Master
2023/2024
Mentor's Seminar
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia)
Area of studies:
Asian and African Studies
Delivered by:
School of International Regional Studies
When:
1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Olga V. Volosyuk
Master’s programme:
Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
8
Course Syllabus
Abstract
FThe seminar of the mentor will introduce students to the direction of developing academic skills and the effectiveness of the individual educational process mainly within the framework of trajectory “Politics, Society and International Relations in Asia” of the Master's program “Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia”. The seminar is the center of the educational program, as it helps students formulate their individual development goals for the two years of study on the program, Seminar is aimed at individual counseling and support for the students who will select elective disciplines, additional inter-campus courses and disciplines from other educational programs (Mago-Lego) in accordance with the current level of knowledge and the goals of the career development of each student.
Learning Objectives
- individual counseling and support of the educational trajectory in developing academic skills and high professional competencies.
- creating opportunities for building individual development plan within the framework of the trajectory of Master's program
- organizing and managing an individual research project
- helping participating in teamwork in within the framework of projects implemented at the university
Expected Learning Outcomes
- determine their scientific interest and systematically formulate it within the framework of an individual research task.
- assess the personal level of formation of professional competencies
- form an individual trajectory of professional development
- formulate a personal professional development goal
- identify the most suitable supervisors, motivate interest in cooperation, offer a reasonable program of joint work
Course Contents
- Mapping out steps in a professional career.
- Complementing competence profile of the chosen specialization
- Setting a personal goal of professional development
- Assessing the current level of competence formation
- Formatting an individual trajectory of professional development
- Discussing scientific interests and assisting in choosing a scientific track.
- Selecting disciplines for the Major and elective disciplines
- Selecting a supervisor in accordance with the scientific interests of a student
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.4 * Sfinal assessment + 0.4 * Sfinal assessment + 0.2 * Sindependent work + 0.2 * Sindependent work + 0.2 * Sroutine assessment + 0.2 * Sroutine assessment + 0.2 * class attendance + 0.2 * class attendance
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.4 * Sfinal assessment + 0.4 * Sfinal assessment + 0.2 * Sindependent work + 0.2 * Sindependent work + 0.2 * Sroutine assessment + 0.2 * Sroutine assessment + 0.2 * class attendance + 0.2 * class attendance
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Aladdin Assaiqeli. (2010). Doing history: Research and writing in the digital age. By Michael J. Galgano, J. Chris Arndt and Raymond M. Hyser. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.CF7D6EF6
- Pérez-García, M. (2018). Introduction: Current Challenges of Global History in East Asian Historiographies. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4053-5
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Introduction to international relations : theories and approaches, Jackson, R., 2010