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Course Syllabus

Master 2024/2025

Mentor's Seminar "Developing an Individual Educational Trajectory"

Type: Compulsory course (Business Analytics and Big Data Systems)
Area of studies: Business Informatics
Delivered by: Department of Business Informatics
Where: Graduate School of Business
When: 1 year, 1-4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Petr Panfilov
Master’s programme: Business Analytics and Big Data Systems
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

The Mentor seminar is the core of the degree program (DP), as it helps students build an individual learning trajectory in accordance with the available courses of the curriculum and the professional expectations of students. Under the guidance of the academic supervisor of the DP, students will have to create a personalized set of disciplines to study, including core courses of the curriculum, elective courses, additional inter-campus courses and courses from the all-university pool of courses MagoLego. The seminar is also intended to guide students on the implementation of practical training elements (PTEs) that are integral parts of the curriculum, including the choice of topics for projects and term papers, topics and places of internship and topics for final qualifying work (FQW) - Master's Thesis. Within the framework of this seminar, students will develop skills in working with information sources, both digital and paper, writing scientific and research papers in order to maximize the effectiveness of students' independent work throughout the entire period of study under the Degree Program.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The seminar is aimed at developing students' skills in managing their own learning process, in the evolution of successes and difficulties, in setting and achieving goals within the framework of learning and practice on the Degree Program.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Conducts exploratory research, analysis and evaluation of digital innovations
  • Analyzes his own progress along an individual educational trajectory
  • Correlates his educational plans and the landscape of expertise in the field of business analytics and big data systems
  • Forms tasks for the research of new markets, monitors the progress of research and accepts their results
  • Conducts search and analysis of the most relevant academic and applied research in the field of business analytics and big data systems
  • Justifies his choice of individual elements of the curriculum
  • Correlates its educational plans with the structural elements of the educational program
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Key research areas in the field of business analytics and big data systems
  • Setting research tasks
  • Defense of project proposals
  • Monitoring of the development of the educational process by students
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Exam 2
    As a continuation of the home assignment on scientific writing students are offered a mini-course on Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism developed by IEEE organization. Once students have completed this course, they will be required to complete a short test on publishing practices and ethics.
  • non-blocking Home assignment 4: Project proposal (Summary and Working plan)
    Home assignment #4 is devoted to the preparation of the project proposal documents for the chosen topic of the consulting project, which is one of practical training elements (PTEs) of the individual learning trajectory in the second year of study. The purpose of the implementation of the PTE is to integrate knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during training on the DP BA&BDS and solving an applied problem from the subject area of the DP. Students of the DP BA&BDS choose research and applied projects (from different sources, including the HSE University’s “Project Fair” system), that can be group or individual projects, related to the subject of the DP, corresponding to the goals of studying at the DP and helping students develop the skills and competencies provided for in the HSE Educational Standard. As part of the implementation of the PTE, an introductory meeting of the student (or group of students) with the PTE initiator and/or the PTE supervisor is held to discuss the program, calendar, rules and evaluation criteria for the Consulting Project. An initial meeting is held, within the framework of which the goals and objectives of the project are set, the basic principles of communication between the PTE initiator, the PTE supervisor and the student (group of students) are discussed, the key requirements for the results of the project are determined, as well as the expected results. The student (group of students) forms a mandatory summary report on the meeting with the PTE initiator, the PTE Supervisor with confirmation or necessary change of the topic as a result of the discussion of these issues, as well as a brief working plan for the project, submitted to the academic supervisor of the DP and the PTE supervisor.
  • non-blocking Home Assignment 2: Project proposal (Summary and Working plan)
    Home assignment #2 is devoted to the preparation of the project proposal documents for the chosen topic of the consulting project, which is the main and only practical training element (PTE) of the individual learning trajectory in the first year of study. Students of the DP BA&BDS choose research and applied projects (from different sources, including the HSE University’s “Project Fair” system), that can be group or individual projects, related to the subject of the DP, corresponding to the goals of studying at the DP and helping students develop the skills and competencies provided for in the HSE Educational Standard. As part of the implementation of the PTE, an introductory meeting of the student (or group of students) with the PTE initiator and/or the PTE supervisor is held to discuss the program, calendar, rules and evaluation criteria for the Consulting Project. An initial meeting is held, within the framework of which the goals and objectives of the project are set, the basic principles of communication between the PTE initiator, the PTE supervisor and the student (group of students) are discussed, the key requirements for the results of the project are determined, as well as the expected results. The student (group of students) forms a mandatory summary report on the meeting with the PTE initiator, the PTE Supervisor with confirmation or necessary change of the topic as a result of the discussion of these issues, as well as a brief working plan for the project, submitted to the academic supervisor of the DP and the PTE supervisor.
  • non-blocking Home Assignment 1: Individual Educational Trajectory (The IET)
    Home assignment #1 involves the student's independent work on building an individual learning trajectory for the degree program, including choosing courses from the variable part of the program in accordance with the requirements for the composition and volume of the student's expected workload during the 1st and second years of study. The work includes filling out an excel form indicating the courses of choice from the Major module and the courses from the MagoLego module of the university-wide pool, as well as writing an essay justifying the choice of courses for an individual learning trajectory in accordance with the set learning objectives.
  • non-blocking Project defense 1
    The defense of the consulting project is an important element of the final (reporting) stage of work on the project. As to reporting on the PTE, it is supposed that student(s) prepare and submit a report on the implementation of the Consulting Project, as well as conduct a presentation-defense of the project results before the PTE initiator, the PTE supervisor and/or the academic supervisor of the DP. According to the Practice program 2024 intake document a project defense is arranged in the period from 03.06.2025 to the end of the session of the 4th module.
  • non-blocking Exam 1
    The exam involves defending a mini-project to build an individual learning trajectory using methods and tools for modeling the relationships and interdependencies between the disciplines of the curriculum. This project is the third part of the homework assignment on building the IET and includes the construction of a visual representation (a diagram) of the relationship between the courses of a learning trajectory using one or more methods, including the course-prerequisites network method, the client journey map method, project management method, etc.
  • non-blocking Home Assignment 3: Scientific writing (Research paper)
    Preparation of the scientific paper based on results of consulting project and/or final qualifying work. Home assignment #3 involves the student's independent work on preparing a draft version of a scientific article, structured according to the rules of scientific writing using formats adopted by leading scientific journals and conferences in the field of business informatics, data engineering, and data science. The work includes preparing the groundwork for the article, including reviewing the literature on the topic and forming research hypotheses and research goals for the introductory section of the scientific article, structuring the research material for their presentation in sections of the standard structure of the IMRAD article, selecting the template and formatting the research material accordingly for submitting the article to a specific conference or journal. The deliverables of this home assignment include: 1. Groundwork and Introduction section of the scientific paper. 2. Paper draft in popular formats (single-column and/or double-column) using templates from popular conferences and/or journals. Those templates provide rules for the titles, subtitles and paragraphs (fonts, font sizes, idents, etc.). 3. Full paper with all sections according to the IMRAD structure of the scientific paper ready for submission to the conference/journal.
  • non-blocking Class participation
    Participation/attendance may be monitored throughout the course at all stages and modules and added to the semester grade formula, accounting for up to 10% of students' overall seminar grade.
  • non-blocking Project defense 2
    The defense of the consulting project is an important element of the final (reporting) stage of work on the project. As to reporting on the PTE, it is supposed that student(s) prepare and submit a report on the implementation of the Consulting Project, as well as conduct a presentation-defense of the project results before the PTE initiator, the PTE supervisor and/or the academic supervisor of the DP. According to the Practice program 2024 intake document a project defense is arranged in the period from 19.12.2025 until 12.01.2026.
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 2nd module
    0.05 * Class participation + 0.05 * Class participation + 0.5 * Exam 1 + 0.4 * Home Assignment 1: Individual Educational Trajectory (The IET)
  • 2024/2025 4th module
    Home assignment 2 * 0,5 + Project defense 1 * 0,5
  • 2025/2026 2nd module
    0.05 * Class participation + 0.05 * Class participation + 0.2 * Exam 2 + 0.3 * Home Assignment 3: Scientific writing (Research paper) + 0.4 * Home assignment 4: Project proposal (Summary and Working plan)
  • 2025/2026 3rd module
    Project defense is evaluated on pass/fail base
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Gournelos, T., Hammonds, J. R., & Wilson, M. A. (2019). Doing Academic Research: A Practical Guide to Research Methods and Analysis.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Dwivedi, Y. K., Ismagilova, E., Hughes, D. L., Carlson, J., Filieri, R., Jacobson, J., Jain, V., Karjaluoto, H., Kefi, H., Krishen, A. S., Kumar, V., Rahman, M. M., Raman, R., Rauschnabel, P. A., Rowley, J., Salo, J., Tran, G. A., & Wang, Y. (2020). Setting the future of digital and social media marketing research: Perspectives and research propositions.
  • Saunders, M. N. ., & Lewis, P. (2017). Doing Research in Business and Management (Vol. 2nd). Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1594065
  • Saunders, M., & Lewis, P. (2012). Doing Research in Business and Management : An Essential Guide to Planning Your Project. Harlow: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1418659
  • Sharan B. Merriam, & Robin S. Grenier. (2019). Qualitative Research in Practice : Examples for Discussion and Analysis: Vol. Second edition. Jossey-Bass.
  • Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Vaclav Snasel, Aboul Ella Hassanien, Satadal Saha, & B. K. Tripathy. (2020). Deep Learning : Research and Applications. De Gruyter.
  • Snyder, H. (2019). Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.07.039
  • Ted Gournelos, Joshua R. Hammonds, & Maridath A. Wilson. (2019). Doing Academic Research : A Practical Guide to Research Methods and Analysis. Routledge.
  • Walle, A. H. (2015). Qualitative Research in Business : A Practical Overview. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1014736

Authors

  • PANFILOV PETR BORISOVICH