Mentor's Seminar

Master 2024/2025

Type: Compulsory course (Politics. Economics. Philosophy)

Area of studies: Political Science

Delivered by: School of Politics and Governance

Where: Faculty of Social Sciences

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Boris Makarenko

Master’s programme: Политика. Экономика. Философия

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The mentor's seminar is aimed at forming an individual learning trajectory and individual educational results for each student of the trajectory. The mentor defines a list of key educational outcomes that all students of the educational trajectory should achieve. The seminar can have the format of a standard traditional discipline and a tutor format that provides consultations on scientific papers/projects. At the same time, it is possible to use an asynchronous communication format.

Learning Objectives

to acquire an undestanding of research directions; to develop an individual curriculum to select and finetune topics of the term paper and master thesis

Expected Learning Outcomes

A student compares research design
develop the formal srtucture of research work
monitor and assess progress and modify plans as required

Course Contents

An orientation workshop
Russian studies: what to study?
Individual consultations

Assessment Elements

brief presentation of topic of the term paper
Students are required to present the topic of their prospective term paper explaining: (a) reasons for choosing the topic; (b) tentative research question(s) and/or hypotheses; (c) types of sources/literature; (d) plans for empirical research
progress report
brief report on the progress in studies including the work on term paper
presentation of the progress on term paper (preparation for pre-defense
preparation for the defense
discussion of the paper on the basis of resluts of the pre-defense

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 4th module
0.3 * brief presentation of topic of the term paper + 0.15 * preparation for the defense + 0.25 * presentation of the progress on term paper (preparation for pre-defense + 0.3 * progress report
2025/2026 3rd module
Линейная формула оценивания

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Hagen, M. von. (2019). Why Russian History? Ab Imperio, 3, 226–228. https://doi.org/10.1353/imp.2019.0069
Kudrin, A. L. (2015). A new growth model for the Russian economy [Elektronische Ressource] / Alexey Kudrin and Evsey Gurvich. Helsinki: Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.444956530
Politics in Russia, Remington, T.F., 2012
Russian politics and society, Sakwa, R., 2008

Recommended Additional Bibliography

R. A. W. Rhodes, Sarah A. Binder, & Bert A. Rockman. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions. OUP Oxford.

Authors

MAKARENKO BORIS IGOREVICH

Course Syllabus