Сurriculum

The Master programme «Politics. Economics. Philosophy» consists of the following elements:

Interdisciplinary courses

• Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics 
• Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science 
• Intellectual History (Economic, Social, and Political Thought)
• Data Analysis in the Social Sciences
• State and Economy
• Culture, Social Capital and Development Through History
• Transformation of Post-Soviet Space: Politica, Societies, Economies

Economic block

• Contemporary Economics
• Anti-corruption and compliance in contemporary public policy
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): business and state

Political block

• Explaining Contemporary Russian Politics: Institutions and Practices
• The international politics of security strategies: The EU, Russia and strategic studies
• Transformations of Post-Soviet Space: Politics, Societies, Economies

Philosophy block

• Political Ethics
• Philosophy of New Social Movements
• Psychology of Thinking and Reasoning

Adaptational courses (depends on students' background)

• Mathematics
• Economics
• Political Science

Research seminar

The course is intended to help a student to enter the universe of intellectual culture underlying contemporary social sciences, to perceive the origin and logic of basic ideas governing political movements and economic change.

Term paper (year 1)

Thesis (year 2)

Project work (6 credits)

• 3 credits in the 1st year (no later than the end of the 4th module)
• 3 credits in the 2nd year (no later than the end of the 3rd module)