Practical Training

The Report is a student's document reflecting the performance of an individual task during the Project, acquired skills and abilities, formed competencies. The project report is submitted electronically and contains the following control questions and tasks:

•  Goals and objectives of the project;
•  Enumeration and detailed description of the tasks that the student solved while working on the project;
•  Description of the project results obtained;
•  A story about the student's impressions (about what he managed to learn new, what to learn, what difficulties to face);
•  Self-assessment of your own achievements.

The evaluation of the student's work is carried out by the project manager in accordance with the principles specified in the evaluation sheet for the project. The project manager fills out an assessment sheet, giving an assessment for the work done by the student and the number of credits (3 credits in the 1st year and 8 credits in the 2nd year) for the amount of work on the project. The evaluation sheet must be submitted to the study office no later than the end of the session of the corresponding module

Following the results of the work in the Virtual Laboratory, a small group of students presents a report in the form of a presentation (in MS PowerPoint format). The presentation is a document reflecting the implementation of a practical task by a small group of students, discussion of a debatable issue, acquired skills and abilities, formed competencies. The presentation is submitted electronically and contains the following control questions and tasks:

•  Goals and practical tasks assigned to the group
•  Enumeration and detailed description of individual tasks that each student in the group solved while working on the task;
•  A detailed description of the results obtained for solving a practical problem;
•  Conclusions on solving a practical problem and directions for future research.

The evaluation of the work of a small group is carried out by the corresponding mentor of the virtual laboratory in accordance with the principles specified in the evaluation sheet. At the end of the virtual laboratory, the mentor fills out an assessment sheet for each topic, giving an assessment for the work done by each student and the number of credits (3 credits) for the amount of work in the laboratory. The evaluation sheet must be submitted to the training office no later than the end of the session of the corresponding module.

Following the results of work in the Project Laboratory, a small group of students presents a report in the form of a presentation and an explanatory note on the project. The report is a document reflecting the implementation of the project by a group of students, acquired skills and abilities, formed competencies. The report is submitted electronically and contains the following control questions and tasks:
• Goals and practical tasks of the project carried out by a small group
• Enumeration and detailed description of individual tasks that each student in the group solved while working on the task;
• Detailed description of the results of the project implementation;
• Final conclusions on the project and a description of their practical significance
The evaluation of the work of a small group is carried out by the head of the relevant project in accordance with the principles specified in the evaluation sheet for the laboratory. At the end of the laboratory, the head of each project fills out an assessment sheet, giving an assessment for the work done by each student and the number of credits (3 credits) for the amount of work in the laboratory. The evaluation sheet must be submitted to the training office no later than the end of the session of the corresponding module.

The Master's Thesis can be carried out both individually and as part of a group of students up to 5 people. In exceptional cases, the number of students in a group may be expanded in agreement with the academic supervisor of the Program, the head of the group Master's Thesis.
When writing the Master's Thesis by a team of students, the following features are highlighted:
• in the order on the approval of the topics and leaders of the Master's Thesis, a note is made about the group format of the Master's Thesis;
• management of group Master's Thesis can be carried out by several managers (the head and co-heads);
• it is recommended to include a section in the group Master's Thesis that clearly identifies the part of the work performed by each student and his contribution to the overall result, as well as (if available) describes the parts of the group work performed jointly by all group members;
• students performing group work are collectively responsible for the final result;
• a student can switch from one group project on writing the Master's Thesis to another or switch to individual writing of the Master's Thesis, including with the alienation of part of the results obtained, only in agreement with the head of the team he is leaving, the head of the team (individual leader) to which he plans to move, and the academic head of the Program until the end of the second module.
When preparing and defending the Master's Thesis at the Master of Business Analytics, the principle of zero tolerance to plagiarism is implemented. When writing a Master's Thesis, no more than 80% of self-citation is allowed.
Detailed information about the preparation and defense of final qualifying papers is set out in the Methodological Recommendations for the preparation of the Master's Thesis for the educational program "Master of Business Analytics". The deadlines for the implementation of the Master's Thesis are regulated by the Schedule for the implementation and protection of the Master's Thesis.
Volume of the Master's Thesis:
90,000 printed characters with spaces

More information about defense you can find here