Degree: BACHELOR
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
ECTS: 240
Fields of study: Economics, Foreign Economic Activity, Business Behaviour, Financial Flows, Production Processes
Languages of instruction: Russian, English (on request)

DESCRIPTION

The mission of this programme is to provide high-quality training for competitive bachelors who meet the needs of the modern labour market and are capable of solving fundamental problems and applied problems of the global economy, international economic relations, international business, as well as theory and practice of organizing foreign economic activity. The purpose of the programme is to provide future graduates with knowledge, skills and abilities with which they will be able to achieve high competitiveness potential in the labour market and successfully apply it to increase the growth and well-being of Russia, through the development of personal qualities, the formation of universal and general professional competencies defined by the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education.

AIMS

analytical activity:
•    searching information, collecting and analysing data necessary for conducting certain economic calculations and preparing information and analytical documents;
•    analysing and interpreting indicators characterising socioeconomic processes and phenomena at the micro- and macrolevel both in Russia and abroad;
•    analysing business behaviour on the external market for products.

financial activity:
•    analysing world commodity and financial markets and assessing financial risks of foreign trade entities;
•    performing financial calculations and operations between economic entities.

calculating and economic activity:
•    implementing foreign economic activity of an enterprise, region and/or country;
•    organising economic activity of entities in the Russian and international business;
•    developing, preparing and making managerial decisions to improve the activities of enterprise agencies and units.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course the student should be able to:
•    apply knowledge (at the intermediate level) in economic theory when solving applied tasks;
•    collect and process data necessary for solving set economic tasks, conduct its statistical analysis;
•    analyse and comprehensively explain the nature of economic processes at the micro- and macrolevels;
•    propose economically and financially justified organisation and management solutions for professional activities;
•    use modern information technology and software when solving professional tasks.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

A graduate who has successfully completed the programme is capable of performing professional activities in foreign economic departments at enterprises and organisations across various industries, sectors, and forms of ownership; in economics, analysis, and finance departments of organisations and enterprises involved in economic and foreign economic activities and foreign exchange transactions; in international organisations and foreign business structures that regulate international co-operation; in state ministries, agencies, and authorities engaged in economic activities and managing international relations for regions; as well as in economic analysis centres and Russian and foreign research institutions.