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4.2. COURSES DESCRIPTION

 

Name of the course: Philosophy ECTS credit: 5
 

Semester:	1, 2
Period of study:	September-December, February-May
Contact hours:	86
Contents:	The role of philosophy in human and social life. Philosophical, religious and scientific picture of the world. The human being and personality. Issues of freedom and responsibility. Issues of modern civilization.
Assessment:	test (1), exam (2)

 

Name of the course: Culture Studies ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	1
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	54
Contents:	The history of world cultures. The history of Russian culture. Schools, trends and theories in culture studies. Cultural heritage.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Foreign Language

(English, German, French) ECTS credit: 12

Semester:	1, 2, 3, 4
Period of study:	September-December, February-May
Contact hours:	204
Contents:	Key language skills training: speaking, listening, reading.
Assessment:	test (1, 2, 3), exam (4)

 

Name of the course: History ECTS credit: 4

Semester: 2

Period of study: February-May

Contact hours: 64

Content: Types of ancient civilization. History of Russia and European countries. The 20-th century history as a new level of historical synthesis. The global history. Human being's mind and mentality development. Assessment: exam

Name of the course: Sport ECTS credit:10

Semester: 1,2,3,4

Period of study: September-December, February-May

Contact hours: 272

Content: The role of sport in student's professional training. Social and biological fundamentals of sport/ Assessment: attestation

Name of the course: Sociology ECTS credit:2

Semester: 3

Period of study: September-December

Contact hours: 36

Content: History of sociology. Society as a social and cultural system. The concept of "culture". Culture impact on social economic and political relations. Individual's social status. Intra- and intergroup relations. Social behavior. Social structure, and institutions, social conflicts and their settlement. Assessment: test

Name of the course: Political Studies ECTS credit:2

Semester: 4

Period of study: February-May

Contact hours: 32

Content: History of political studies. The theory of power and authority. Political life and its features. Political system. Political ideologies. The world politics and international relations. Comparative political studies. Assessment: test

Name of the course: Psychology and Pedagogy ECTS credit:3

Semester: 4

Period of study: February-May

Contact hours: 48

Content: The key concepts of psychology. Psychic, behaviour and activity. Personality and interpersonal communication. The key concepts of pedagogy. Family pedagogy. Assessment: test

Name of the course: Mathematics ECTS credit:8

Semester: 1,2

Period of study: September-December, February-May

Contact hours: 136

Content: Linear algebra and linear programming. Integrals. Mathematical models in economics. "Supply and demand" models. The theory of games. Assessment: exam

Name of the course: Informatics ECTS credit:9

Semester: 1,2,3

Period of study: September-December, February-May

Contact hours: 156

Content: Key concepts. Types of information. PCs, information systems and networks. Languages of programming. Software. Trends in information technologies development. Assessment: test (1,2), exam (3)

Name of the course: Fundamentals of Modern

Natural Science ECTS credit:6

Semester: 1,2

Period of study: September-December, February-May

Contact hours: 104

Content: A scientific method. History of scientific thought. Orders and chaos. Structural levels of matter organization in micro-, macro- and megaworlds. Time and space. Principles of relativity and symmetry. Genetics and evolution. Assessment: exam

Name of the course: Ecology ECTS credit:4

Semester: 2

Period of study: February-May

Contact hours: 64

Content: Natural resources as a target of environmental protection. Effective ecological and environmental management. Ecological and environmental planning. Social aspects of ecology. Assessment: exam

Name of the course: Theory of Economics ECTS credit:12

Semester: 1,2,3

Period of study: September-December, February-May

Contact hours: 208

Content: Fundamentals of economic analysis, market and public sector. Key concepts of ownership. Introduction to macroeconomics. Money, GDP. Supply and demand. Inflation and unemployment. Types of business activity. Competition. Regulation and deregulation. Comparative economic system. Assessment: test (1,2), exam (3)

Name of the course: History of Economic Doctrines ECTS credit:3

Semester: 3

Period of study: September-December

Contact hours: 54

Content: Overview of economic thought development from the Ancient East, antiquity to the Middle Age. Evolution of the economic thought on the early stage of market economy and entrepreneurship. Key schools of modern economic thought (marginalism, neo-classical school, marxism etc.). Keyneism, neo-classisism, "state socialism". Assessment: test

Name of the course: Statistics ECTS credit:5

Semester: 4

Period of study: February-May

Contact hours: 80

Content: Key concepts of statistics. Statistical observation and analysis. Statistical graphs and charts. Absolute and relative quantities. Economic and social statistics. Statistics of population and labour force; production. Assessment: exam

Name of the course: Law ECTS credit:4

Semester: 5,6

Period of study: September-December, February-May

Contact hours: 68

Content: Law, personality and state. The structure of law. Law and Constitution. Private law. Civil, commercial and international law. Legal background for commercial transactions, types of agreements. Assessment: test (5), exam (6)
 
 

Name of the course: Accounting ECTS credit: 5
 

Semester:	5
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Fundamentals of accounting. Systems of synthetical and analytical accounting. Accounting of costs, wages, salaries and raw materials. Financial position and financial stability of the company. Lending in manufacturing sector.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Safety Measures at a Working Place ECTS credit: 5
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Theoretical, legal, technical and organizational fundamentals for a safe working place. The working place hygene.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: History of Economics ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	4
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	48
Contents:	Production in different historical societies: from antique society to the Middle ages and capitalism. Different models of mixed economy.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Management ECTS credit: 5
 

Semester:	5
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Market in Russia and its features. Market economy and management. Concept and functions of management. Short-term and long-term planning. Business ethics.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Regional and Municipal Economy ECTS credit: 5
 

Semester:	6
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	78
Contents:	Key terms and categories of regional and municipal economy. The theory of location. The concept of the economic region. Stages of economic region growth. Social issues of region development. Strategy of constant region's growth.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Finance, Money Circulation
and Credit ECTS credit: 4

Semester:	6
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	64
Contents:	Fiscal policy. Financial management. Financial planning and forecasting. Russian fiscal system. The concept, types and functions of money. Theories of money. Credit and its types and functions.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: International Economic Activity ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	7
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Regulation of international economic activity on international and federal levels. Types of organizations, involved in international economic activity.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Office Administration and
Record Management ECTS credit:1 Semester: 2

Period of study: February-May

Contact hours: 16

Content: Types of documents, unification and standards: incoming and outgoing papers, their filing and keeping. Registers. Assessment: test

Name of the course: Enterprise Economics ECTS credit: 8
 

Semester:	3,4
Period of study:	September-December, February-May
Contact hours:	136
Contents:	The enterprise is considered as a dynamic production system. Production processes, their types. Levels of production. "Time and spatial" production. Production management.
Assessment:	test (3), exam (4)

 

Name of the course: Structuring and Managing Production ECTS credit: 8
 

Semester:	5,6
Period of study:	September-December, February-May
Contact hours:	136
Contents:	The enterprise structure as a production system. Volume and quality production. Time and spatial models of production processes. Methods of production management.
Assessment:	test (5), exam (6)

 

Name of the course: Enterprise Internal Planning ECTS credit: 6
 

Semester:	7,8
Period of study:	September-December, February-May
Contact hours:	102
Contents:	The course provides a set of tools for practical solution of management problems. Concepts, goals and objectives of internal planning. Control and monitoring. Effectiveness assessment. Short-term and long-term planning.
Assessment:	test (7), exam (8)

 

Name of the course: Entrepreneurial Risks ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	32
Contents:	Classification of risks. Qualitative assessment of risk. Factors and methods of hedging against risk. Quantitative assessment of risk. Risk management. Risk dissipation and compensation. Risk insurance. Strategic planning.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Change Management ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	18
Contents:	The enterprise as a flexible system. Principles of restructuring. External and internal changes.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Innovation Management ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	7
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	54
Contents:	Definition of innovation, its classification. Innovation management on different stages: input, output. Life cycle of innovation. State regulations of innovation use. Innovation project evaluation.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Innovation Market ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	32
Contents:	Key concepts and structure of innovation market. Supply and demand on innovation market. Innovation pricing. Types of innovation activity. State regulation of innovation market. Buyer's and seller's behaviour. Local innovation markets.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: SME Support ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	32
Contents:	Mechanism, types and methods of SME support. Federal, oblast and local programs of SME support. Interaction of big, small and medium-size entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs' networking.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Cost Management ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	48
Contents:	Types of costs. Cost accounting for different types of products. Costing. Costs management. Evaluating effectiveness of running and capital costs.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Price Management ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	32
Contents:	Cost of goods and services. Wholesale and retail price. Pricing imported goods. State regulations of prices. Pricing in Sverdlovsk Oblast. Setting up and changing prices.
Assessment:	test

 
 
 
 
 

Name of the course: Economics of Real Estate ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	32
Contents:	Theoretical and methodological aspects of real estate management. Real estate market segmentation. Real estate assessment. Practical application of the theory in designing real estate evaluation projects.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Quality Control Management ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	64
Contents:	Concept of quality control. "Quality" loop and its components: standardization, certification, planning and motivation.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Logistics ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	7
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	64
Contents:	Concept of logistics. Logistic system and its components. Logistic methods. Function of logistic system. Models of industrial logistic systems. Logistic system and technology. Solutions for logistic systems.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Situation Modeling ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	54
Contents:	Study of a model of a firm's performance which adequately reflects the dynamism of real economic processes (internal and external). Structure of the model, its functions, case study on modeling production, finance and marketing activities of a firm.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Economics of Russian

Industrial Complex ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	5
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	54
Contents:	Definition and structure of the industrial complex. Types of business activities. Industrial corporation.
Assessment:	exam

 
 
 

Name of the course: Earnings, Salaries and Wages ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	6
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	48
Contents:	Modern principles and methods of gain sharing. Models of building up revenues. Systems of employees' payments. Sources of social wealth.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Strategic Planning and Marketing ECTS credit: 6
 

Semester:	5,6
Period of study:	September-December, February-May
Contact hours:	102
Contents:	Marketing activity of the firm. External and internal environment. Definition of marketing, operating marketing (marketing mix and its components). Building up the system of strategic planning. Marketing research, strategy design.
Assessment:	test (5), exam (6)

 

Name of the course: Personnel Management ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	7
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	54
Contents:	Human resources management of Russian firms. Theoretical, methodological and organizational principles of decision making in the area of personnel.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Anticrisis Management ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	36
Contents:	How to identify the crisis. Hedging against crisis. Features of crisis. Crisis forecast.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Assets Management ECTS credit: 6
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Assets management. Asses evaluation. Privatization in Russia and other countries. Privatization as background for corporate control and management in transitional economy. Models of corporate control. Joint-stock companies.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Capital Goods Market ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	6
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	36
Contents:	Key terms and structure of the capital goods market. Goods market. Russian and international classifications of goods. Key requirements for establishing and operating. industrial goods market Wholesale on the capital goods market. Leasing. Dealers' performance. Discount and mark-ups.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Labour Market ECTS credit: 2
 

Semester:	6
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	32
Contents:	Key concepts and structure of labour market. Supply and demand, cost of labour on different markets. Russian labour market. Regional labour market. Employment and unemployment. Professional training and retraining.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Financial Planning ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	7
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Financial planning of the enterprise. Cash flow statement: working capital, depreciation, profit, sales, debtors, creditors. Sales forecast. Balancing revenues and expenditures.
Assessment:	test

 

Name of the course: Feasibility Study ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	7
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Study of different approaches to economic activity. Factors affecting economic activity and effectiveness.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Integrated Models of

Business Management ECTS credit:5
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	72
Contents:	Definition and concept of integrated models (IM) of business management. Integration and its direction. Features of IM business management. IM design and implementation. Analysis of IM.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Tax Planning ECTS credit: 3
 

Semester:	8
Period of study:	February-May
Contact hours:	48
Contents:	Taxation system in Russia and ways of its improvement. Types of taxes. Tax planning: goals and objectives, components of tax planning; legal background.
Assessment:	exam

Name of the course: Investment Management ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	36
Contents:	Key terms and stages of investment management cycle. Analysis and assessment of investments priorities in investment policy. Investment risks. Business planning of investment projects.
Assessment:	exam

 

Name of the course: Investment Market ECTS credit: 4
 

Semester:	9
Period of study:	September-December
Contact hours:	36
Contents:	Features of competitive investment market. Investment resources and their classification. Infrastructure of investment market and pricing.
Assessment:	test

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