Education establishment “Belarus State Economic University” Master’s degree program University Degree of the 2nd stage Department The Department of Cross-cultural Economic Communication Specialization Master’s Degree Program Degree awarded Forms of Education The Program is headed by 1-26 81 05 Marketing Event Marketing (in English) Master of Economics and Management Part-time Natalya V. Popok, Ph.D. (linguistics), associate professor, Dean of the School of International Business Communications; Natalya P. Mogilenskih, Ph.D. (linguistics), associate professor, Chair of the Department of Cross-cultural Economic Communication Ivan L. Akulich, Ph.D. (Economics), Professor, Chair of the Department of Marketing; Elena N. Petrushkevich, Ph.D. (Economics), Professor; Boris A. Zhelezko, Ph.D. (linguistics), associate professor, Chair of the Department of Economic Information Science; Natalya P. Mogilenskih, Ph.D. (linguistics), associate professor, Chair of the Department of Cross-cultural Economic Communication; Invited practitioners from the Group of Companies “Alutech”, Visual Art Centre “Arts Corporation”, Joint Ltd. “Game Stream”, HTP, CJSC “In transition”, Belarusian Ice Hockey Association, Ltd. “БСК” The mission of the Master’s degree program is to prepare highly skilled professionals in the area of Event Marketing. In-depth training of Marketing specialists in an absolutely new area of Marketing – Brand promotion through event organization in both internal and external marketing environment. The program is based on the concept of event organization as the main integral part of the marketing communications in competitive marketing environment. The event is regarded as a means to achieve a product’s or service’s marketing objectives. Emphasis is on Event Marketing in different areas, cross-cultural peculiarities of event organization, business protocol role, public relations, advertising etc. The program provides students with Staff Mission of the program Aim of the program The contents in brief Key features of the program Core disciplines (state component) Main disciplines of the Master’s program Options – two forms professional knowledge and analytic skills based on the understanding of strategic and organizational context of all the marketing communications used by the enterprise so as to develop an event fully integrated into the marketing communications. The unique element of the program is the development of deep professional knowledge needed to devise creative event concepts and to apply these concepts to brand promotion. The program is aimed at teaching the principles of success in different types of events, which contributes to the brand promotion and constitutes a universal tool of changes in both internal and external marketing environment of the enterprise. The program provides for a wide range of multicultural authentic material, in particular cases of leading world and domestic brands presented in English. This is the first and the only Master’s program of the post-Soviet period in Belarus and one of the first programs on Event Marketing in Europe. Another unique feature of the program is its applied character. The course is taught in English for part-time students with elements of distant education. Students also have an choice of disciplines according to their professional interest. IT in Economy and Management Macroeconomics (advanced level) Microeconomics (advanced level) Econometrics (Advanced level) Strategic Marketing Holistic Marketing General Event Marketing Event Marketing Characteristics in Variable Application/ Event Marketing Services Event Marketing Cross-cultural Communication/International Communication Business Protocol: Cases and Analysis/Professional Communication in the Sphere of Communicative Design Results Places of practice Project Management/Event Management Students are expected to develop competencies in Economics and Management, in particular in Marketing communications. GC “Alutech” CJSC “In transition” Ltd. “БСК” Spheres of activity Contacts The program provides for a wide range of opportunities for those who aims to work in Marketing departments of enterprises, service industry, mass media companies, advertising and PR agencies. The Department of Cross-cultural Economic Communication, 206/2, Partizanski av. 26, Minsk, 220070 Tel. 2097911 E-mail: kmek@bseu.by