Mentor's Seminar

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент политики и управления

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватель

Макаренко Борис Игоревич

Course 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