Course Catalog

Research Seminar develops students’ skills of planning and conducting scientific research and skills to present results of the research. Master classes by industry experts are also part of Research Seminar.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, writing a research proposal, research proposal presentation

Type of midterm control
Pass or fail

Workload
2 ECTS
144 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulyanova Maria
Korotkova Yana

Research Seminar develops students’ skills of planning and conducting scientific research and skills to present results of the research. Master classes by industry experts are also part of Research Seminar.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, project, written assignment (literature review), literature review presentation

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulyanova Maria
Korotkova Yana
Buklemishev Oleg

Research Seminar develops students’ skills of planning and conducting scientific research and skills to present results of the research. Master classes by industry experts are also part of Research Seminar.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, business case, practical assignments, written assignment (theoretical framework), theoretical framework presentation

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
5 ECTS
180 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulyanova Maria
Korotkova Yana
Martanus Oxana
Oleynik Alexander
Kryzhanovskaya Tatiana

Research Seminar develops students’ skills of planning and conducting scientific research and skills to present results of the research. Master classes by industry experts are also part of Research Seminar.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, written assignment (first chapter of master thesis),  presentation of the first chapter of master thesis

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulyanova Maria
Korotkova Yana

Research Seminar develops students’ skills of planning and conducting scientific research and skills to present results of the research. Master classes by industry experts are also part of Research Seminar.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, practical home tasks on master classes topics, practical home task on personal career planning, written assignment (draft of master thesis), presentation of the thesis research results

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
6 ECTS
216 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulyanova Maria
Korotkova Yana
Zolotina Olga
Alekhina Anastasia
Ulupova Valeria

Research Seminar develops students’ skills of planning and conducting scientific research and skills to present results of the research. Master classes by industry experts are also part of Research Seminar.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, scientific report, thesis pre-defense

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
5 ECTS
180 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulyanova Maria
Korotkova Yana

Within the course such strategic management issues as basic concepts of strategic management, strategic management methods, managerial tools for developing and implementing strategies are considered. The course helps to acquire the skills necessary for the analysis of the external and internal environment of organization; to develop strategic thinking and form strategic management skills in various areas of professional activity.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, written home assignments, test, group project

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Shcholokova Svetlana

Within the course students study strategic consulting tools in decision-making, as well as the impact of digitalization on management decisions.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, reflection forms, group project, test, case study

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Selskaya Tatiana

The course examines how individuals, groups and structure influence behavior within organization, and how knowledge of these processes helps to increase organizational effectiveness. The course also helps to better understand oneself and others in situations related to work, contributes to potential career success. In this course, issues of managing people's behavior in an organization are considered from the point of view of positive organizational behavior formation.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, essay, written home assignments, group project

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Razumova Tatiana
Burak Irina
Zolotina Olga

The course allows to deepen knowledge of general theoretical foundations, principles and laws of the functioning of the economy at the micro, macro and world levels; goals and measures of economic policy, ways to assess its effectiveness and degree of its impact on key economic indicators. Within the course, students analyze real economic situations, offer possible ways to solve them on the basis of economic theory; model standard economic situations, while systematizing information and competently selecting data for economic models.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, group projects, tests

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
5 ECTS
180 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Kudryashova Elena
Konovalova Tatiana
Grishina Victoria

The course is aimed at building students' knowledge in determining relevant scientific and practical topics in the field of management, management research methods and in developing skills in applying these methods when conducting research in the field of management. The academic fundamentals of management, management paradigms, the subject and subject areas of management as a science are studied in the course, as well as results of classic and latest research in management, methods of forming a database for upcoming research, analysis of a specific organization (unit), quantitative and qualitative research methods in management.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, home assignments, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Ulupova Valeria

The course develops students’ skills of self-presentation and business presentation. Master students practice academic writing and speaking on professional topics.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, presentations, case study, review of articles

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
2 ECTS
72 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Nikishina Elena
Kondratyeva Marina
Demin Mark

The course is devoted to the philosophical and methodological foundations of management. During the course, students analyze and evaluate philosophical problems while solving social and professional problems, highlight the main trends in the development of administrative science and practice, summarize and critically evaluate the results obtained by Russian and foreign researchers, get acquainted with the general concepts of the development of science, philosophical and methodological problems and the fundamentals of management.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, presentations, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
2 ECTS
72 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Rogozhnikova Varvara

An interfaculty course (IFC) is a course that is offered by any other (than Faculty of Economics) faculty of Moscow State University. The list of interfaculty courses is constantly changing, the list of current IFCs can be found on MSU portal. Please note that every master's student needs to pass IFCs in the first and third trimesters, and one of them must be on Artificial Intelligence (such courses have a special mark of AI-course on the portal).

Activities within the course:
refer to IFC description at MSU portal

Assessments tools:
refer to IFC description at MSU portal

Type of midterm control
Pass or Fail

Workload
1 ECTS
36 academic hours

Teaching Staff
teaching staff of the faculty of the specific IFC

Within the course, theoretical and practical aspects of international business activity are considered. Special attention is paid to the study of the macro and micro environment of international business, including the features of cross-cultural management; to the reasons for business internationalization and forms of international business activity. For this purpose, models of business internationalization are considered, the advantages and disadvantages of various options for entering foreign markets are analyzed. .

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, case studies, presentations, business games, written home assignments, group project

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
6 ECTS
216 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Chihun Liudmila

The course provides students with the system of modern theoretical and practical knowledge and skills necessary for a financial manager to develop managerial decisions at a company level and to organize their implementation. The knowledge and skills gained allow to develop and justify the proposed managerial decisions related to the choice of investment projects, ways of financing the activities of the company, attracting the necessary long-term and short-term financing.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, case studies, presentations, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Korotkova Yana
Tolstel Marina

Within the course, theoretical and practical aspects of international communication and leadership are considered. The course gives an idea of how to achieve effective communication and be a successful leader in an international context. Much attention is paid to understanding the role of the cultural factor in effective communication, corporate challenges to global cooperation, overcoming communication barriers to international projects.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, practical home assignment, group project, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Gerald Rohan

Educational practice is carried out to consolidate theoretical knowledge acquired by students in the process of training and to transform the knowledge into primary professional skills. A continuous period of time is allocated in the training schedule for conducting the practice in parallel with the educational process. Educational practice involves developing the skills of independent research work for students. The content of practice of each student is specified by an individual task.

Activities within the practice: 
not regulated (upon agreement with the academic supervisor/practice supervisor)

Assessment tools: 
practice report

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

The purpose of the course is to provide students with understanding of the characteristics of international marketing and the international competitiveness of companies. Particular attention is paid to the study of the role of marketing in “servicing” the strategic tasks of international business, the specifics of modern global marketing.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, case studies, essays, group project, presentation, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Oleynik Alexander

The course provides students with the understanding of the features of developing a business model of a product when introducing it to the market. Within the course students study tools for identifying market needs and testing hypotheses; develop skills to analyze and understand market needs; develop interdisciplinary skills in a business model development for launching a product on the market; develop skills to create and maintain a business from an idea to the stage of expansion in international markets.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, practical home assignments, group project

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Tishchenko Elena

Within the course, students get acquainted with the classification of law, main legal systems, sources and characteristics of general and civil law; the nature of agreement, essential elements of contracts, types of contractual terms, factors affecting the validity of contracts; corporate credentials and management. Particular attention is paid to intellectual property law and competition law, as well as legal standards in the field of consumer protection, fair and unfair commercial practices. The course also forms an understanding of the key issues of labor law, the basic principles of personal data protection and legislation in this area

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, practical home assignments, tests, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Motovilova Daria 

The discipline considers the processes of identification, study and assessment of risks (external and internal in relation to the subject of management) that enterprises and individuals face. Based on a risk analysis and consideration of risk management methods, approaches are proposed to build a risk management plan that includes risk control and financing. The problems of risk transfer (insurance and non-insurance) are considered. When analyzing a corporate risk management plan, attention is paid to the company's culture in relation to risk, existing internal control and audit systems, and company reporting on risks. Special focus is made on the risks associated with climate change.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, tests, group project, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS
108 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Echenique Vladimir
Ulyanova Maria
Denisov Boris 

Acquisition of professional skills and experience of independent professional activity, as well as collection of material for the implementation of the empirical part of the final qualifying work (master's thesis). Development of an individual plan for internship completion, verification of compliance of the planned content of the internship with the results obtained.

Activities within the practice: 
not regulated (upon agreement with the academic supervisor/practice supervisor)

Assessment tools: 
internship report

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
3 ECTS (IV) / 6 ECTS (V)
108 academic hours (IV) / 180 academic hours (V)

The course introduces students to the structure, internal organization and functioning principles of the modern electronic market segments; forms the skills of planning and conducting marketing campaigns in these segments, analyzing the effectiveness of such campaigns, highlighting strategic problems and solutions. The basic strategies of the Internet usage as an online media environment for promoting brands, goods and services, the experience of Russian and international companies in their formation and implementation, as well as modern online marketing tools, platforms and services for marketing analysis are considered.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, group project, practical home tasks, case studies, analytical report, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
6 ECTS
216 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Rybalko Maria 

The course provides a comprehensive exploration of strategic planning and execution in an international business context.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, group project, case studies

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
6 ECTS
216 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Sadurni Jorge 

The content of the course involves a detailed, consistent analysis of the process of conducting commercial negotiations from the perspective of the seller, aiming to sell his product / service to the client organization. The course includes such sections as classification of potential buyers, business communication skills, technology of business acquaintance, control over the course of negotiations, chronology of professional negotiations, overcoming problems, presentation forms and requirements for commercial offers, rules for using phones, etc. A typical sales management model is analyzed in detail and with practical examples, the main issues of conducting a sales management audit are disclosed, and the organization of the sales process in practice is analyzed.

Activities within the course: 
interactive seminars, individual and group consultations

Assessments tools: 
participation in discussions, practical home tasks, group project, written examination

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
6 ECTS
216 academic hours

Teaching Staff
Oleynik Alexander 

Pre-thesis practice is carried out with the purpose of systematization and completion of student's work on the master's thesis. A continuous period of time is allocated in the training schedule for conducting the practice in parallel with the educational process. Each student together with the academic supervisor develops a work plan for pre-thesis practice, after that in the timeframe set fulfills the work plan approved. At the end of the practice period, the supervisor evaluates the quality of the planned work performed by the student. The result is the text of the empirical part of the master's thesis.

Activities within the practice: 
not regulated (upon agreement with the academic supervisor/practice supervisor)

Assessment tools: 
practice report

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
4 ECTS
144 academic hours

Final State Assessment:

1. State Exam
2. Defense of master's thesis

Type of midterm control
Exam

Workload
9 ECTS
324 academic hours