, preparation methods and reactions, diazonium salts and their application in organic synthesis.

Heterocyclic compounds: furan, pyrrole, and tiophene – comparison of reactivity, pyridine and its N-oxide, basicity of pyrrole, pyridine, and pyrrolidine.

Novel strategies in organic synthesis: Functional groups protection and their interconversions. Combinatorial and multi-component chemistry.

b) Classes: They cover the program of the above lecture and allow better understanding of the structure of organic molecules, nomenclature, stereochemistry, mechanisms, and transformations of organic compounds.

c) Laboratory: It covers preparation and characterization of six compounds. Students develop their skills in the synthesis, isolation and identification of organic compounds.

Language: English

Duration: Lecture 75 hours, Classes 60 hours, Laboratory 120 hours

Textbooks:

1. J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, P. Wothers; Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 2001.

2. J. McMurry, Organic Chemistry, vol. 1 & vol. 2, PWN, 2000. 3. R.T. Morrison, R.N. Boyd, Organic Chemistry, vol. 1 & vol. 2, PWN, 1998 (and earlier). 4. P. Mastalerz, Chemia organiczna, PWN, 2000 (in Polish). 5. A. Vogel, A Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry Including Qualitative Organic Analysis

(polish translation), WNT, 1984. 6. J. Wróbel, Preparatyka i elementy syntezy organicznej, PWN, 1983 (in Polish). Objectives:

To develop better understanding of the structure of organic molecules, nomenclature, stereochemistry, mechanisms, and transformations of organic compounds. To develop skills in the synthesis, isolation and identification of organic compounds. Organic chemistry in society. Students should be able to demonstrate understanding of basic chemical concepts, including chemical reactions, chemical bonds, to analyze and solve problems in organic chemistry, demonstrate safe laboratory skills, perform a selection of basic laboratory procedures, collect and analyze data, and clearly express results in a laboratory report.

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Course title: Organic chemistry for cosmetic chemists

ECTS Credits: 8

Content :

Introduction to amino acids. Dipolar structure of amino acids. Isoelectric point. Synthesis of α-amino acids: the Strecker synthesis, reductive amination of α-ketoacids: biosynthesis, the amidomalonate synthesis. Resolution of R, S amino acids. Covalent bonding in peptides. Peptide structure determination: amino acid, peptide sequencing; analysis the Edman degradation. Peptide sequencing; C-terminal residue determination. Peptide synthesis. Automated peptide synthesis: the Merrifield solid-phase technique. Structure and stereochemistry of carbohydrates: Fischer projections for depicting carbohydrates. D, L-sugars, configurations of aldoses. Cyclic structures of Monosaccharides. Hemiacetal formation. Monosaccharide anomers: mutarotation. Conformation of monosaccharides. Reactions of monosaccharides: ester and ether formation, glycoside formation, reduction of monosaccharides, oxidation of monosaccharides. Chain lengthening: the Kiliani-Fischer synthesis. Chain shortening: the Wohl degradation. Sterochemitry of glucose: the Fischer proof. Determination of monosaccharide ring size. Disaccharides (cellobiose and maltose). Polycarbohydrates: lactose, sucrose, cellulose, starch. Carbohydrates on cell surfaces. The nucleic acids: deoxynucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid and phosphorylated nucleosides. Hydrogen-bonded base pair. Structure of DNA, replication of DNA; sequencing and laboratory synthesis. Structure and synthesis of RNA: translation. Chemistry of natural products. Steroids: the estrogens and progesterone as regulators of human biology. Biosynthesis of cholesterol. Lipids. Fats and oils. Soaps. Phospholipids (phoshoglycerides, lipid bilayer). Biosynthesis of fatty acids. Prostaglandins. Terpens; Stereochemistry of steroids. Isoprene rules. Language: English

Duration: 30 hours

Textbooks:

1. J. McMurry, „Organic chemistry”, Brooks/Cole, 2011. 2. R. T. Morrison, R. N. Boyd, „Organic chemistry”, Prentice Hall, 1992. 3. J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, P. Wotheres, „Organic chemistry”, Oxford University

Press, second edition, 2012. 4. J. M. Berg, J. L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer, „Biochemistry”, W. H. Freeman, 2008. 5. Anthony J. O' Lenick ((Jr)), Anthony J. O'Lenick, Thomas G. O'Lenick, „Organic chemistry

for cosmetic chemists” Allured Business Media, 2008 Objectives:

The lecture is a supplement of practical classes aiming to understanding of the principles and dependence between biologically active organic compounds of the nature of natural polymers and their characterization. The following issues will be discussed: stereochemistry of natural compounds, project of organic synthesis, protective groups, organic synthesis on a solid phase, combinatorial synthesis, biological activity and methods of separation of diastereoisomers and

In the framework of the course the students should get knowledge about building, properties and setting in organism transformations of biologically active compounds such as: the amino acids, the peptides, the proteins, the nucleic acids, the carbohydrates, the fats, the steroids, vitamins and medicines.

enantiomers.

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Course title: Organometallic chemistry

ECTS Credits: 3

Content : * Bonding in Transition Metal Compounds * 18 Electron Rule * Metal-Ligand Bonding * Ligand Exchange – Dissociative Substitution, Associative Substitution, Oxidative Addition, Reductive Elimination, β-Hydride Elimination * Simple Organometallic Processes in Pd-Chemistry – Common Sources of Pd, Common modes of Reduction of Pd (II) Pre-catalysts.

*The modern reactions cross coupling: Heck, Suzuki, Stille, Hiyama, Sonogashira, Kumada etc. The application of the cross coupling reaction in organic chemistry.

* Olefin metathesis: ROMP, RCM, CM etc.

* Synthesis and reactions of organolithium compounds and organosodium; synthesis and reactions of organomagnesium compounds; organometallics of zinc, silicon and tin: preparation, structure, bonding and reactions.

Language: English

Duration: 30 hours

Textbooks:

1. Organometallic Hyper TextBook” http://www.ilpi.com/organometallic/index.html

2. „Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry” http://www.cem.msu.edu/˜reusch/VirtulText/introl.htm

3. „Handbook of Grignard Reagents” G. S. Silverman, P. E. Rakita (Eds), Dekker, NY 1996 4. „Metal –catalysed Cross-coupling Reactions” F. Diederich, P. J. Stang (Eds), Wiley-VCH,

Weinheim, 1998 5. „Handbook of Metathesis” Volume I-III R. H. Grubbs (Editor), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim,

2003 6. „Synthesis of Organometallic Compounds”, S. Komiya (Editor) John Wiley & Sons, 1997 7. „Applications of Organometallic Compounds” I. Omae John Wiley & Sons, 1998 8. „Cross-Coupling Reactions N. Miyaura (Editor) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002 9. Ch. Elschenbroich, A. Salzer, “Organometallics: a concise introduction” 2nd

10. J. P. Collman, L. S. Hegedus, J. R. Norton, R. G. Finke, “Principles and applications of organotransition metal chemistry” 2

edition ISBN: 3-527-28164-9

nd

11. S. E. Kegley, A. R. Pinhas, “Problems and solution in organometallic chemistry” University Science Books, Oxford University Press.

edition, 1987

Objectives:

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This course is an introduction to the structure, bonding, and reactivity of organotransition metal compounds. Aspects of this relatively young and incredibly vital subject that will be covered are indicated in the attached outline. This class will focus on physical organometallic chemistry, particularly the mechanisms of organometallic transformations and methods for their elucidation. During this course we will discuss some of the fundamental types of organometallic reactions: ligand substitution, oxidative addition/reductive elimination, migratory insertion, attack on coordinated ligands, and the reactivity of metalacycles, carbenes, and carbynes. This course will also focus on the important applications of organotransition metal complexes in catalysis and organic synthesis.

Course title: Proecological chemistry and processes

Lecturer: Teodozja M. Lipińska Associate Professor

ECTS Credits: 6

Content:

Lecture: 1. The key role of the chemistry in sustainable civilization development: 12 principles of Green Chemistry, main directions for chemists and chemical engineers activity for environmental protection. Why the classical chemical factories based on petrochemical processes must be revised: kinds of reasons for the pollution preventions and the carbon dioxide emission reduction. 2. The role of analytical chemistry in the environmental pollution prevention. 3. The atom economy concept and its realization possibilities in practice – ways for wastes and hazards elimination. 4. The principles in design of biorefineries instead of petrochemical processes. Carbon and oxygen cycles in the nature. Scope and limitations for biomass using as renewable feedstock for fine chemicals and fuels production: carbohydrates and fatty. Glycerol and lignin as feedstock. Types of the first and the second generation of biofuels. Fuels from biomass: integration with food and material systems. 5.

Laboratory:

Proteins – valuable biomass for food, feed and pharmaceutics production. 6. Dry and wet methods of the biomass waste utilization: biogas production, composting, burning. Biomass using for synthetic gas production. 7. Synthetic polymers and biopolymers: classification, structure, recycling possibility, biodegradability, biocompatibility. 8. Supercritical fluids as reaction and extraction medium; supercritical water and carbon dioxide - scope and limitations. 9. Ionic liquid: structure, properties, applications. 10. Application of microwave heating in environmental chemical analysis (sample preparation), organic synthesis, drying, sintering. 11. The alternative energy feedstock: shale gas, underground coal gasification. 12. Two methods for the direct conversion of solar energy into electricity: helioelectrical and heliothermical, theory and practice – new materials for photovoltaic cells.13. Semiconductor-based photocatalytic generation of hydrogen as fuel. 14. Nanoparticles and their applications, introduction to the new materials and manufacturing processes – nanotechnology, applications in medicine, in the environmental protection, in energy and electronics. 15. Examples of new solutions in green chemical technology and engineering: new catalysts, reactions without solvent, water as reaction medium, phase transfer catalysis, biotechnological methods.

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Six laboratory experiments containing; 1.Biodiesel preparation and analysis; 2. PET recycling under microwave activation; 3. PTC green catalysis in cyclohexene oxidation; 4. Analysis of packing polymers by flotation including burning tests; 5. Extraction of oils from plant by supercritical carbon dioxide; 6. Fischer indole synthesis under controlled microwave heating..

Language: English

Duration: Lecture - 30 hours, Laboratory experiments – 30 hours

Textbooks

1. P. T. Anastas, J. C. Warner Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998

2. Green Chemistry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/

3. Green Chemistry Network, University of York, UK: http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/gcn/

4. K. M. Doxee, J. E. Hutchison, Green Organic Chemistry, Strategies, Tools and Laboratory Experiments University of Oregon, Thomson Brooks/Cole: Australia, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States 2004.

5. Günter Schmid, Nanoparticles – from theory to application, Wiley- VCh Verlag 2004.

6 Caye Drapcho, John Nghiem,

Objectives:

Terry Walk, Biofuels Engineering Process Technology, McGraw-Hill, 2008.

The study of modern approach to chemistry, its products and impact on elimination or minimization of the environmental pollution and degradation. The Green Chemistry programs promote the sustainable development by planning new products, its production and utilization, which will eliminate or reduce the use and generation of hazardous substances and prevent the environmental pollution. The fundamental goal of the course is to show that modern chemical processes will be green by applying pure technologies with the use of renewable feedstock, new catalysts and biotechnological methods.

At the end of this course, student will be able to:

- have knowledge concerning the areas of activity chemists for Green Chemistry ideas;

- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of the atom economy, renewable; feedstock, biorefinery, biofuels, biodegradability, modern catalytic processes, appreciate,

- understand currently topical and newly emerging aspects of environmental analysis;

- understand necessity of professional literature studying for own currently expertise

Form of assessment:

Lecture: 1. Power-Point 10 minutes presentation of the Green Chemistry solving problem, 2. Pass final written test

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Laboratory classes: Students should perform six laboratory experiments together with their results written reports.

Course title: Silicon Reagents in Organic Synthesis

Lecturer: Krzysztof Pypowski PhD

ECTS Credits: 6

Content:

Organosilicon chemistry has a considerable and growing importance both in organic synthesis and important reagents for highly selective transformations essential in manufacturing pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials. The unabated growth of applications of organosilicon in the resolution of synthetic problems continued in the last five decades. The synthesis and application of organosilicon compounds has become important in organic chemistry, especially since last decades. In this course, we first explore the properties of silicon that allow organosilanes to be exploited synthetically. This involves an examination of the reaction mechanisms at silicon. Secondly, the role of heteroatom functionalized silanes in synthesis is described, including the useful reactions of halosilanes (protecting groups), hydrosilanes (reducing agents), alkoxysilanes (silyl protecting groups), silyl enol ethers (aldol reactions), etc. Finally, we focus on the use of silyl nucleophiles, such as vinyl-, aryl- and allylsilanes, in the selective formation of C-C bonds.

Language: English, Russian

Duration: 30 hours

Textbooks:

1. J Clayden, N Greeves, S Warren and P Wothers, Organic Chemistry, Oxford 2001. 2. Carey & Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry, 4th Ed. Part B, Chapter 9, " C–C Bond-

Forming Reactions of Compounds 3. J. H. Bateson and M. B. Mitchell (Eds.), Organometallic Reagents in Organic Synthesis,

Academic Press 1994.

of Boron, Silicon & Tin", 595–680.

4. W Carruthers, I Coldham, Some Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis 4th, Cambridge University Press 2004.

Objectives:

To describe some modern aspects of organic synthesis, including, the use of unconventional elements in synthesis. After successful completion of this module students should be able to: appreciate why organosilicone chemistry is used in synthesis, describe a wide range of new synthetic transformations, describe fully the mechanism of these reactions, apply the information learnt to solve new problems.

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Course title: Spectroscopy

ECTS Credits: 6

Content:

Spectroscopic methods as a tool in analysis of organic compounds, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, ESR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, chirooptical methods.

In details: Introduction to spectroscopic methods, electromagnetic spectrum, interaction of matter with light,

absorption spectra, IR spectrometers, FT-IR, Michelson’s interferometer, samples preparation for IR measurement, molecular vibrations: stretching and bending bands, IR absorption bands of main functional groups. Raman spectroscopy, light scattering, Raman spectrometer, comparison of IR and Raman spectroscopy, application of Raman spectroscopy.

Fundamental concepts of NMR, NMR spectrometers: CW and FT, free induction decay, relaxation, chemical shifts, coupling constants, Pople convention, magnetic equivalence, 1H chemical shifts, Overhauser effect, 13C NMR spectroscopy. NMR of heteroatoms (2H, 19F, 14N and 15N, 31P, 10B and 11B, 17

This course is accompanied by laboratory classes.

O). Fundamentals of 2D spectroscopy (COSY, HSQC, HMBC and NOESY), application of 2D methods for biological samples. Solid state NMR. NMR imaging. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy: ESR spectrometer, g value, hyperfine coupling, spin labels. Mass spectrometry: ionization methods vs obtained spectra, mass analysis, electrostatic sector, detectors, isotope pattern, fragmentation of main group of compound, McLafferty rearrangements. Polarized light and enantiomers, polarymetry, ORD spectra, circular dichroism, application of CD. Spectroscopic databases in literature and internet.

Language: English

Duration: 30 hours (+45 hrs lab.)

Textbooks:

1. R.M. Silverstein, F.X. Webster, D. Kiemle Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005.

2.

3. T.N. Mitchell; B. Costisella, NMR – From Spectra to Structures, Springer 2004.

Y.C. Ning, R. R. Ernst, Structural identification of organic compounds with spectroscopic techniques Wiley-VCH, 2005.

4. E. de Hoffman, J. Charette, V. Stroobant, Mass Spectrometry Principles and Applications, Wiley, 2007.

Objectives:

After completing the course student should have knowledge of UV/VIS, IR, NMR and MS spectroscopy and develop an ability to analyze and solve problems in spectroscopy. They will also be familiar with construction and operation of spectrometers. Students will know application of spectroscopic methods and the way of sample preparation. The skills should allow to identify organic compounds; specifically, functional groups, determine of substituents and molecular weight of compound. Student should be able to choose a right spectroscopic method for a particular problem and be familiar with spectroscopic databases.

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Course title: Stereochemistry in Organic Synthesis

ECTS Credits: 5

Content: Static and dynamic stereochemistry, determination of absolute and relative configuration, analytic methods of ee and de determination, fundamentals of diastereoselective synthesis, alkylation of enolates, addition to carbonyl group, cycloaddition reactions, stereoselective reduction and oxidation. Enantioselective synthesis: metalloorganic catalysis, organocatalysis, enzymatic catalysis. Application of stereoselective methods in total synthesis of bioactive compounds - taxol.

Language: English

Duration: 30 hours

Textbooks:

1. M. Nogradi, Stereochemistry, Basic Concepts and Applications, Pergamon Press, 1981. 2. E.L. Eliel, S.H. Wilen, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, Wiley-Interscience, 1994. 3. R.E.Gawley, J. Aube, Principles Of Asymmetric Synthesis, Pergamon, 1996. 4. R.S. Atkinson Stereoselective Synthesis, Wiley, 1995.

Objectives:

After completing the course student should have basic knowledge of stereoselective methods in organic synthesis and know analytic methods used for stereochemical analysis. Additionally, they will know stereochemistry definitions. The knowledge obtained should develop an ability to analyze and solve stereochemical problems in organic chemistry. Finally, students will be familiar with reagents and methods used in contemporary organic synthesis.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

List of courses

No

First cycle engineering

Course title ECTS Credits

1 FOREIGN LANGUAGE – ENGLISH 8

2 WORKPLACE SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS 1

3 3 SUBJECT UNIVERSITY-WIDE I

4 3 SUBJECT UNIVERSITY-WIDE II

5 MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS 4,5

6 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 6

7 ELECTRONICS FUNDAMENTALS 6

8 PHYSICS FOR COMPUTER SCIENTIST 4,5

9 LINEAR ALGEBRA 5

10 DIGITAL CIRCUITS FUNDAMENTALS 4

11 PROBABILISTIC METHODS AND STATISTICS 5

12 ELECTRONIC MEASURING FUNDAMENTALS 5

13 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS FOR COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

2

14 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS

2

15 PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS 6

16 ALGORITHMS AND COMPLEXITY 5

17 COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 4

18 LOW-LEVEL PROGRAMMING 5

19 OPERATING SYSTEMS 6

20 NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES 6

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21 PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGIES - INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES

5

22 PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGIES - NETWORK BUSINESS SYSTEMS

5

23 MOBILE COMPUTER SYSTEMS 3

24 COMPUTER SIMULATION 3

25 OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING 6

26 DECLARATIVE PROGRAMMING 5

27 PROGRAMMING PLATFORMS 5

28 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING FUNDAMENALS 5

28 PARALLEL COMPUTING FUNDAMENALS 4

29 FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING 4

30 COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND HUMAN-COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

5

31 MODELING AND VISUALISATION 3D GRAPHICS 5

32 DIGITAL IMAGE AND SOUND PROCESSING 5

33 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 4

34 DATABASES 6

35 DISTRIBUTED DATABASES 4

36 VIRTUAL AND MULTIMEDIA APPLICATION PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT

4

37 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 5

38 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 6

39 SOCIAL AND PROFESIONAL ISSUES OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

1

40 BASIC COMPUTER SECURITY SYSTEMS

41

5

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3

42 COMPUTER-AIDED DECISION SYSTEM 3

43 TEAM PROJECT 3

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44 SEMINAR 1

45 DIPLOMA SEMINAR 2

Speciality: Programming systems and databases

46 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING 5

47 DATABASE SYSTEMS 5

48 INTERNET AND DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS 5

49 ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS SYSTEMS 4

Speciality: Computer systems and networks

50 DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEMS 5

51 ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKING 5

52 COMPUTER NETWORKS DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION 5

53 ADVANCED INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES 4

Speciality: Management Information Systems

54 INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

5

55 METHODS AND TOOLS FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN

5

56 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN 5

57 SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGING 4

Speciality: Security computer systems

58 CRYPTOGRAPHY AND CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS FUNDAMENTALS

5

59 SECURITY OF DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEMS 5

60 COMPUTER NETWORKS SECURITY 5

61 COMPUTER SYSTEM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 4

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List of courses

No

Second cycle

Course title ECTS Credits

1 3 SUBJECT UNIVERSITY-WIDE I

2 3 SUBJECT UNIVERSITY-WIDE II

3 COMPUTATIONAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS IN SCIENCE

4

4 OPERATIONAL RESEARCH 4

5 MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 6

6 COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLICATIONS I 5

7 EVOLUTIONARY METHODS AND NEURAL NETWORKS 5

8 INTELLIGENT AGENT SYSTEMS 5

9 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGIES 5

10 MULTIMEDIA USER INTERFACES 4

11 VIRTUAL NETWORKS SYSTEMS 4

12 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 4

13 COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLICATIONS II - TEAM PROGRAMMING PROJECT

5

14 SEMINAR 1

15 DIPLOMA SEMINAR 5

Speciality: computer networks and distributed systems

16 DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT 4

17 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS DESIGN 6

18 ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKING 6

19 COMPUTER NETWORKS DESIGN 6

20 ALGORITHMS AND PARALLEL ENVIRONMENTS 5

21 MANAGEMENT IN COMPUTER NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

5

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Speciality: Engineering of computer security systems

22 CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS 6

23 TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS OF COMPUTER SECURITY 4

24 APPLICATION SECURITY IN NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS 6

25 INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS 5

26 DESIGN OF COMPUTER SECURITY APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS

6

27 COMPUTER SYSTEMS SECURITY MANAGEMENT 5

Speciality: design and operation of of information systems

28 INTERNET AND DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS DESIGN 6

29 MULTIMEDIA AND OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASES 4

30 DATA MINING 6

31 DATA WAREHOUSES 6

32 DATABASE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION 5

33 INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGN 5

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MATHEMATICS

1st

Specializations:

level degree (3-year study, undergraduate degree):

• Financial and Actuarial Mathematics • Mathematics in Finance and Economy

For those students who study one of the specializations mentioned above, there is an additional opportunity to get a profession of a mathematics teacher in primary schools.

Qualifications: Two of the following items: mathematics, physics and astronomy, computer science, a foreign language.

2nd

Specializations:

level degree (2-year study, master degree)

• financial mathematics • applied mathematics

For those students who study one of the specializations mentioned above, there is an additional opportunity to get the profession of a mathematics teacher in primary and secondary schools.

Description: A graduate of mathematics acquires basic knowledge in the field of mathematics and its applications. He is enabled to present mathematical knowledge, do short proofs, present and formulate mathematical problems, do complex calculations, apply IT knowledge and mathematical models in order to solve different mathematical issues.

1ST

A graduate of financial and actuarial mathematics, apart from basic mathematical knowledge which has been acquired, is enabled to apply stochastic methods, estimate the measure of a financial risk and insurance contributions, estimate profits and losses, investigate mathematical models in view of their applications in financial industry, solve problems in the field of a financial market, banks and insurance companies. He is prepared to pass the exam for a stockbroker and an actuary.

LEVEL DEGREE. The 3-year period of study includes: an introduction to logic and set theory, differential and integral calculus, linear and abstract algebra, geometry and topology, probability and statistics, foundations of financial and insurance mathematics, econometrics and computer studies.

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A graduate of mathematics in finance and economy, apart from the basic knowledge in mathematics and economy which has been acquired, is enabled to investigate mathematical models in economy, apply accounting policies, make financial reports. He is prepared to work in financial and commercial companies, banks, stock markets, accounting offices.

2ND

A graduate of applied mathematics acquires the basic knowledge in theoretical and applied mathematics. He is enabled to do mathematical proofs, present and formulate mathematical problems, investigate mathematical models necessary in the field of applications, apply IT knowledge. Graduates are prepared to work in commercial and financial companies, computing centers and statistical offices.

LEVEL DEGREE. The 2-year period of studies includes: calculus, complex and functional analysis, logic, algebra and number theory, topology, differential equations, stochastic processes, and computational mathematics, i.e. packages Mathematica and Statistica. Students are prepared to continue their studies to obtain doctoral degree

A graduate of financial mathematics acquires the basic knowledge in theoretical and applied mathematics in economy and finance. He is enabled to do mathematical proofs, present and formulate mathematical problems, investigate mathematical models and estimate, predict and simulate economical processes. He is prepared to financial management and apply IT knowledge. Graduates can work in financial companies, banks, stock markets, insurance and commercial industry.

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Courses:

Course title: Econophysics

Lecturer: Michael Alania Full Professor

ECTS Credits: 6

Content

1. Efficient market hypothesis: concepts, paradigms, and variables, arbitrage, algorithmic complexity theory, basic information about financial time series, idealized systems in physics and finance.

2. Random walk: one-dimensional discrete case, the continuous limit, central limit theorem, the speed of convergence, Berry-Esseen theorem, basin of attraction.

3. Levy stochastic processes and limit theorems.

4. Price change statistics.

5. Scales in financial data.

6. Stationarity and time correlation.

7. Time correlation in financial time series: autocorrelation function and spectral density, higher-order correlations: the volatility, stationarity of price changes.

8. Stochastic models of price dynamics: Levy stable non-Gaussian model, Student's t-distribution, mixture of Gaussian distributions.

9. Correlation and anticorrelation between stocks: simultaneous dynamics of pairs of stocks, Dow-Jones Industrial Average portfolio, statistical properties of correlation matrices.

10. Options in idealized markets: forward contracts, futures, options, speculating and hedging, hedging: a form of insurance, hedging: the concept of a riskless portfolio, option pricing in idealized markets, The Black & Scholes formula, the complex structure of financial markets.

11. Options in real markets: discontinuous stock returns, volatility in real markets, historical volatility, implied volatility, hedging in real markets, extension of the Black & Scholes model.

12. Martingales

Language: English

Duration: 30 hours lectures +30 hours of classes

Textbooks:

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1. R. N. Mantegna, H. N. Stanley, An introduction to econophysics-Correlations and Complexity in Finance, Cambridge University Press, 2000

2. P. Wilmott, Derivatives: The Theory and Practice of Financial Engineering, John Wiley & Sons 1998.

Objectives:

This course presents how to use the concepts of statistical physics into the problems of financial mathematics, especially, concepts used in probability theory and in turbulent fluids. These concepts are then applied to financial time series to gain new insights into the behavior of financial markets. The main aim of the lectures is to teach how to apply knowledge of physics to solve and interpret the problems of financial mathematics .

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Course title: Partial differential equations

Lecturer: Agnieszka Gil-Świderska PhD

ECTS Credits: 6

Content:

Ordinary differential equations:

Notion of differential ordinary n- th order equations General and special solution of differential equations.

Cauchy problem.

Initial and boundary conditions.

Method of variables separation.

Using the differential equations in physics (acceleration and velocity).

Bernoullie’s and Lagrange equations

Euler's equation, using in physics the differential Euler's equations

Solving the systems of differential equations, method of elimination, method of primary integrals

Fourier series.

Dirichlet theorem

Partial differential equations

Partial differential equations of I order.

General and special solution of partial differential equations of I order. Linear and quasilinear PDE.

Initial and boundary conditions. Cauchy- Kowalewski theorem

Classification of partial differential equations of II order n- th order

Partial differential equations of II order in physics, equation of string, waves, heat conductivity, diffusion, electromagnetism, and fluid flows. D’Alambert method. Laplace'a PDE, Poissona PDE.

Sturm-Liouville Theory

Harmonic functions. Green’s functions

Method of variables separation.

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Black-Scholes equation

Language: English

Duration: 30 hours lectures +30 hours of classes

Textbooks:

1. V.I. Arnol'd, Ordinary differential equations, M.I.T., 1973

2. B. Dahlberg, C. Kenig, Harmonic analysis and partial differential equations, Geteborg 1996

3. L. C. Evans, Partial differential equations, AMS 1998

Objectives:

Most real processes in nature and finances can be approximated by mathematical models using partial differential equations. The course of partial differential equations presents mathematical basis of this problem. The main aim of the lectures is to teach how to solve partial differential equations and interpret the resultant solutions.

The Faculty of Sciences consists of three departments: Department of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Computer Science and Department of Chemistry. Students can choose and join us in our research in one of four fields of study: chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics. A degree in Science can be the first step to an interesting career. We offer 6 lines of specialization in BA studies in chemistry and 2 in mathematics, physics and computer science and 6 lines of specialization in MA studies of all study courses.

Students can join Students’ Scientific Circles in three categories: chemistry, computer science and mathematics.

It is important to mention that in 2009 the Ministry of Higher Education included BA studies in mathematics and chemistry, also in 2012 computer science on the list of key study fields co-financed from EU funds.

The staff of the Faculty carry on many scientific collaborations. Among them with: Main Astronomical Observatory National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev, Institute of Magnetism of the Earth, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation Academy of Sciences of Russia, Institute of Geophysics of Tbilisi State University (Prof. Alania); Institute of Mathematics California University (Prof. Trietiakov); Comenius University in Bratislava (Prof. Barszczewska); Freie Universität Berlin (Prof. Szamrej – Foryś); American Mathematical Society, Gyeongsang National University (Korea), University of Szeged (Prof. Walendziak); Department of Organic Chemistry Wageningen University (Holland), Rega

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Institute for Medical Research (Belgium), Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University (Prof. Rykowski); University of Tasmania, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome Area, Italy (Prof. Głód); Brest State University named after A.S .Pushkin Prof .Jówko( ; Imperial College (Prof. Penczek) etc.

The research personnel co-operate with different scientific journals, like Editorial Board Jordan Journal of Chemistry (Prof. Ostrowski); Mathematical Reviews (Prof. Walendziak). Very often, those mentioned above work as reviewers in papers from JCR list. Many scientific articles are published by the Faculty staff in widely-read journals, as Journal of Mathematical Physics, Demonstratio Mathematica, Fundamenta Informaticae, J. Phys. Chem. A., Radiat. Phys. Chem., Adv. In Space Research, Acta Physica Polonica B, J. Heterocyclic Chem., Phase Transitions, Journal Mathware and Softcomputing, Computational Mathematics and Modeling, Journal of Math. Sciences, Parallel Computing, Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis 9T,9T Nonlinear Analysis, etc.

Moreover, the research personnel contribute in Polish and European projects and grants, e.g. CRIT-2 (Prof. Ambroszkiewicz); NATO JSSTC.RCLG.979570 “Low Energy Electron Attachment Processes in System containing halocarbons”, Electron Induced Processing at the Molecular Level (EIPAM), COST – Electron Controlled Chemical Lithography (ECCL) (e.g. Dr. Kopyra); MRTN-CT-2006-035533 (SolarNtype) - Development of n-type polymer materials used as alternative to soluble C60 derivatives and their use in organic solar cells (Prof. Kapturkiewicz); British Council grant (Prof. Kawęcki); Logical Framework for ethical behaviour between Infohabitants in the Information Trading Economy of the Universal Information Ecosystem (Prof. Penczek); Polish – Finnish Joint Research Project under the agreement on scientific cooperation between The Polish Academy of Sciences and The Academy of Finland - Proteomic Studies on Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease (Prof. Głód) or American Scientific Society grant (Prof. Alania).

It is important to mentioned the patents, e.g. Patent PL: 185427, Patent PL:195087 (Prof. Rykowski); Patent PL: 195746 B1 121096 (Prof. Chruściel); Patent BY: 9669 (Prof. Jerczak), ect.