Humanities and social sciences
Faculty of Philology
1. Rhetoric (3 ECTC): Rhetoric and speech standards penetrate all spheres of our life. Language is a
form of thinking and a communication medium. Professional career depends on the culture of
communication to a great extent. Good relations with your colleagues are absolutely crucial to your
productivity. Rhetoric plays an important part in shaping your personality and greatly contributes
to forming successful relations with other people.This course is designed to foster a comprehensive
understanding of the principles behind various types of public speaking; to give students an idea
of the basic rules of an effective public statement. Through this course you will develop the skills
required to create texts of major rhetorical genres (information public speaking; ceremonial public
speaking; entertaining public speaking; the convincing public speaking). Lecturer - Nadezhda
Akovantseva, PhD, General Linguistics and Stylistics Department, Faculty of Philology
2. Business communication (3 ECTC): In this course, we’ll come together to help you learn the
fundamentals of effective business communication in Russian. The study of Business
Communication promotes the comprehension of soft-skills within commerce. We’ll focus on
writing, speaking, and interpersonal communication. Class work is based on a systematic approach
to designing messages, both written and oral, from concept to delivery for targeted business
communication situations. This course concentrates on contextualized critical communications
skills, particularly those needed for intelligent, face-to-face interactions, for effective tactics to
achieve cooperation and gain consensus. You will use a strategic communication model to identify
objectives, analyze audiences, choose information, and create the most effective arrangement for
your message. There is strong emphasis on various strategies used in negotiating. Lecturer - Maria
Salomatina, PhD, Department of general linguistics and stylistics
Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology
3. History and Culture of Britain and USA (2 ECTS): The course covers such issues as geography,
political system, mass media, education and history of the UK and the US. Lecturers - Yaroslav
Yeremeyev, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Olga Ivashenko, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Natalya Sharova, PhD,
Senior Lecturer.
4. History and Culture of Australia, Canada and New Zealand (2 ECTS): The course covers such
issues as geography, political system, mass media, education and history of Australia, Canada and
New Zealand. Lecturer - Yaroslav Yeremeyev, PhD, Senior Lecturer
5. Regional country studies (4 ESTC): The course offers a review of the English speaking countries,
such as the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand according to the following plan:
Geography, Symbols, History. Students are also offered individual and group projects. Lecturer Yaroslav Yeremeyev, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Natalya Sharova, PhD, Senior Lecturer.
6. British and American Literature Studies meet the needs of students who are willing to learn
more about English culture and civilization and about the literature of the English-speaking world.
Its main aim is to guide students from the understanding of the text to a higher level of
comprehension where they grow familiar with key words in literature theory. At the same time,
they are provided with a literary and historical context, so important for a deeper understanding of
the literary work itself. Lecturer - Elena Pivovarova
7. Business English course gives students the communication skills they need for immediate use in
real world and updates them on intercultural aspects. It also offers authentic and engaging insights
into companies’ working practice. Lecturer - Elena Pivovarova
8. Computer-mediated business communication (5 ECTS): This course is designed to help EFL
students to develop the skills of effective computer-mediated communication (mediated by the
internet and mobile technologies) in business environment. Lecturer: Ekaterina Pletneva, PhD,
Senior Lecturer
9. Public speaking and presentation (3 ECTS): The course is designed to help students to develop
the skills of effective PowerPoint presentation in English. Lecturer: Andrey Bystrykh, PhD, Senior
Lecturer
10. Business writing (5 ECTS): This course focuses on the acquisition of business related vocabulary,
including collocations, and incorporation of new lexical items into written texts. Lecturer:
Ekaterina Pletneva, PhD, Senior Lecturer
11. Business speaking (10 ECTS): This course focuses on oral business communication skills needed
in various situations. Students explore a wide range of verbal content, functions and forms and
participate in listening and speaking activities, including role plays, discussions, formal and
informal speeches, group discussions and presentations. Lecturers: Ekaterina Pletneva, PhD,
Senior Lecturer; Dmitry Zhuchkov, PhD
12. Current social, economic and political situation in English speaking countries (4 ECTS). The
course provides practical knowledge of the economies, politics and social structure of the English
speaking countries, their relations with each other and with the rest of the world. It explores timely
national and international issues, focusing on UK and USA current problems. Lecturers: Lyubov
Tsurikova, PhD, Dr.phil.habil. in Linguistics ; Andrey Bystrykh, PhD, Senior Lecturer
13. Sociolinguistics (2 ECTS): This course examines the relationship between language and society.
It is intended as a general survey of basic topics in sociolinguistics and sociolinguistic research
methods. It covers topics such as language variation and change, code switch, language attitudes,
politeness, multilingualism, and explore the influence of social factors such as social class,
networks, or gender on the way we speak. Lecturer: Lyubov Tsurikova, PhD, Dr.phil.habil. in
Linguistics
14. Pragmatics of communication in a foreign language (2 ECTS): The course explores the place
of language in social, institutional, and cultural contexts, especially the pragmatic sources of
language breakdowns and misencounters in cross-cultural communication by identifying and
describing major factors in discourse events. Lecturer: Lyubov Tsurikova, PhD, Dr.phil.habil. in
Linguistics.
15. Media discourse in UK and USA (4 ECTS): This innovative course focuses on developing the
ability to comprehend and process authentic English language audio-visual media discourse (TV),
as well as on enhancing critical thinking and discussion skills. Lecturers: Lyubov Tsurikova, PhD,
Dr.phil.habil. in Linguistics ; Andrey Bystrykh, PhD, Senior Lecturer
16. Language support for international project development (2 ECTS): This course provides indepth training in intercultural business communication, drawing on the latest developments in
international management training. Lecturers: Lyubov Tsurikova, PhD, Dr.phil.habil. in
Linguistics ; Andrey Bystrykh, PhD, Senior Lecturer
17. Internet-based intercultural communication (2 ECTS): This course is designed to help EFL
students to develop the skills of effective computer-mediated communication (mediated by the
internet and mobile technologies) in business environment, focusing on intercultural
communication strategies. Lecturer: Ekaterina Pletneva, PhD, Senior Lecturer
18. Literary text analysis (4 ECTS): The course aims to develop skills of textual analysis and the
understanding that texts, both literary and non-literary, can relate to culturally determined reading
practices. An understanding of the ways in which formal elements are used to create meaning in a
text is combined with an exploration of how that meaning is affected by reading practices and by
the circumstances of text production and reception. Lecturers: Yaroslav Yeremeyev, PhD, Senior
Lecturer ; Natalya Sharova, PhD, Senior Lecturer
19. Theoretical Phonetics (3 ECTS): Theoretical phonetics is an exam course designed to introduce
students to the fundamental principles of British English phonetics and phonological system as
they relate to the teaching of English as a foreign language. More specifically, the course covers
the main terminology issues on the segmental and suprasegmental levels and provides students
with a theoretical basis upon which to make practical decisions about pronunciation and spelling
issues in English as a foreign language contexts. Lecturers - Nelly Kostenko, PhD, Senior Lecturer,
Ekaterina Pletneva, PhD, Senior Lecturer
20. Lexicology (4 ECTS): Lexicology is an exam course designed to introduce students to the study
of the formation, meaning and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words. It explores
semantics, derivation, usage and other issues, involved in analyzing the whole lexicon of the
English language. Lecturers - Olga Ivashenko, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Ludmila Laenko, PhD,
Dr.phil.habil. in Linguistics
21. Theoretical grammar (4 ECTS): The course in Theoretical Grammar introduces the students to
the problems of up-to-date grammatical study of English morphology and syntax. It aims to
improve their linguistic competence by applying modern analytical techniques to various
grammatical phenomena and studying the relations between the paradigmatic and syntagmatic
elements of the language system. Lecturers - Natalya Ovchinnikova, PhD, Senior Lecturer
Ekaterina Selezneva, PhD
22. History of English (4 ECTS): The course in the History of English enhances the students’
understanding of the ways the English language has developed since the earliest times and enables
learners to account for the specific features and inconsistences of Modern English. This is achieved
through analyzing theoretical aspects of language evolution as well as doing varied practical tasks
(the study of Old English texts and etymology of words). Lecturers - Nina Ulyanova, PhD, Senior
Lecturer, Natalya Ovchinnikova, PhD, Senior Lecturer.
23. Stylistics (2 ECTS): A course of Stylistics deals with: a) Linguo-stylistics or a taxonomy of
expressive means and stylistic devices for all the levels of English; b) Functional Stylistics
analyzing official, publicist, academic, colloquial and Belles-Lettres varieties. Lecturer - Natalya
Sharova, PhD, Senior Lecturer
24. General linguistics (3 ECTS): General linguistics is an exam course designed to introduce students
to the study of the universal properties of language as they manifest themselves in the language
system, the language capacity of individual language users, the use of language in varying social
circumstances and the application of linguistic knowledge in technological environments. Lecturer
- Prof. Lyubov Tsurikova, PhD, Dr.phil.habil. in Linguistics.
25. Theory of intercultural communication (4 ECTS): This course provides in-depth training in
intercultural communication, drawing on the latest developments in linguistic and social training.
The aims of the course are to develop: knowledge of the theoretical approaches to intercultural
communication; skills of critical analysis of the theoretical approaches to intercultural
communication; social competence of orientation within multicultural realm. Lecture - Lyubov
Tsurikova, PhD, Dr.phil.habil. in Linguistics.
26. Linguistic Typology The course is aimed at providing an introduction to the typological study of
human languages. Formal and functional approaches to the description of language universals
research are contrasted and various typological classifications of languages (phonological,
morphological and syntactic) are discussed in detail. The course gives a broad overview of current
issues within the field. On the basis of their own work and that of others in the course, students
will learn to evaluate what is unusual and what is expected in a language. The course will enable
the students to develop analytical skills in gathering and evaluating information regarding language
universals and linguistic diversity. Lecturer - Ksenia M. Shilikhina, Candidate of Philology,
Associate Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Romance and
Germanic Philology
27. Corpus Linguistics The course aims to provide a general introduction to corpus based language
research. The course is divided in two parts: the first part is a discussion of methods of analysis to
explore linguistic variation (concordances, collocations, frequency lists, keyness). Students are
exposed to a range of existing national and specialized corpora. The lectures are followed by
practical tasks designed to help students to use existing corpora and the corpus software. The topics
cover basic corpus research techniques, using corpus data for solving practical linguistic tasks, e.g.
compiling dictionaries, and for studying contemporary social issues, language teaching and
discourse analysis. The second part of the course is focused on compiling corpora: principles of
compiling corpora for various research purposes and various annotation techniques are discussed
in detail. Lecturer - Ksenia M. Shilikhina, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor,
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology
28. Introduction to applied and computational linguistics The course introduces students to basic
concepts and methods as well as various areas of application of linguistic data to automatic
processing of natural languages. Another aim of the course is to familiarize students with various
computational linguistic tools and resources. The topics covered are computer lexicography,
machine translation, artificial intelligence, algorithms for corpus analysis and techniques of text
annotation, markup languages.
The course provides students with sufficient background that they be able to employ these concepts
and methods in their other studies, and to prepare students for further study in computational
linguistics. No previous knowledge of computing nor experience with its linguistic applications is
required. Lecturer - Ksenia M. Shilikhina, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor,
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology.
Faculty of Journalism
29. Basic Principles of Advertising and Public Relations in Media (2 ECTS): The purpose of this
course is to develop professional skills and techniques required to be successful advertising and
PR-practice such as: analysing information, making visuals, creating AD and PR-product.
Moreover, the course develops decision-making skills, interpersonal skills and taking
responsibility for the results. The aspects explored are the history of PR and Advertising;
Advertising and PR Professions; PR and AD genres that is shown through the concepts of Russian
& foreign researchers. Lecturer - Кurganova Ekaterina, Faculty of Journalism, senior lecturer in
PR, Ph.D. in Philology
Faculty of law
30. Tax law in the Russian Federation (3 ECTS): The first part of the course provides an overview
of the First Part of the Russian Tax Code. We will examine how to fulfill an obligation to pay taxes,
analyze principles of tax control and liability for tax offenses, discuss major concepts of Russian
tax law.
The second part of the course is designed to foster a comprehensive understanding of rules
regulating calculation and payment of federal, regional and local taxes. Special emphasis is placed
on special tax regimes in the Russian Federation.
Lecturer - Alexey G. Paul, PhD, senior lecturer of Financial Law Department
31. WTO Law (1 ECTS): This course provides an excellent opportunity to explore the World Trade
Organization as an international intergovernmental entity, to consider its legal system, problems in
the functioning and development. Students will become familiar with the structure of the World
Trade Organization, provisions of international treaties that form its legal system. Much attention
is paid to the mechanism of resolution of disputes between member-states within WTO. Lecturer
- D. Galushko, PhD, Associate Professor.
32. International civil process (3 ECTS): Students will become familiar with the provisions of
existing international instruments and, above all, international treaties of the Russian Federation in
the sphere of civil process. Much attention is paid to the mechanism of realization (implementation)
of international law on the national level. Lecturer - P. Biriukov, Professor
33. International transport law (7 ECTS): Students will become familiar with the provisions of
existing international instruments and, above all, international treaties of the Russian Federation in
the field of transport.
Consignors, carriers, consignees in international traffic must be guided in its activities by the
provisions of International law. Lecturer - P. Biriukov, Professor
34. Legal regulation of tourism activities (7 ECTS): The past few decades have seen enormous
growth in international tourism, increasing the importance and prominence of international and
national legal regulation of the sphere. This area of law provides a basis for future specialists in
tourism. The increasing relevance of this course makes it an excellent choice for those seeking
opportunities in the commercial world. Lecturer -D. Galushko, PhD, Associate Professor.
35. International Law (4 ECTS):
This discipline introduces students to the issues of international law as an independent legal system.
Its aim is to develop the scientific understanding of the main categories and institutions of
international law. In modern conditions of globalization and regional integration this discipline is
of the highest topicality for students. Lecturer -P. Biriukov, Professor
36. European law (1 ECTS): The main aims of the course is to explore the major stages of the
European integration, to explore the European Union as a very special entity, to characterize the
European institutions and their interaction with Member States, to study EU legal system as a part
of international law, to consider the major branches and institutions of EU law. Special value for
this course makes the fact that the European Union is an example of the most advanced regional
integration in the world. Lecturer - D. Galushko, PhD, Associate Professor.
37. International and domestic aspects of banking activities (5 ECTS): The purpose of the
discipline is to develop students` knowledge about legal principles and mechanisms of the
organization and functioning of banking institutions on domestic and international levels, the
purpose and methods of legal regulation of banking activities at all levels and in all parts of the
banking system. Students will become familiar with the provisions of existing international
instruments in the banking sector, as well as legislation of leading foreign states. Lecturer - D.
Galushko, PhD, Associate Professor.
38. External economic activities in foreign countries (5 ECTS): The purpose of the course is to
develop in students necessary knowledge about forms, procedures, methods and conditions of
organization of foreign economic activities of business in foreign countries. Students will become
familiar with the provisions of existing international instruments, as well as the legislation of
foreign states in this sphere. Much attention is paid to the mechanism of implementation of
international and European law in the field of foreign trade at the domestic level. Lecturer - D.
Galushko, PhD, Associate Professor.
39. International Protection of Intellectual Property (5 ECTS): This course covers the fundamental
aspects of intellectual property: copyright and related rights, trademarks, patents, geographical
indications, and industrial designs. It also covers contemporary issues impacting the intellectual
property field such as: new plant varieties, unfair competition, enforcement of intellectual property
rights and emerging issues in this sphere, international and domestic legal regulation of this sphere.
Lecturer - P. Biriukov, Professor
40. Trading law of foreign countries (1 ECTS): The main objective of the course is to develop
students` knowledge of current trading and commercial law of highly developed and other
countries, main parts and institutions, its trends, directions of further development. This discipline
is ideally suited to those students wishing to specialize in the international dimension of
commercial law. Lecturer - D. Galushko, PhD, Associate Professor.
Faculty of Economics
41. Organizational Theory (2 ECTS): This course is designed to help students obtain in-depth
understandings of organizations through good comprehension of central theoretical perspectives
and paradigms. The course will focus on determinants of an organization's success, focusing
particularly on structure and design issues, as well as external environmental factors that impact
organizational structure and functioning. A systems theory approach will be taken, making links
to the strategic management, power and control literatures, as well as different forms of organizing
("rational" to "natural" organizing). Finally, the effect of macro-level factors on individual
decisions and behaviors, and thus organizational effectiveness, will be examined from a multiple
levels-of-analysis perspective. Lecturer: Vladislav Kuznetsov, a lecturer of the Faculty of
Economics, Voronezh State University
42. Managerial Economics (4 ECTS): Managerial Economics is aimed at applying economic analysis
to decision-making techniques of business. Through this course you will gain knowledge about
how to increase a company’s profitability by applying microeconomic analysis to a wide array of
business problems. The course focuses on: demand & supply analysis, firm and individual behavior
prediction, costs, pricing strategies, profit maximization by firms, market structures and managerial
decision in different competitive settings. Lecturer: Irina Yu. Liashenko, PhD in Economics,
Senior lecturer in Economics / Faculty of Economics, Department of Economic Theory and World
Economics
Faculty of International Relations
43. Political Economy and Institutions (5 ECTS): The course provides students with knowledge of
the key economic, political, and social dynamics in emerging markets. Students are at liberty to
choose any emerging market and a theme for their projects. The course adopts an interdisciplinary
framework to focus on institutions, how they have changed, how they contribute to economic
growth and development, and how they continue to act as barriers to change. Lecturer - Kanapukhin
P. A. Prof., Doctor in Economics
44. Cross-Cultural Management (5 ECTS): This course begins by exploring and defining the notion
of culture in its many forms. Students will understand the global leadership competencies necessary
to manage cultural differences. Students will apply the theories learned by analyzing managerial
processes of major emerging economies in the Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Russia,
China and India. Lecturer - Spiridonova N.B.
45. Global Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS): Supply Chain Management, Global sourcing
strategy in an unstable world economy, Outsourcing, Intrafirm sourcing, Trends in global sourcing
strategy, Potential pitfalls in global sourcing, Long-term consequences (dependence, loss of skills)
Lecturer - Dolgova M.V., PhD, Associate Professor.
46. Ethics and CSR (5 ECTS): This course aims at providing information on responsible business
activities in Emerging Markets. The course focuses on selected case studies. Lecturer Tsaturian
A.G.
47. Distribution and Sales Management (5 ECTS): Selling and Sales Management, Key Account
Management, Market Penetration and Acquisition Strategies for Emerging Economies Lecturer
Tsaturian A.G.
48. Compliance in Emerging Markets (5 ECTS): In this course, key factors of public and private
enforcement of corporate governance in emerging markets are discussed an analyzed.
Transparency, shareholder rights and integrity of both private stakeholders and public institutions
and reliability of information and efficiency of law enforcement are crucial issues of this course.
Lecturer - Foret I.V., PhD, Associate Professor
49. Introduction into Emerging Markets (5 ECTS): The course aims to: develop a critical
understanding of international business and emerging markets: develop practical applications for
business decision-making including the collection, analysis and interpretation of information from
a wide variety of. It will also develop a critical understanding of international business strategy in
its different economic, political and social environments. Lecturer - Kirchanov M.V, Doctor in
History.
50. International Finance (5 ECTS): (Focus Emerging Markets) 1. financial markets in E.M.
2.country risk analysis 3. FX risk and hedging 4. project finance. PhD Komov I.V.
51. Mergers and Acquisitions in Emerging Markets (5 ECTS): 1. M&A and FDI 2. M&A Valuation
3. M&A Process. Lecturer Tsaturian A.G.
52. History of Russia (5 ECTS): History of Russia from the ancient times till the year 2013. Lecturer
- Kirchanov M. V., Doctor in History.
53. International Economic and Transnational Law (5 ECTS): This lecture discusses legal aspects
of international business in Emerging Markets (such as ICSID arbitration, CISG) and institutional
aspects of the legal systems of Emerging Markets. Lecturer - Foret I.V.PhD, Associate Professor
54. Conflict Resolution and Negotiation (5 ECTS): This course will convey practical skills on
conflict management and negotiations focused on Emerging Markets on the students. Cultural
aspects, such as high context or power distance, will be discussed to enable the students to develop
their skills in effective methods of international communication and negotiation. Lecturer - Foret
I.V., PhD, Associate Professor.
55. International Project Management (5 ECTS): International Teams (Leadership, Trust, Conflicts)
- Communication (Stakeholders, Communication Strategy and Techniques, Creativity) Organizations (Project Structure, Project and Program offices, HR, Support, Networks) Collaborative Tools (Implementation and Adoption of Audio and Video conferencing) International Project Management Experiences (cases). Lecturer - Dolgova M.V., PhD, Associate
Professor.
56. International Strategic Management (5 ECTS): This course will include steps that lead to
strategy, how to translate strategy into tactical plans that drive day-to-day actions, how to measure
performance of the strategy as well as the tactics, and how to decide the corrective action that
should be taken when things go wrong. Core topics of this course include the question what is
strategy and why do we need it, how do the best of the best do it, how to design effective strategies,
how to get from strategy to implementation, what are the most commonly used strategic
management tools. Lecturer - Dolgova M.V, PhD, Associate Professor
57. Marketing Research Methods (5 ECTS):The course makes students familiar with quantitative
and qualitative marketing research on an advanced level. Students learn to apply SPSS. In an
applied project, students immediately apply these abilities. Lecturer Shilova I.V.
58. Academic Research and Writing (5 ECTS): The course’s primary goal is to provide students
with the knowledge and tools needed to develop a scientific research project. Students will learn
about relevant issues in research methodology (e.g., designing research questions and hypotheses,
selecting an appropriate research design), topic selection (e.g., what constitutes a good topic;
finding a topic), philosophy of science (e.g., what counts as “science”, criticisms to the scientific
method) and academic research writing (e.g., writing in English, referencing issues). Lecturer
Nemirovskaya O.L.
59. Leadership and HR in Emerging Markets Leadership and HR Management in Emerging
Markets (5 ECTS): Power Distance, Expatriates, Personal Development, Empowerment,
Remuneration. Lecturer - Yakushkina E.I., PhD, Associate Professor.
60. Environmental management in Tourism (5 ECTS): The aim of the subject is to introduce the
basic concepts of the eco-management in tourism. The subject provides the starting-points on the
environmental management concepts. The applications of ecological management concepts in the
companies operating in the tourism industry are discussed. The most of the attention is dedicated
to the ecological management issues from the viewpoint of the companies operating in the tourism
industry. (18-36 lecture hours + 18-36 hours of seminars and in class case studies + 70-140 hours
of independent work by students) Lecturer - Irina Shapovalova, European Master in Tourism
Management
61. Management and development of tourism destinations and businesses (5 ECTS): The main
purpose of the subject is to provide the students with several models of local tourism management
both from the public and private sector points of view. The subject will also review the most
common resources and tools employed for the development and management of tourism
destinations and businesses. (34-72 lecture hours + 18-36 hours of seminars and in class case
studies + 70-140 hours of independent work by students) Irina Shapovalova, European Master in
Tourism Management
Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology
1. Ethnopsychology (3 ECTS): The course provides students with knowledge of psychological
ethnoses features, their development and functioning. Students will have the systematized
representations about the main areas of research and application of ethnopsychological knowledge.
The course will acquaint students with the most widespread methods and techniques of
ethnopsychological research. This course aims at development of ethnocultural competence and
ethnic tolerance of students. Lecturer – GrivtsovaY.G., (Philosophy and Psychology Faculty/ Head
of the laboratory of practical psychology)
2. Comparative Cultural Studies (5 ECTS): The course draws on cultural and social theories to
understand the culture in global and intercultural aspects. Lecturer – Yakushkina E.I., PhD,
Associate Professor
3. Russian Culture and Traditions (4 ECTS): The course provides students with knowledge of
history, customs and traditions in Russian culture. It helps in understanding of Russian arts,
lifestyle, folklore, ethnic traditions, food. Lecturer – Yakushkina E.I., PhD, Associate Professor
4. Gender Studies (6 ECTS): This course aims at providing methods on examine modern society
(politics, economics, law, culture, family, arts) on gender perspective. The emphasis is on the
gender situation in Russian society. Lecturer – Yakushkina E.I., PhD, Associate Professor
5. Cross-cultural Communication (4 ECTS): The course aimsto understand and to study
intercultural relations and communication. It is a field of study that looks at how people from
different cultural backgrounds communicate, do business together, solve intercultural problems.
Lecturer – Yakushkina E.I., PhD, Associate Professor
6. Social and Cultural Anthropology (5 ECTS): This course is a comparative study on culture and
human society; it provides understanding of humankind in all its diversity. This understanding is
reached through the study of societies and cultures and the exploration of the general principles of
social and cultural life. Lecturer – Yakushkina E.I., PhD, Associate Professor
Natural sciences
Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences
1. Monitoring Plant Communities and Populations (3 ECTS): Monitoring is a powerful tool
for better management of resources. Good monitoring can detect management problems at an
early stage; it can also demonstrate that management is effective and successful.
The course will provide an overview of different monitoring techniques. Approximately half
of the course will explore different methods of plant population structure investigations. In this
part we will explain the ways of researching demographic, vitality and spatial structure of plant
populations, and it will be also focused on the problem of compiling and processing data for
population analysis. The second half of the course will provide a critical overview of different
concepts which describe the organisation and dynamics of plant communities. You will gain
knowledge of discrete and continuum vegetation, different models of succession development
and climax concept. This part of the course is designed to foster a comprehensive
understanding of the ways to research plant communities.
The course will couple lectures and class work. The lectures will combine the knowledge of
different botanical disciplines: plant ecology, phytogeography, population biology, vegetation
ecology, plant sociology. The class work will be focused on the problem of how to integrate
the methods of different botanical disciplines in order to solve some practical tasks. Lecturer –
Andrei Kirik, Ph. D, Faculty of Biology, Chair of Botany and Mycology
2. Citology (3 ECTS): The course will explore the characteristic of modern cytology methods.
This introductory course teaches students the features of the structure and functioning of
prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, plant and animal cells. Class work is based on learning
practical skills of microscopic techniques, preparation of slide mounts and cytological analysis.
A discussion of the characteristics of structural and functional organization of subcellular
components will provide students with solid knowledge of the origin of eukaryotic cells, their
differentiation in multicellular organisms. This course is designed to foster a comprehensive
understanding of structural and functional organization, types and modern methods of studying
chromosomes as carriers of material units of heredity - genes. Through this course you will
find out about the cell cycle and its regulation, normal karyotype and various pathological
conditions. This course is an introduction to the division types (reproduction) of prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells, mechanisms of mitosis, meiosis and amitosis, their characteristic features.
The course will give you an idea of endomitosis and somatic polyploidy polyteny, explore the
features of micro- and megasporogenesis, micro- and megagametogenesis, the process of
fertilization in plants. Students will gain knowledge of apoptosis - genetically programmed cell
death. We will consider cytological basis of pathology, aging and cell death. Lecturers - Olga
Mashkina, PhD., Associate professor, Mikhail Belousov (assistant).
3. The concept of free radicals (3 ECTS): Generated in living organisms and oxidative stress,
the mechanisms of their formation, modifications of biological molecules induced by reactive
oxygen intermediates or by oxidative stress products, methods for detection of these
modifications as well as components and functioning of antioxidant system that protects living
cells against free radicals will be discussed. Diseases accompanied by the oxidative stress
development will also be the subject of the study.
Lecturer – Safonova Olga A., PhD, An associate professor Department of Medical
Biochemistry and Microbiology
4. Human Biochemistry (3 ECTS): The Course is designed to assist the students to acquire
knowledge of the normal biochemical composition and functioning of the human body and its
individual tissues (muscle, nerve and others), integration of metabolic processes between the
various organs of the body and understand some alterations in biochemistry in diseases. It is
fundamental to understanding how the body adapts to physiologic stress, how defects in
metabolism result in disease, and why data from the clinical chemistry laboratory are useful to
diagnose disease and monitor the efficacy of treatment. Lecturer – Safonova Olga A., PhD, An
associate professor
5. Ethology (3 ECTS): Study of animal behavior and general approaches to zoopsychology. This
course focuses on the research into the psychological and neurological bases of animal
sensation, cognition, behavior, perception, and behavioral interactions within and outside the
species.
This program typically includes in-depth instruction in ethology, neurobiology, behavioral
neuroscience, cognition and sensory perception, behavioral evolution, motivators, hormonal
controls, learning and instinct, community ecology, reproductive and developmental biology,
functional behavior, and applications to specific behaviors and patterns as well as to specific
phyla and species.
This course achieves a good balance between recent research and classic studies of animal
behavior. It integrates both psychological and biological approaches and provides current
information in the areas of animal learning and cognition, parasitism, and mutualism. It
includes all phases of scientific animal behavior investigation. Lecturer -Olga Solodovnikova,
PhD, Associate Professor.
6. General Biology (3 ECTS): Introduction of Cytology, Genetics, Evolution and Ecology
Lecturer - Olga Solodovnikova, PhD, Associate Professor
7. Biotechnology (3 ECTS): This course brings together a broad collection of case studies on
biotechnology applications in industrial processes and subjects them to detailed analysis in
order to give advice to scientists, industrial managers and government policy makers. The
special attention is paid to physical, chemical and molecular bases of biotechnological
processes. This course integrates many different perspectives to give the students a coherent
road map of the biotech industry for the next decades. It is anchored by numerous relevant
examples that create a framework which any life sciences professional needs to understand.
Lecturer - Marina Holyavka (Associate Professor/ Department of Biophysics and
Biotechnology).
8. Parasitology (3 ECTS): The course is devoted to study of morphology, biochemistry, ecology
and life cycles of parasitic organisms. The course is concentrated on biodiversity of the parasite,
their adaptations and relations with their hosts. Lecturer - Sergey Gaponov, Full Professor /
Department of Zoology and Parasitology.
9. Zoology of Invertebrates (3 ECTS): The course is devoted to study diversity, morphology,
biology and systematic of invertebrate animals. Lecturer - Sergey Gaponov, Full Professor /
Department of Zoology and Parasitology.
10. Zoology of Vertebrates (3 ECTS): The course is devoted to study diversity, morphology,
biology and systematic of vertebrate animals. Lecturer - Sergey Gaponov, Full Professor /
Department of Zoology and Parasitology.
11. Medical Parasitology (3 ECTS): The course is devoted to study of parasites which use human
body for their lives and development, interrelations between parasites and human. Lecturer Sergey Gaponov Full Professor / Department of Zoology and Parasitology)
Faculty of Chemistry
12. Electrochemistry: (3 ECTS) The course is aimed to develop thermodynamic and kinetic
approach to the phases with electric charges. The course of electrochemistry is divided in three
main parts, which are the equilibrium in the electrolyte solutions, the transport of charged
particles and the electrode processes. There is a strong emphasize on the ion interaction and the
structure of double electric layer at the phase boundary.
Grushevskaya Svetlana Nikolaevna, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry Department,
Ph.D.
13. Environmental Analytical Chemistry (3 ECTS) is an interdisciplinary science. Lectures
show the significant role of analytical methods (Analytical Chemistry) in Environmental
Chemistry which enable to identify the nature, concentration and source of pollutants in the air,
soil and water. Common classical and advanced analytical techniques used for qualitative and
quantitative determinations of various contaminants are considered as important tools in
Environmental Chemistry.
Eliseeva Tatiana Viktorovna, Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry Department, Ph.D.
Faculty of Physics
1. Synchrotron investigations of functional nanostructures (5 ECTS): Modern diagnostics
techniques based on synchrotron radiation for functional nanostructures characterization will
be presented. The course will include following topics. Basics of synchrotron radiation.
Modern synchrotron radiation sources. Main approaches for nanostructures diagnostics. Basics
for atomic and electronic structure studies at macro- and microscopic levels with the use of Xray photoelectron spectroscopy, photoelectron microscopy (including angle and time resolved),
resonance scattering basics, X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Lecturer - Dr. Sergey Turishchev,
associate professor, senior researcher of the solid state physics and nanostructures department,
physics faculty.
2. X-ray and photoelectron spectroscopy (5 ECTS): Atomic and electronic structure techniques
will be studied as well as local atomic surrounding probing approaches. Core levels spectroscopy,
valence and conduction band density of states distribution investigations will be considered.
Qualitative and quantitative phase composition analysis as non-destructive approaches for
physics and chemistry studies of different objects surface and bulk including biology systems
and nanomaterials will be described. Modern instrumentation trends will be discussed as well.
Lecturer - Dr. Sergey Turishchev, associate professor, senior researcher of the solid state
physics and nanostructures department, physics faculty.
3. Present and future of silicon technology (5 ECTS): History, present and future of silicon
technologies for micro- and nanoelectronics will be considered staring from bulk silicon
properties to nanocrystals and clusters. Formation approaches, electronic structure, perspective
optical properties will be studied in frameworks of past and present problems. Future directions
will be discussed from the technology and application positions at basic researches, laboratory
and manufacturing levels. Lecturer - Dr. Sergey Turishchev, associate professor, senior
researcher of the solid state physics and nanostructures department, physics faculty.
4. Basics of the solid state physics (5 ECTS): Classical lectures presenting the basics of the solid
state physics will include: translation symmetry in crystals, reciprocal lattice, Brillouin zone,
electrons in periodic potential, Bloch theorem, single-electron approximation, many-electron
approximation, boundary condition, electronic states, band theory of solids, metals,
semiconductors and dielectrics, direct and indirect transition, Fermi surface, density of states,
effective mass, strong coupling method, orthogonalized plane wave method, pseudopotential
method, augmented plane wave method, Hartree-Fock equations. Lecturer - Dr. Vladimir
Kashkarov, associate professor of the solid state physics and nanostructures department,
physics faculty.
5. Classical Mechanics (5 ECTS): The course covers Newtonian classical mechanics
(Newtonian formalism), description of classical mechanics within Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian formalisms, basic application of classical mechanics for one-dimensional
problems, application for description of dynamics of a classical system in a central fields,
application for description of dynamics of a rigid body, application to the theory of linear
and nonlinear vibrations, fluid mechanics. Lecturer - Dr. Mikhail Frolov, associate professor
of the theoretical physics department, physics faculty.
6. Morphology, phase composition and electronic structure of nanomaterial (5 ECTS):
Practical course aimed at obtaining of working skills with X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy
experiments. X-ray emission spectrometer, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffractometer
and other facilities of Voronezh State University will be used. For postgraduate and master
students. Dr. Sergey Turishchev, associate professor, senior researcher of the solid state physics
and nanostructures department, physics faculty. Dr. Dmitry Spirin, head of the laboratory of
the solid state physics and nanostructures department, physics faculty. Lecturer - Dr. Alexey
Kharin, Head of the center for collective use of scientific equipment of VSU.
Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics
1. Data Mining (2 ECTS): The course will explore Data Mining studies algorithms and
computational paradigms that allow computers to find patterns and regularities in databases,
perform prediction and forecasting, and generally improve their performance through
interaction with data. It is currently regarded as the key element of a more general process
called Knowledge Discovery that deals with extracting useful knowledge from raw data. The
knowledge discovery process includes data selection, cleaning, coding, using different
statistical and machine learning techniques, and visualization of the generated structures. The
course will cover all these issues and will illustrate the whole process by examples. Special
emphasis will be placed on Machine Learning methods as they provide the real knowledge
discovery tools. Important related technologies, as data warehousing and on-line analytical
processing (OLAP) will be also discussed. The students will use recent Data Mining software.
Lecturer - Natalia Sapkina
Faculty of Computer Science
2. Computer Architecture and Organization (4 ECTS): aims to develop an understanding of
basic concepts of a stored-program computer architecture and organization, providing practice
in PDP-11 and Intel x86 machine-code programming. A. Lecturer – Koval, Senior teacher,.
3. Data Mining (4 ECTS): As a result of this course the student should:
- demonstrate an understanding of purpose and architecture of data warehousing when
implementing
Data
Mining
techniques.
- demonstrate an understanding the basic concepts of multivariate data analysis and online
analytical processing (OLAP) when processing real multi-dimensional data with Data Mining
systems
- demonstrate the knowledge of common data mining techniques and algorithms, their
applicability and the specific features when selecting relevant method for solving specific
problems
of
data
mining.
- practically use Data Mining tools (RapidMiner, Matlab and MS Analysis Serivces) for solving
specific
data
mining
problems.
- to be able to apply the knowledge of visual data analysis (visual mining) to choosing a relevant
form of multidimensional data representation (for preliminary analysis) and results data
mining.
- demonstrate an understanding of the basic stages of the data mining process and it's
organizational factors, as well as relevant standards, when designing or implementing data
mining systems
Lecturer - A.Sychev, Ph.D., Associate prof.
4. Web Development (4 ECTS): As a result students should know:
-basic concepts in the field web-applications development
-markup languages (HTML, XML) and related technologies (CSS, XHTML, DOM)
-client side programming using script languages
-basic concepts server side programming (ASP, PHP, JEE) be able:
-to make HTML documents containing simple scripts
-develop server-side applications with chosen script language
-to analyse the security of web-applications
And have basic understanding:
-of web-programming using frameworks -web CMS
-advanced technologies: WEB 2.0, mashups, AJAX
-search engine positioning optimization
Associate prof. A.Sychev, Ph.D.
5. Operating Systems (4 ECTS): Students know and understand the purpose and the architecture
of an operating system, and in particular memory and tasks management; they are able to
install an OS; they know, can apply and program shell commands for Linux and Windows OS;
they understand multitasking and concurrent programming and can analyze and write small
concurrent programs in C or Java. Lecturer - S.Vlasov, Ph.D., Associate prof.
6. Systems Engineering (4 ECTS): As a result of this course the students should:
-demonstrate understanding of systems thinking and systems approach in creating new or
complex analysis of the existing system which is a product, a service, or a corporate
organization.
-develop projects of complex systems for various purposes and justify the choice of relevant
hardware and software on the base of methods of systems analysis;
-prepare requirements on the design of components of information systems and technology on
the
base
of
-systems
engineering
methodology;
-choose
and
put
into
practice
computer-aided
design
tools;
-unify and perform typing the design solutions. Lecturer - S.Vlasov, Ph.D, Associate prof.