Master's Degree, Faculty of Economics

38.04.01 Economics

Program length: 2 years

Language of study: Russian

Place of study: Rostov-on-Don

Purpose of this educational program:

The program is aimed at training highly qualified professionals of a new generation who possess systemic knowledge in the field of modern economics and can effectively apply them in the practice of managing enterprises, organizations and institutions through the use of analytical methods, management tools and digital technologies, taking into account the legal aspects of regulating economic development and economic activity.

The program is based on a balance of theory and practice. It allows you to gain systematic knowledge in the field of economics and law and learn how to transform them into effective management solutions using analytical methods and digital technologies. A significant part of the practical training is based on the use of project training methods and case studies of real companies. Analytical methods and digital technologies are mastered during training using specialized software products and information systems. Students have the opportunity to build their own educational trajectory, as the program contains a number of elective disciplines, built taking into account the logic of the professional modules of the program.

Core curriculum

Advantages of this study program:

• The set of competencies in economics, management and law included in the program will allow graduates to successfully solve urgent problems of the national and regional economy in conditions of growing global risks and increasing complexity, uncertainty and dynamism of the economy.
• The combination of consistency, practice-orientation and interdisciplinarity determines unique educational results that ensure high competitiveness of graduates in the regional and national labor market. The program involves the use of the scientific and educational potential of the Faculty of Economics, cooperation with the Faculty of Law and interaction with partners from the industrial, information and public sectors. Innovative approaches to the formation of professional and supra-professional competencies are used in training, including on the basis of the use of electronic technologies, project training, interactive classes, individualization of educational trajectories.
• The program allows you to gain systematic knowledge in the field of economics and law and learn how to transform them into effective management solutions using analytical methods and digital technologies. This assumes the involvement of leading professors of the Faculty of Economics to conduct interactive lectures.
• A significant part of the practical classes is built using project-based learning methods. Practical teachers from the real sector of the economy are involved in conducting these classes. Analytical methods and digital technologies are mastered during training using specialized software products and information systems.
• Students have the opportunity to build their own educational trajectory, as the program contains a number of elective disciplines, built taking into account the logic of the professional modules of the program. During their studies, students can take part in academic mobility programs, as well as attend lectures by leading professors.
• The program has built-in opportunities for mastering online courses.
• Established contacts with employers make it possible to practice and train at leading companies in Russia and work on real economic and managerial tasks.
• Analytical methods and digital technologies are mastered during training using specialized software products and information systems.
• The program includes online courses from the world's leading universities. Established contacts with employers make it possible to practice in leading companies in Russia and work on real economic and managerial tasks. Together, this makes the learning process rich in content and interesting in form.

Prospects. Career & Employment

By enrolling in the program with entrance basic competencies in economics, graduates of the master's degree will have a sufficient level of economic, managerial, legal, analytical, communicative, design and digital competencies for operational integration into solving practical professional tasks in managing organizations. The demand for such specialists in the labor market is determined by their ability to successfully operate in a new economic situation, taking into account the opportunities, tasks and risks of managing organizations in the digital economy.

The program is focused on the segment of the labor market represented by specialists in:

• Economics & economic and legal aspects of the activities of economic entities
• Management & project management
• Analytics & heads of economic and analytical services of organizations of small, medium, large businesses, state companies, public authorities and management.

Economic analysis can help show when safeguarding working conditions is complementary to other social goals, and it can illuminate the tradeoffs when it is not. An obvious job path for someone with a background in economic law is working for a government legal service. Lawyers in the legal service work purely for the government, supporting officials in the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of laws and policies.