Master
2024/2025
Project Seminar
Type:
Compulsory course (Data Analytics and Social Statistics)
Area of studies:
Applied Mathematics and Informatics
Delivered by:
International Laboratory for Applied Network Research
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
2 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Applied Statistics with Network Analysis
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course is about organizing projects, both in academia and in practice. Current marketplace de-mands multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving, and this is especially true in applied statis-tics, where all tasks are organized as project. Throughout the semester we will become familiar with the most advanced current topics, presented by guest speakers and the ANR researchers. Whether you plan to work in the corporate world, or develop your career in academia, you will be forced to generate knowledge and disseminate it to others, and doing so would require to organize individual projects, so there is no doubt that you will use the skills acquired in this course.
Learning Objectives
- The course gives students an important foundation to develop and conduct their own research as well as to evaluate research of others.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Be able develop and/or foster critical thinking skills.
- Be able to criticize constructively and determine existing issues in project management.
- Be able to understand the basic steps of project organization.
- Have basic academic writing skills in both English and Russian.
- Have oral presentation skills.
- Have project planning skills.
- Know the most recent advances in network science and applied statistics.
- Know the requirements and guidelines of project management.
- Know topics, terminology, and principles of project management approach.
Course Contents
- Requirements management
- What is project management?
- Project management in academia
- Time and schedule management
- Stakeholder management
- Resource management
- Ethics
- Projects presentation
Assessment Elements
- HomeworksEvery homework weights 10% of the final grade and has to be conpleted according to the internal course deadline set by the teaching staff.
- Final project
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Cavanagh, M. (2011). Second Order Project Management. Burlington, VT: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=411221
- Harris, E. (2009). Strategic Project Risk Appraisal and Management. Farnham, England: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=292718
- Pernille Eskerod, & Anna Lund Jepsen. (2013). Project Stakeholder Management. Routledge.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Neal, J., & Harpham, A. (2012). The Spirit of Project Management. Farnham: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=456961