Mentor`s Seminar "Applied Economics and Mathematical Methods"

Master 2022/2023

Type: Compulsory course (Applied Economics and Mathematical Methods)

Area of studies: Economics

Delivered by: Department of Economics

Where: St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Pavel Sergeevich Molchanov

Master’s programme: Applied Economics and Mathematical Methods

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 24

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The mentor's seminar is intended for joint activities of the academic mentor and the student to solve the following tasks: fixing individual educational results that the student intends to achieve during the development of the program; selection and coordination of academic disciplines, relevant projects and seminars; individual consultation of the student with the mentor about the progress of the program and the degree of achievement of results; adjustment of the individual curriculum in the case of of necessity. Joint classes are provided for students of two tracks, including with invited speakers, discussion of the preparation of coursework and final qualifying works of students is mandatory.

Learning Objectives

This seminar is intended for the joint activity of an academic mentor and a student in solving the problems of designing individual educational results of a student, as well as preparing students for writing a term paper, and then a thesis.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Term paper development

Course Contents

Term paper

Assessment Elements

Activity
Research

Interim Assessment

2022/2023 4th module
0.5 * Activity + 0.5 * Research
2023/2024 3rd module
0.5 * Research + 0.5 * Activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Morris, D. (1977). Theory of the Firm/Theory of the Firm/The Theory of the Firm/Modern Managerial Economics/Managerial Economics/Introduction to Process Economics/An Introduction to Industrial Economics/Industrial Organization/The Strategy and Structure of British Enterprise/The Economic System/Economic Policy/An Introduction to Applied Economics/Disequilibrium Economics. Journal of Management Studies (Wiley-Blackwell), 14(1), 105–116. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=4555251

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Прикладная экономика, [учебное пособие] : пер. с англ., Junior Achievement Inc. ; под ред. Д. Ю. Тушунова, 224 с., , 1992

Course Syllabus