Dear colleagues,
 
I would like to inform you about the online course Georgian language and culture offered at Malmoe University fall semester 2006.
The online course starts 1 September but it is still possible to apply.
An application and the copies of required documents may be sent by fax and then be sent by ordinary mail to Malmoe.
 
The course is based exclusively on distance learning.
No obligatory meetings are included.
There is no tuition fee. The only fee that students have to pay is a reduced fee to the Malmoe Student Union of 170 SEK (approximately 20 USD) for the whole semester. This fee shall be paid later in October.
 
The demo version is found at the address:
http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/DEMO/INDEX4.html
 
See the detailed information about the course and application procedure below.
 
Best regards
Manana Kock Kobaidze
 
Georgian
1-10 credits (15 ECTS credits)
 
General course information
The internet-based Georgian language course will be offered in the fall semester 2006 (start on the 1st of September) at Malmoe University, at the School of International Migrations and Ethnical Relations.
The course is based exclusively on distance learning. All course material (lectures in English, Georgian texts with transliterations, exercises, Georgian-English dictionary, audio-files, Georgian fonts etc) will be available on the net. No obligatory meetings in Malmoe are included. The examination is also conducted on the net.
 
Duration
The course starts on the 1st of September and ends in the beginning of January. New lectures and exercises are published on the Internet every week. You will have the address of the web-site, your user-name and password. You will have to send answers to obligatory exercises to us by e-mail. You will receive answers to your work individually to your e-mail address. Besides the obligatory exercises, interactive exercises for individual studies are also included.
 
Fees
There is no tuition fee. The only fee that students have to pay is a reduced fee to the Malmö Student Union of 170 SEK (approximately 15 USD) for the whole semester. The fees should be paid in the middle of the semester.
 
In order to be admitted the following data and documents are required:
 
1. An application form where you fill in the following data:
1. Birth date (year-month-day)
2. Name and surname
3. Mail address
4. E-mail address
5. Telephone number
6. Application code (fall 2006): 00267
(You will find a space for this code in the application form under the item 10)
 
The application form is found at the address:
 
http://www.mah.se/upload/Utbildning/blanketter/anmalan/app_nonex.pdf
Application  written on an ordinary paper may also be accepted. 
2. An attested copy of the diploma from your pre-university education.
(An attested copy means that any private person who has another surname than you will sign it and write that the copy is true)
 
If you already study at university level in your own country you may send a certificate about your current studies instead of a copy of the diploma from your pre-university education. 
3. A separate certificate attesting your knowledge of English (level A).
The separate certificate is not necessary if your diploma (/(gymnasiebetyg) includes English as one of subjects studied by you.
 
Please, send these documents to the address:
 
Malmoe University
Central Office of Admission (Antagningsavdelningen)
Box 50514
202 50 Malmoe
Sweden
 
Since the course starts on the 1st of September it is best if you fax your application and the copies of your documents to:
+46-40-665 70 51
 
And then send it by ordinary mail too.
 
Please, note: It is very important that you send a message to georgia@... as well when you send your application to the Central Office of Admission. Otherwise we will be informed about your application at a much later date.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at the address: georgia@...