Master 2023/2024

Mentor's Seminar

Type: Compulsory course (Politics. Economics. Philosophy)

Area of studies: Political Science

Delivered by: School of Politics and Governance

Where: Faculty of Social Sciences

When: 2 year, 1-3 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

Contact hours: 6

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

• Discussion of the areas of interest
  Initial consultation with all the students in group
• экзамен
  предварительная защита курсовой работы
• Discussion of the areas of interest
  Initial consultation with all the students in group
• экзамен
  предварительная защита курсовой работы

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.2 * Discussion of the areas of interest + 0.8 * экзамен
• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.2 * Discussion of the areas of interest + 0.8 * экзамен

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.