Introductory Courses

As an introduction to university writing, this course will take students through the necessary elements of writing for academic purposes: the process itself, its genres, features and conventions. This includes the writing process, factual and analytical writing, organizing various essay types, developing a thesis, evaluating information, providing supporting evidence, and citing and referencing outside sources. Starting from general culture-specific and stylistic features of academic writing in English, students will work their way through the writing process, including prewriting research, drafting and revising, editing and proofreading, towards larger academic essays. Alongside with the key theoretical concepts and major practical issues, the course will develop knowledge of linguistic structures, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, through practice in composing and revising. Students will write something for or in every class. During the course, the students will be familiarized with theory of argumentation and develop basic research skills.

Life safety is an introductory course aimed at familiarizing first-year students with the peculiarities of HSE (academic and extracurricular). This discipline also focuses on the rules of personal safety in the metropolis. Students can find videos on topics in their LMS account. Learning and evaluation is carried out in an electronic educational environment on digital materials; the course is accompanied by master classes of representatives of the University who are responsible for the thematic sections of the discipline program.

The course “Russian History and Russia in World History” is aimed at familiarizing students with the Russian and World history of most of the periods up to the beginning of the 21-st century. The course emphasizes not just the facts and figures for different periods but the understanding of various historical processes and concepts. In addition, students will study which developments on an international scale shaped the world and global history. Beginning from some processes in the Russian Middle Ages, the course follows with social, industrial and scientific revolutions of the XVII-XIX centuries. Among others concepts such as cultural revolution, modernization, industrialization, colonization will be studied during the course. At the final stage students will master main developments of the XX-century-history.

This course is an introduction to the study of microeconomics.

This course covers the introductory level of macroeconomics.

The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the basic theories, history, and philosophy of international relations. This course starts out with laying out the leading theories of international relations such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism and then deals with such historical topics as World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the Rise of China and the decline of the United States. In addition, the students will be exposed to the main philosophy of Plato, Hegel, and Marx; thereby, understanding the origins of the ideas of the end of history and the clash of civilizations.

This is a required course for HSE dual degree program students. We will study the basics of politics as has existed in human society from time immemorial. We will learn why politics came about, how it has been institutionalized, and how it affects both the government, non-governmental actors, and you. Above all, students are expected to acquire a theoretical framework with which they could analyze any political systems in the global village and apply their knowledge to reality wherever they may go. The course will be conducted in the form of lectures and discussions so that students must read assignments before class. You are also expected to study comprehensively those terms, names, and events that appear in the text.

 Anyone who interested in basic mathematics is always welcome. The course consists of three parts. In the first, we introduce some concepts from linear algebra. The second part is devoted to multivariate calculus constrained static optimization. The last section provides an introduction to differential equations and dynamic systems. This course covers the basic mathematical tools that are used in classical and modern economics analysis and econometrics. By the end of this course, students are expected to master a number of derivations techniques, and this mastering comes only at the price of doing a sizable number of exercise. The instructor is there to help you through the learning process.