Master
2024/2025
Mentor's Seminar
ID 667588
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
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
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
Assessment Elements
- Brief report on selection of topic of term paperBrief oral report (up to 10 minutes) explaining the choice of topic for term paper, supported by a short memo and/or presentation. The report should explain the substance of the selected topic, anticipated research methods and literature, subject and/or hypotheses of the research
- Presentation of interim results of the work on term paperConstitutes a "pre-pre-defense" of the term paper. Presentation of the interim results of the term paper. Should include an explanantion of the pending work and answers to questions from the mentor and fellow students.
- Final seminar evaluating results of the work during the yearA class discussion involving all the students, evaluating the progress made in study, achievements and difficulties
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.25 * Final seminar evaluating results of the work during the year + 0.25 * Brief report on selection of topic of term paper + 0.5 * Presentation of interim results of the work on term paper
- 2024/2025 3rd moduleQuality of presentation of interim results: (a) presentation made at a seminar = 25 per cent (b) substance of the presentation shows good progress in worl = 25 per cent (c) outstanding work and problems described = 25 per cent (d) all questions from mentor and fellow students answered convinsingly
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.