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Handbook

Convergence program

NEFU

CONTENTS

Preface

1. Program Purpose and Curriculum

2. Lecturers and Lecture Summaries

3. Entrance Examination Procedure

4. Training, Evaluation and Course Work

5. Open Class and Colloquium

6. Thesis Guidelines

7. Practical Training

8. Advisory Committee and Adjunct Professors

9. Future Job Opportunities

10. Publicity: Website and Competitive Management

Appendix

PREFACE

This handbook is a special toolkit to provide necessary information for applicants having

interest in becoming part of the students’ community at North-Eastern Federal University

named after M.K.Ammosov (NEFU), choosing for their courses of study the unique program

that combines three different aspects of knowledge: technological, cultural and socio-

economic. This combination has given the name to the program “CONVERGENCE”.

The courses are taught in English by a group of local and foreign professors who have

developed their content materials especially for this program in accordance with its main

purpose – to become a practical and useful way for graduates to find good career and job

opportunities in the fast changing society.

The program has been in preparation for a long period of time by the core members of the

School of International Studies (SIS) at NEFU, aiming at two major goals: the generation of

career opportunities for young people and the development of the community. This program

is designed for to enable prospective young students to further develop their careers while at

the same time contribute to the community.

The program “CONVERGENCE” is divided into three possible options for students: “High

Technology”, “Cultural Content in the Digital Age”, and “Business Management in the Digital

Economy”. By choosing one of the dimensions for study they will become a student of one of

three different institutes of North Eastern Federal University: Institute of Physics and

Technology, Institute of Languages and Culture of Peoples of the North East of Russia, or

Institute of Economics and Finance. At the same time, however, the students all get together

at the co-requisite classes that constitute almost half of the “Convergence” program. This

approach is aimed at getting a broader and intermixed understanding of the dynamics of

contemporary globalized and digitalized society. For this purpose, we intend to provide

internship opportunities to practice at research labs and business companies, local and

international, during their training periods.

Finally, on behalf of the members of the preparation committee, we would like to express

our deep appreciation to the President and the Rector of NEFU, for their continuous support

for this program. We also thank the international advisory members of the program for their

extensive support and advice. It is our sincere hope that all the participating students can get

much benefit from this practical program and achieve their goals for their future careers and

the development of the community.

On behalf of the convergence program committee,

Sang-Cheol AHN (School of International Studies, NEFU)

1. PROGRAM PURPOSE AND CURRICULUM

Master’s Program of the Institute of Economics and Finance

«Convergence: Business management in the digital economy»

The goal of the program is to provide students with knowledge about the functioning of

business entities in the digital economy and to provide an understanding of new trends in the

field of effective investments and marketing in the information society. Additionally, students

will develop skills of making sound economic decisions in this time of digital transformation

of industries. The training is based on a project-oriented approach using the methods of

economic analysis, analysis and visualization of big data, case studies and working in small

groups.

Master’s Program of the Institute of Languages and Culture of the Peoples of the North-

East of the Russian Federation

«Convergence: Cultural content in the digital age»

The goal of the program is to prepare graduates who are ready to work in the field of cultural

industries, which is based on individual creativity, an activity that carries the potential to create

added value and jobs by producing and using intellectual property.

The future master of cultural studies should have organizational skills; possess high-level

foreign language proficiency; and should know, understand and take into account cross-

cultural differences in the process of communication.

Graduates of the program can be employed in institutions of various forms, including

government agencies and organizations, large and medium-sized businesses, as well as be

ready to create their own small businesses.

Master’s Program of the Institute of Physics and Technique

«Convergence: High technology»

The program will focus on training engineering personnel in the field of physical materials

science, capable of working in innovative international companies. In response to the

challenges of changing working conditions in the world, modern professionals must have a

broad outlook and relevant competencies. Graduates will obtain interdisciplinary

communication skills, will be able to manage projects and different processes independently

and will be able to master high technology and production technologies. At the same time, they

will be fluent in English, and understand the national and cultural context and the specifics of

working in their respective fields.

CURRICULUM

1st semester courses Credits

Physics Economists Culturologists 30

Technologies and Society:

The 4th Industrial Revolution


The 4th Industrial Revolution)


The 4th Industrial Revolution 3

Basic Statistics for Practical

Purposes


Purposes


Purposes 3

Academic Writing in English Academic Writing in English Academic Writing in English 3

International

Communications

International

Communications

International

Communications 3

Data Analysis and

Visualization

Data Analysis and

Visualization

Data Analysis and

Visualization 4

Coding and Programming

Languages


Languages


Languages 2

Research Work Research Work Research Work 3

Teaching Practice Teaching Practice Teaching Practice 9

2nd semester courses Credits


Academic Writing in English Academic Writing in English Academic Writing in English 3

International

Communications

International

Communications

International

Communications 3

Sustainable technologies Sustainable technologies Strategies of language

communications 3

Culture of Peoples of North

Eastern Russia


Eastern Russia


Eastern Russia 2

Computer Design of Modern

Materials Digital marketing

Interaction in Contemporary

Arts: literature 2

Advanced Materials Science Global Markets and

Investments Life and Culture in Siberia 2

Physics of strength and

fracture mechanics of

materials

International

Business/International Trade

Management of Cultural

Event Planning 3


Professional skills Practice Professional skills Practice Professional skills Practice 9

3d semester courses Credits


AI, Deep Learning and Brain

Waves


Waves


Waves 3

Business Planning

Technologies- 3 credits

Business Planning

Technologies- 2 credits

Business Planning

Technologies – 4 credits

3D visualization technology-3

credits

Human Recourses

management-2 credits

3D visualization technology-

3 credits

Arctic Engineering- 3 credits Digital economy- 2 credits

Storytelling strategy in

Olonkho. Animation – 3

credits

High technologies in business Edutainment Technologies Edutainment Technologies 3

Economics of digital

company/ Digital

transformation in

organization- 2 credits

Cultural performance and

Globalization – 4 credits

Additive Manufacturing – 3

credits

International Management/

Comparative Management –

2 credits

Additive Manufacturing – 3

credits

Analysis of financial and

economic activity /

Blockchain – 2 credits


Professional skills Practice Professional skills Practice Professional skills Practice 9

4th semester courses Credits


IT Law and Intellectual

Property – 3 credits


Property – 2 credits


Property- 2 credits

Nanotechnology

Technological

entrepreneurship/ IT-

entrepreneurship

Digital design of Cultural

content 3

Advanced Materials

Processing- 3 credits

Consumer Psychology and

economic behavior- 2 credits Media in public- 4 credits

Instrumental Analysis –

3credits

Film and Animation/

Music and Dance/

Visual Culture: Environment

and Nature- 4 credits


Pre Diploma Practice- 9

credits

Pre Diploma Practice- 12

credits

Preparation and Defense of

Master’s Thesis- 6 credits


Master’s Thesis-6 credits


Master’s Thesis – 12 credits

2. LECTURERS AND LECTURE SUMMARIES

LIST OF LECTURERS

Name of lecture Name of course

Donna Mariya FENTON

Senior lecturer

Chair of Translation of the Institute of Foreign philology

and Regional studies, NEFU, Yakutsk.

Master of sciences (Linguistics), University of California

(Berkeley, USA)

Academic writing in

English

Sotiros Andrew MUSALIMAS

Professor

Chair of Translation of the Institute of Foreign philology

and Regional studies, NEFU, Yakutsk.

PhD, University of Oxford, UK

International

Communications

Yury Mikhaylovich GRIGORIEV

Professor

Head of the chair of theoretical physics of the Institute

of Physics and Technology, NEFU, Yakutsk

Doctor of physics and mathematics (Novosibirsk) Technologies and

Society: The 4th

Industrial Revolution

Anatoly Nickolaevich MYREEV

Associate Professor

Vice-Head of the Board of Almazergienbank JSC,

Yakutsk

Candidate of Economics

Elena Valerievna ROMANOVA

Assistant professor

Chair of economic theory of the Institute of Economics

and Finance, NEFU,


Practical application of

basic statistics


Tamara Aleksandrovna KARATAEVA

Assistant professor

Chair of economic theory of the Institute of Economics

and Finance, NEFU,


Practical application of

basic statistics

Vladimir Vasilievich EVERSTOV

Senior lecturer

Chair of Information Technologies

of Institute of Math and Informatics, NEFU, Yakutsk

Master of applied mathematics and informatics

Coding and

programming

Philippe MARTIN

Professor

University Paris-Diderot, France

Ph.D. in linguistics and Ph.D.in electrical engineering

Data analysis and

visualization

Sergey Efimovich VASILIEV

Senior Lecturer,

Institute of Physics and Technology, NEFU, Yakutsk

Director of "Multidimensional Technologies" company

D.Y. Jeong

Professor,

Inha University (South Korea)

Ph.D. in Materials

Sustainable

technologies


Duck Soo KANG

Professor,

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Center for

Russian Studies, Seoul (South Korea),

PhD in linguistics Strategies in language

communication

Nadezhda Ivanovna VINOKUROVA

Researcher,

Institute of Humanitarian Studies and Problems of

Indigenous peoples of the North

Candidate of Philology

Mikhail Alexandrovich POGODAEV

Deputy Minister for Arctic Development and Peoples

Affairs of the North of RS(Ya), Yakutsk


Culture of Peoples of

North Eastern Russia

Egor Petrovich SHARIN

Associate Professor


Candidate of Physics and Mathematics

Computer design of

Modern Materials

Yury Yurievich FEDOROV

Associate Professor,

Chair of Sociology and Human Resources

Management, NEFU, Yakutsk


Digital Marketing


Igor Stepanovich EMELANOV


Chair of History of Foreign and Russian Literature,

Candidate of Philology

Interaction in

contemporary Arts and

Literature

D.Y. Jeong

Professor,

Inha University (South Korea)

Ph.D. in Materials

Sustainable

technologies

Marina Alexeevna FEDOTOVA


Chair of the technology of processing precious stones and

metals of the Institute of Physics and Technology, NEFU,

Yakutsk

Candidate of Technology

Advanced Materials

Science

Galina Ivanovna RATZ

Professor, Head of the chair of Economics and Finance

Institute of Economics and Finance, NEFU, Yakutsk

Doctor of Economics

Global Markets and

Investments

Sun Chul LEE

President of «Potato Flower Studio»,

Professor of the YongIn University, Faculty of culture,

Seoul (South Korea)

Life and Culture in

Siberia


Lena Alekseevna SIDOROVA

Associate professor

Chair of cultural studies of the Institute of Cultures and

Languages of the Peoples of the North-East of Russia,

NEFU, Yakutsk

Executive secretary of «Ilin» magazine,

Candidate of culturology (Saint-Petersburg)

Life and Culture in

Siberia

Valery Valerievich LEPOV

Deputy director of the Institute of Physics and Technical

problems of the North, Siberian Branch of Russian

Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk

Doctor of Technique

Physics of strength and

fracture materials

Olga Vasilievna POPOVA

Senior researcher

Department of social and labor sphere development of

Arctic research center of the Academy of Sciences of the

RS(Ya), Yakutsk


International business/

International Trade

Sun Chul LEE



Seoul (South Korea) Management of

Culture. Event’s

planning

Lena Alekseevna SIDOROVA

Associate professor

Chair of cultural studies of the Institute of Cultures and

Languages of the Peoples of the North-East of Russia,

NEFU, Yakutsk

Executive secretary of «Ilin» magazine,

Candidate of culturology (Saint-Petersburg)


Philippe MARTIN

Professor

University Paris-Diderot, France

Ph.D. in linguistics and Ph.D.in electrical engineering

Artificial Intellect,

Deep Learning and

Brain Waves

Tatiana Nikolayevna JAKUBOVA

Associate Professor

Chair of Strategic Planning and Economic Policy of

Moscow State University, Moscow


Business planning

technologies

Artem Yurevich GOLOLOBOV

Leading Engineer

Chair of Radiophysics and Electronic Systems of the


3D visualization

technology

Sergey Efimovich VASILIEV

Senior Lecturer,


Director of "Multidimensional Technologies" company

Larisa Yurievna PISAREVA

Associate Professor

Chair of Economics and Management of Territory

Development of the Institute of Economics and Finance,

NEFU, Yakutsk

Candidate of sociology

Human Resources

Management


Artjom Dmitrievich NABEREZHNY

Senior Lecturer

Chair of Civil and Industrial Construction of the Institute

of Engineering and Construction, NEFU, Yakutsk

Candidate of Technology

Arctic Engineering

Anatoly Nickolaevich MYREEV

Associate Professor

Vice-Head of the Board of Almazergienbank JSC,

Yakutsk


Digital Economy

Vasiliy Vasilievich ILLARIONOV

Professor

Chair of Folklore and National Culture of the Institute of

Cultures and Languages of the Peoples of the North-East

of Russia, NEFU, Yakutsk,

Doctor of Philology Storytelling strategy in

Olonkho. Animation

Alina Alexandrovna NAHODKINA

Associate Professor

Head of the Department of Translation of the Institute of

Foreign philology and Regional studies, NEFU, Yakutsk.

Candidate of Philology (Ekaterinburg)

Lyudmila Leonidovna POPOVA

Resident of Skolkovo Technopark (Moscow)

Director of “Greenlab” company, Yakutsk

High technologies in

business


Maksim Vasilyevich IVANOV

NEFU Strategic Development Department, Deputy

Director, Yakutsk

Edutainment

Technologies

Sang Yeup PARK

Professor

Department of Ceramics Engineering, Gangneungwonju

National University, South Korea

PhD in Physics

Additive manufacturing

Olga Vasilievna POPOVA

Senior researcher

Department of social and labor sphere development of

Arctic research center of the Academy of Sciences of the

RS(Ya), Yakutsk


International business/

International Trade

Valentina Vladislavovna SERGEEVA

Chief specialist of Strategic planning and economic

analysis sector of Financial and economic Management

JSC Republican Investment Company, Yakutsk


Analysis of financial

and economic

activity/Blockchain

Bong Chul KIM

Division of International Studies, Hankuk University of

Foreign Studies,

PhD in Law (London, UK)

IT-Law and Intellectual

Property


Ajtalina Alexeevna OKHLOPKOVA

Professor

Department of Chemistry of the Institute of Natural

Sciences, NEFU, Yakutsk

Doctor of Chemistry

Nanotechnology

Anatoly Askalonovich SEMENOV

Minister of innovations, digital development and IT-

technologies, Yakutsk

Technological

Entrepreneurship/

IT- Entrepreneurship

Alexander Viktorovich PAVLOV

associate professor

Chair of Information technologies of the Institute of Math

and Informatics, NEFU, Yakutsk

Candidate of physics and mathematics, (Novosibirsk)

Digital Design of

Cultural Content

Sang Yeup PARK

Professor

Department of Ceramics Engineering, Gangneungwonju

National University, South Korea

Ph.D. in Physics

Advanced Materials

Processing

Nadеzhda Mikhailovna MELNIKOVA


Chair of Management, Institute of Economics and

Finance

Candidate of Psychology

Consumer Psychology

and Economic

Behavior


Vitaliy Vladislavovich

ALEKSEEV Chair of Journalism of the Philological Faculty, NEFU


Media in Public

Pavel Vasilievich VINOKUROV

Researcher

Educational-Research-Technological laboratory

“Graphene Nanotechnology”, Institute of Physics and

Technology, NEFU, Yakutsk

Instrumental Analysis

Clavdia Ivanovna FEDOROVA

Associate Professor

Head of the chair of English Philology,

Candidate of Philology (Saint-Petersburg)

Cinema and animation

Alexey Robertovich ABRAMOV

Leading Programmer

Information Systems Department, NEFU, Yakutsk

Natalia Anatolievna STRUCHKOVA

Dean of the Faculty of History, NEFU, Yakutsk

Candidate of History

Music and Dance


Aleksey Grigorievich PUDOV

Associate Professor

Yakut Agricultural Academy, Yakutsk

Candidate of Philosophy

Visual culture:

environment and

tourism

Sun Chul LEE



Seoul (South Korea)

Cultural performance

and Globalization

Vyacheslav Valerievich

LEVOCHKIN

Deputy minister of Culture of RS(Ya),

Candidate of Culturology (St. Petersburg)

LECTURE SUMMARIES

The 4th industrial revolution. Technology and society

The course aims to study the formation of a new technological revolution which is transforming

mankind. Changes are analyzed for all sectors that are marked by the birth of new business models, as well

as the radical transformation of production, consumption, transportation and delivery systems. The

influence of the 4th scientific and technological revolution on the social sphere - education, healthcare and

transport, is studied. In addition, new ways to use technology in order to change existing production and

consumption systems open up opportunities for restoration and preservation of the environment.

What are new technologies changing in our lives now and will change in future? Examples: IT, block-

chain, robotics, cyber - tech, new materials. How will these technologies change the very concept of

society?

How do these technologies change life at all levels of society: public, institutions, everyday life and

private life? What will happen to traditional institutions, such as education, banks and finance (national

currencies)? What changes will occur in society (culture, art, ethnic cultures) and in human needs (new

goods and services) under the influence of 4th industrial revolution?

Academic writing in English

The purpose of the course is the development of general and academic English skills to prepare students

for successful completion of graduate-level coursework in English for Master’s program; strengthen

foundational skills required for effective academic and business communication, especially written genres.

The main focus is on strengthening skills such as academic reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar.

Writing tasks will cover different genres and on skills such as summarizing and paraphrasing, using

appropriate academic vocabulary, and improving grammar.

International Communications

The purpose of the course is to develop skills in various forms of communication in the process of

international cultural interaction; to form competent knowledge of verbal (oral and written) and non-verbal

communication skills.

Discipline Summary: The specifics of business etiquette in international communications in English, the

socio-cultural context of international relations; analysis and accounting of the diversity of cultures in the

process of intercultural interaction; skills of modern communication technologies in international

cooperation.

Practical application of basic statistics

The purpose of the course is to form knowledge in the field of statistical analysis, as well as to provide

skills and abilities to use statistical methods of analysis in the study of socio-economic phenomena and

processes.

Basic topics: The concept and essence of statistical observation. Summary and grouping of data. Statistical

indicators. Statistical analysis of variation indicators. Selective observation. A statistical study of the

relationships between phenomena and processes. Rows of dynamics. Indices.

Data Analysis and Visualization

The purpose of the course is to form knowledge in the areas of processing and analysis of big data, visual

presentation of information, as well as to learn how to use methods of collecting, filtering, processing,

analyzing and visualizing data in the study of physical processes and socio-economic phenomena and

processes.

Basic topics: The concepts and essence of data analysis. Data analysis processes: requirements,

collection, filtering, processing. Modeling and algorithms: general data transformations. Statistical test

data. Human perception and data visualization. Algorithms and visualization methods. Infographics.


The purpose of the course is to acquaint undergraduates with the basics of software development.

Discipline summary: Basic concepts and constructions of the Python programming language, input-

output operations, branching operators, loops, arrays, strings, functions, classes. The basics of HTML

markup language, PHP and familiarity with other most common programming languages, Django

framework, web application development processes.

AI, Deep Learning and Brain Waves

Learning Objective: Explain the basic theoretical principles of artificial intelligence and deep learning

in relation to speech and language as a whole, including the cognitive limitations of the brain.

Summary of the discipline: Fundamentals of machine and deep learning. Multilayer perception (MLP).

Convolution of neural networks (CNN). Long and short-wave memory (LSTM). Introduction to speech

processing. Data structure and algorithms. The structure of brain neurons and oscillations. Application:

speech recognition (STT); speech synthesis (TTS).

Intellectual Property and IT-law

Discipline Summary: The content of laws on intellectual property, digital rights, digital financial assets

is studied. The potential of legal regulation in the new technological environment of legal regulation is

discussed, including:

- Internet of things, industrial Internet;

- Artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics;

- Virtual and augmented reality technologies;

- Quantum technologies and neurotechnologies;

- Technologies based on the principles of a distributed registry (blockchain), cryptocurrencies, tokens,

miners, smart contracts, ICO ...;

- Global databases (big data);

- Cloud computing services and computing;

- “Smart” complexes and devices (smart everything);

- Social networks (Facebook, VK, Twitter, Telegram ...);

- Cyberspace, e-commerce, e-sports, cyber-fake, e-government and cybersecurity.

Global markets and investments

The purpose of the course is the formation of a student’s conceptual and analytical apparatus used in the

field of investment analysis with international characteristics, as well as the development of practical skills

of investment analysis and investment decision-making both at the micro-level (enterprises, industries,

economic sectors), and at the macro level (country, region, continent).

Summary of discipline:

• study of the legal framework that shapes the functioning of the international investment market;

• analysis of the stages of development and the current state of the institutional environment, subjects

and intermediaries of the global market for international investments;

• accumulation of practical skills in using various tools in international investment, analysis of the

investment attractiveness of various tools;

• accumulation of practical skills in applying the fundamentals of fundamental and technical analysis for

making investment decisions.

Digital Marketing

The goal is to form a new organizational thinking and a holistic marketing knowledge system, to develop

students' skills in analyzing the market situation and business processes that ensure the stable functioning

and development of economic entities in a competitive environment based on a personalized approach to the

client.

Summary of discipline: Digital and classic marketing: relationships, integration, prospects. The choice of

target segments and means of communication. The Internet as the main medium of digital marketing. Sites,

mobile applications, landing pages. SEO. Contextual advertising. E-mail marketing, promotion in instant

messengers and CPA marketing. Display (banner) advertising.

Data analysis and web analytics. Social networks. Content marketing. Targeted advertising. Word of

mouth marketing. Off-line digital marketing toolkit. The digital economy. Off-line digital advertising.

Digital Marketing Information Systems. CRM systems. Big Data in marketing.

Digital Economy

The purpose of studying the discipline “Digital Economy” is to create a student’s understanding of new

patterns of development of the modern digital economy, the prerequisites for creating favorable

organizational and regulatory conditions in Russia for the effective development of digital economy

institutions with the participation of the state, national business community and civil society and ensuring

rapid growth national economy due to a qualitative change in the structure and management system of

national economic acts you in the emerging global digital ecosystem.

In the process of mastering the discipline, students solve the following tasks:

- obtaining knowledge and skills on the organization of the infrastructure of the digital economy;

- familiarity with the specifics (international and Russian) of forms of state entrepreneurship and

cooperation with business in the formation of the digital economy;

- the study of the main theoretical approaches to the analysis of various economic situations at the industry

and macroeconomic levels, and the formation of the ability to correctly model the situation taking into

account the technological, behavioral, institutional and legal features of the digital economy.

Sustainable Technologies

Sustainability is, at its core, the balance of environmental, social, and economic goals in a way that does

a better job of taking account of future needs and risks than current social systems do. Many corporations,

universities and public institutions have embraced more sustainable practices which are a core component

of their long-term business strategy. Being able to assess the broader strategy and performance of a company

or organization, and particularly its approach to economic and environmental sustainability is becoming a

high-profile complement to more conventional management skills.

This course provides students with the introduction to the principles of sustainable business, the trends,

materials issues, innovative technologies, and design criteria for green manufacturing.

Human Resources Management

The strategy of personnel management in an organization consists of determining the needs of the

company for employees and ways to develop their abilities and qualifications, in searching for opportunities

to form a sustainable motivation of employees for productive work.

Functions of the personnel services of enterprises: determining the need for personnel depending on the

strategy for the development of production; recruiting and hiring personnel in accordance with the needs of

the organization for personnel, career guidance and adaptation of newly recruited workers in the production

team; assessment of the labor activity of each employee (certification of personnel), transfer, increase,

decrease, dismissal depending on the results of labor; determination of wages and benefits in order to attract,

retain, retain staff; organization of personnel training, leadership training; discipline management,

identification of social tension in the team and its removal, negotiations with trade unions at the conclusion

of collective agreements, analysis of complaints and claims; establishment and maintenance of effective

labor relations; coordination of work on stabilization of working conditions and safety precautions.

Edutainment Technologies

The goal is to give students theoretical knowledge and practical skills in mastering the methodology of

developing forms of game learning.

Discipline summary: Game as a teaching method. The essence of game training, types and functions of

game training, a brief history of the application of game forms of training. The main forms of educational

game activity, the methodology for developing forms of game educational activity: role-playing games,

business games, operational games, simulation games, organizational and activity games, innovative games.

Strategies in language communication

The purpose of the course is to provide knowledge of modern theories of language communication;

Determining the status of communicative linguistics in the system of linguistic disciplines. Ownership of

effective communication tools, formation of competences necessary for analysis of language communication

in connection with socio-cultural context; Formation of competent ownership of verbal (oral and written)

and non-verbal strategies and tactics.

Business Planning Technologies

The purpose of the Business Planning Technologies discipline is to expand theoretical knowledge and

practical skills in the field of business planning in the management of investment projects.

The discipline is aimed at teaching students a complex of analytical and practical actions in the field of

business planning, including: determining the strategy of business development; development and

implementation of investment plans; forecasting financial performance and assessment of investment

decisions; management of investment project risks.

Summary of discipline: The concepts and essence of business planning. Sources and methods of financing

investment projects. The structure of the business plan of the investment project. The financial model of the

business plan of the investment project. Multi-project management. Methods for assessing the financial

viability of a project. Methods for assessing the economic efficiency of investment projects. Deviations and

risk. Selection of business plans for investment projects and investment portfolio.

Consumer Psychology and economic behavior

The purpose of the course is the formation of students' knowledge and skills in the field of theory and

practice of consumer psychology- economic behavior necessary to develop effective strategies and tools

for shaping consumer behavior in order to enhance the organization’s competitiveness in the context of

globalization and digitalization of the economy.

Summary of discipline: The concept of economic behavior. Types of economic behavior. Economic

motives, interests, norms and values. Culture and economic behavior. Economic thinking. Making decisions.

Rational and irrational behavior. Limited rationality of subjects of economic relations. Individualization of

the human world in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. Digitalization and consumer behavior.

Consumer behavior as a type of economic behavior. The main factors that determine consumer choice.

The concepts of value, expectation, satisfaction. A study of customer satisfaction and behavior during the

purchase process and in the after-sales period. Segmentation of the consumer market. Relationship

Marketing. Internet marketing and consumer behavior.

Culture of peoples of the North-Eastern part of Russia

The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of the diversity of cultures of indigenous peoples

of the Northwest RF, as well as an understanding of the value of ethnic cultures of indigenous peoples of

the Northwest RF, their influence on the organizational culture in the field of wage labor and business, the

need to take into account the characteristics of the ethnic culture of indigenous peoples in the process of

creating products of cultural industries.

Summary of the discipline: the diversity of indigenous cultures of the northeast of Russia. Characteristics

of ethnic cultures: ethnic history of these peoples, traditional economy, social organization, beliefs, folk and

professional art, folklore, social life and etiquette.

Cultural management

Part of the course will be devoted to the future development of CCI - creative and cultural industries as

manifestations of the 4th industrial revolution. Students will also understand the peculiarities of

management, which is based on the peculiarities of cultural products. Marketing of values in modern society

and channels of marketing.

Management as an art of managing resources, including financial resources. Forms of raising funds.

Foreign concepts of management in the sphere of culture.

The main part and focus of the course are peculiarities of management in the sphere of culture in Russia,

management technologies and carrying out events in the sphere of culture and art.

Technology of development and implementation of cultural programs in performance types of art,

cinema, literature, music. Event-management.

International Business

The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with the theoretical foundations and features of various

strategies for internationalizing a business and the criteria for choosing the optimal strategy; to give students

an idea of the main decisions made in the process of internationalization of a business; to acquaint students

with specific procedures for the implementation of various strategies for internationalizing business and

existing practice using the experience of business entities and the system of government regulation of their

international activities as an example. Discipline summary: The course focuses on the comparative

characteristics and factors of choosing various strategies for the enterprise to enter the foreign market and

students independently developing a business internationalization plan (Business Internationalization Plan)

as applied to the chosen strategy.

International Trade

Summary of the discipline: The international division of labor as a specialization of individual countries

in the production of individual goods and the subsequent exchange of these goods. The accumulation of

capital in the country's economy. Revitalization of domestic investment. Intercountry exchange as a desire

for economic benefits. The law of value and its manifestation in the differences between the national and

international value of the production of goods.

The main forms of international trade are export and import, re-export and re-import. Exchange of goods

or counter-compensation trade. Three groups of countertrade transactions: non-currency exchange of goods,

cash-based trade compensation transactions, and industrial compensation transactions. Key indicators of

international trade: world trade, commodity and geographical structure of international trade, growth rate of

international trade compared to the previous year; the growth rate of international trade relative to the growth

rate of production, terms of trade, foreign trade turnover of a particular country; commodity and

geographical structure of the country's foreign trade; foreign trade balance, export and import quotas.

Digital enterprise economy

The main goal is to provide students with an understanding of the basic theoretical and practical

foundations of doing business in a digital transformation of the economy.

Summary: Changes in the main factors of enterprise reproduction in the digital age. Customization

service. Development of omnichannel logistics. Flexible pricing. Automation and simplification of business

processes. Work with large amounts of data. Digitalization of management technology.

Digital transformation in organizations

The main goal is to provide students with an understanding of the basic theoretical and practical

foundations of using modern technologies to increase the productivity and value of enterprises and

organizations.

Summary: Digitalization and improving the efficiency of the enterprise. The main directions of the digital

transformation of the organization. Digital transformation based on the structural units of the organization.

The main driving forces of digital transformation. Indicators of digital transformation. Strategies for

successfully implementing digitalization in an organization.

International Management

The goal is the formation of a scientific understanding of the various approaches to the organization of

the management process and practical skills in the field of international business.

Summary of discipline: Theoretical foundations of international management. Strategic management in

international business. Investment and financial solutions in international management. Human Resource

Management in an international organization.

Comparative Management

The purpose is the formation of knowledge about the specific features of business cultures and

management systems in various countries for a deeper understanding of management technologies and

processes in international business.

Discipline summary: Theoretical foundations of comparative management. National culture and

leadership styles. Motivation management in comparative management. Communications in comparative

management. Features of national management models.

Technological entrepreneurship

The goal is the acquisition of a set of theoretical knowledge, skills and practical skills necessary to solve

the main problems arising from the implementation of innovative projects, including in high-tech areas, and

also learn how to attract relevant specialists from other countries to solve specific problems.

Summary: Key elements of technological entrepreneurship. The role of technology entrepreneurs.

Convergence of educational programs in the natural-technical and economic areas of training. Technological

clusters. Technoparks. Internal business. Attraction of investments: forms of borrowed capital. Sales of

high-tech products. Moral depreciation of high-tech products.

Internet-entrepreneurship

The course aims to build competencies in the field of Internet governance, to understand the key

parameters that influence the development of the company in this area, the mechanisms for promoting

companies and their services, as well as the formation of a competitive product for the consumer.

Summary: This course will provide students with the practical knowledge necessary to evaluate, promote

and manage an Internet project. To this end, students are expected to create an understanding of what factors

should be considered when working with an Internet project, including risks and benefits, understanding

consumer behavior, the tactical knowledge necessary to market and manage a new Internet product and

develop a small business in the Internet segment.

Analysis of financial and economic activity

The purpose is the formation of students’ analytical, creative thinking, theoretical and methodological

knowledge and organizational and methodological skills in conducting economic analysis of various fields

of activity, including financial and credit.

Summary of discipline: The role and place of economic analysis in the organization. Typology of types

of economic analysis. Methods of information processing in economic analysis. Analysis of income,

expenses and financial results. Analysis of property potential and sources of financing. Analysis of financial

condition: solvency and financial stability. Analysis of business activity and the effectiveness of the

organization. Analysis of production and sales. Analysis of the status and use of fixed assets of the

organization. Analysis of personnel, wages and labor productivity in the enterprise. Analysis of production

costs and production costs. Methodology for substantiating management decisions based on marginal

analysis. Break-even analysis. Analysis of the technical and organizational level and other conditions of

production. Comprehensive economic analysis in the development and monitoring of business plans.

Blockchain

The main goal of this course is to provide students with knowledge about blockchain technology for

developing business solutions based on it in various sectors of the economy.

Summary: Decision making system for the reengineering of existing business processes and information

systems based on blockchain technology. Technical aspects of blockchain organization, issues of historical

development of technology. Trends in the development of anonymous, cryptographic systems.

Additive manufacturing

The purpose of the course is to present an overview of the historical background of the additive

technologies, 3D printing equipment of hardware, algorithm for 3D printer operation, materials for 3D

printing and design skill with software. Student will practice hand-on skill and fabricate the 3D structure

with polymer materials.

Instrumental Analysis

The purpose is the formation of ideas about the theoretical foundations of spectrometric methods, a variety

of instrumental methods and analytical tasks to be solved when they are used in professional research and

production activities.

Consolidation, generalization, deepening and expansion of knowledge gained in the study of basic

disciplines, the acquisition of new knowledge and the formation of skills necessary for the study of special

technological disciplines.

In accordance with the qualification characteristics, the student must know the basics of spectrometric and

other instrumental methods of analysis, to the extent necessary to solve production and research problems.

Sustainable technologies

The purpose is to form a systematic idea of the historical background of the emergence of additive

technologies, study of information about machines and equipment for growing polymer products, mastering

the algorithm for manufacturing technological equipment using a 3D printer.

Summary of discipline: Principles of sustainable development of society and business. Balance of goals

of society, environment, economy. Consideration of needs and risks in the future. Long-term business

strategy. Development trends. The choice of materials. Recycling. Creation of innovative technologies.

Design criteria for green production.

Nanotechnology

The purpose is to provide students with the theoretical foundations of the synthesis of nanomaterials, the

fundamentals of the technology for producing nanomaterials, the basic principles of structure formation in

materials in the presence of nanosized particles; the main laws of changes in the properties of the material

from the chemical nature, type, and content of the nanofiller; ideas about the main trends in the development

of nanotechnology in terms of obtaining and using nanomaterials.

Summary of discipline: general ideas about nano-objects and nanotechnology; the history of

nanotechnology; physical chemistry of nanoparticles, wave-particle duality of nano-objects;

nanotechnology tools; principles for developing nanofilled materials and managing their properties.

High technologies in business

The objective is to get acquainted with practical examples of innovative ventures based on high

technologies.

Summary: High technology and its connection with business. Stages of development of innovative

startups. Contemporary problems of business and disclosure. Generation of ideas in the high technology

sector. Development of product vision. Writing applications for intellectual property defense. Search for

investors. Stages of prototyping. Going on sale.

The course is held on the facilities of “Greenlab’ company.

Arctic Engineering

The purpose is to gain knowledge in the field of construction technologies in the Arctic, as well as skills

in the design, construction and operation of buildings and structures in cold climates and permafrost.

Discipline summary: Basic information about the regional features of the Arctic for construction

purposes. Foundations on permafrost soils. Features of the materials used for the conditions of the Arctic.

Features of constructive solutions of buildings and structures for the conditions of the Arctic. Building

Technologies at Low Temperatures. The operation of buildings and structures in the Arctic.

3D visualization technology

The purpose is to get practical skills of 3D modeling as the computer technology.

Discipline summary: Three-dimensional modeling. Basic concepts of computer graphics. Three-

dimensional space of the project scene. Three-dimensional workspace. Two-dimensional working field.

Three-dimensional space of the project scene. 3D Studio Max interface: main menu, toolbars, command

panels, projection windows, their purpose and setting. Projection Views in 3D Max. Setting the coordinate

grid. Three-dimensional space in 3D Max. World and object coordinate system. Creating the simplest three-

dimensional scene. The concept of a three-dimensional object. Vertices, edges, faces of the object, their

visibility. Dimensional containers. Categories of objects, their purpose. Names of objects. Creating simple

objects (standard and advanced primitives), setting their parameters. Creating stereometry shapes. Grouping

objects. Management of drawing tools and modifications. Materials and texturing. Creating simple models.

Physics of strength and fracture materials

The goal is the formation of basic knowledge and skills for a conscious and targeted selection of materials

in modern designs, instruments and equipment, the use of their structure and properties to achieve functional

and operational advantages, increased reliability and resource , including in extreme conditions of the North

and the Arctic, creating models for the accumulation of structural damage and softening of materials used

in structures, instruments and equipment operated in various industries, including metal, composite and

nanomaterials.

The structure of the elements of materials and their quantitative characteristics are studied; the

relationships between them that allow identification of the mechanisms and patterns of accumulation of

structural damage, phase transitions, processes of loss of strength and destruction of materials, practical

mastery of the methods of experimental and mathematical modeling, the ability to evaluate the accuracy and

errors of a physical and computer experiment conducted at various structural levels and scales of material,

allows students to more reasonably evaluate development opportunities and approach professional solutions

to professional problems.

Advanced Materials Science

The purpose is the formation of knowledge on the optimal choice of modern materials for products for

various purposes.

Discipline Summary: Metals. Ceramics. Polymers Composites Semiconductors. Biomaterials. Smart

materials. Nanoengineering materials. Crystal structure and interatomic bonding in solids. Microstructure

formation. Change in mechanical properties. Thermal properties. Magnetic properties. Optical properties.

The choice of materials and design of products from them. Issues of economics, social, environmental

protection in the field of materials science.

Computer design of Modern Materials

Goals:

1) familiarization with the basics of quantum-mechanical description of the properties of solids

2) study of the density functional method

3) acquaintance with modern software packages for quantum mechanical computing

4) training in the methods of preparing the initial data and analysis of the results of quantum chemical

calculations.

Summary of discipline: Density Functional Theory (DFT) method. Hohenberg and Kohn theorem. Cohn-

Sham method. Comparison of the Hartree-Fock and Kohn-Sham methods. Correlation-exchange functional.

Local density approximation. Gradient correction methods. Hybrid methods. Computational features of DFT

methods.

Software packages for building a crystalline structure. (Avogdro, Vesta) Software packages for

implementing the density functional theory (DFT) method. Quantum Espresso Package. MedeA package.

GUI Setting parameters for self-consistent calculation. Calculation and visualization of the distribution of

electron density. Calculation of the physical characteristics of a quantum mechanical system.

Music and dance

The main purpose of the subject is to study the processes of formation of kinetic culture in traditional society and

how the culture of dance in modern society changes. What is the place of music and dance (folk and professional) in

modern society due to changes in the human need for art?

Students will learn how the phenomenon of dance is considered in physical anthropology, philosophy,

religious studies, psychology, archaeology, history, ethnology. Anthropology of man and formation of the

concept of dance. Psychological aspects of the emergence of dance. The course will focus on the traditional

dance culture of Yakutsk. As traditional religious beliefs of Yakutsk, for example, kinetica of shamanic

camlania and ancestral prayers influenced the modern development of dance. How modern dance as a

performance under these influences can change.

Cultural performance and globalization

This course is designed to acquaint the students with Cultural performance including drama, dance, art,

anthropology, folkloristics, philosophy, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, comparative literature,

communication studies, and increasingly, music performance. Cultural Performance includes events that

occur in everyday life in which a culture’s values are displayed for their perpetuation. Intangible Heritage,

Oral traditions and expressions, Performing arts (Knowledge concerning nature, Traditional craftsmanship,

Working towards a Convention Performing arts (such as traditional music, dance and theatre).

Interaction in modern arts: literature

The course is devoted to the study of the synthesis of modern arts: literature; understanding the principles

of literary interaction in the context of globalization and digitalization; The study of the intellectual,

aesthetic, sociocultural aspects of contemporary literature; ability to effectively use digital forms of modern

literature in professional activities.

Visual Culture: Environment and Nature

The course will provide students with a systematic understanding of the history and methodology of visual

culture, and key concepts of the visual cultural research paradigm.

The core of the course is the study and design of visual culture products represented by the phenomena of

visual practices: painting, photography, scenography, cinema, television, advertising and other visual media

and visual art. In the creation of new cultural content, it is necessary to use the knowledge of courses about

the culture of the peoples of the north-east of the Russian Federation and the culture of the peoples of Siberia,

especially the products of modern Yakut folk and professional art.

Life and Culture in Siberia

The main focus in studying the cultures of the people of Siberia on a transformation of Culture of the

people of Siberia, modern ethno-cultural processes of peoples of the North and Siberia. The introduction to

this course is the historical background: main towns, jails and winter quarters of Siberia in the 17th century.

Colonization of Siberia at the XVII beginning of the 18th centuries. Agriculture in Siberia.

Construction: churches and temples. Siberian indigenous peoples - inorodsi, their status in the Russian

Empire. Historical and cultural landscape. Economy, occupations. Settlements and constructions. Material

culture. Clothes. Food. Utensils. Religious beliefs and family ceremonialism. Maternity ceremonies.

Wedding ceremonies. Funeral and funeral ceremonies. Spiritual culture. Holidays. Arts and crafts.

Media and society

The course is to give not only a general idea of the structure and principles of functioning of traditional

media of Yakutia, but also about changes in the structure of modern media as communication systems. To

see how technologies IT and block-chain will change the information landscape and impact culture and

cultural identity. Languages in cyberspace: real opportunities and challenges for the development of

indigenous languages.

The focus of the course will be modern digital media (digital media), strategy, tactics and instruments of

advance of new products and services.

3. ENTRANCE EXAMS PROCEDURE

Entrance exams include the following stages:

Stage 1:

- Interview in the field of specialization (program of topics is accessible at NEFU official

site https://priem.s-vfu.ru/news/pravila-priema-2020-magistratura.html).

- Test of English proficiency (waived for students with a valid international certificate such

as TOEFL, IELTS, etc.).

Stage 2:

- Calculation of the average score of points in the applicant’s university transcripts or official

record of grades and exams.

- Score based on the recommendation and motivation letters of the contestants;

- Calculation of TOEFL, IELTS, or other internationally recognized certificate score or

English proficiency test score in the absence of a certificate (according to the standard

assessment system of the given test).

- The final scores of the contestants serves as the basis for determining which students are

admitted to each of the three international master's programs “Convergence”.

- Competitors submit to the NEFU Admissions Committee the following package of

documents for entrance examinations:

- A personal application for participation in the competition, in the form established by

NEFU;

- A copy of the passport;

- A copy of the document on higher education with an extract from the test book (for foreign

citizens translated into Russian and legalized, if this is required by Article 107 of the Federal

Law No. 237 “On Education in the Russian Federation”);

Personal motivation letter (in free form);

- A letter of recommendation indicating individual achievements signed by a specialist from

the previous place of study (in free form);

- A copy of a document demonstrating the level of English proficiency (TOEFL certificate,

IELTS, etc.), if available;

- A medical certificate.

https://priem.s-vfu.ru/news/pravila-priema-2020-magistratura.html

Specific guidelines for each major

[1] Physics

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russian Federation

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education

«M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University»

The program of the entrance exam

for the master's degree

03.04.02 Physics

Master’s degree

Convergence: Advanced Technology

Qualification (degree)

Master

Form of training

Face-to-face

Approved by PTI’s Academic Board

Protocol №151 from 21.03.2018

_______________N.A. Savvinova

Yakutsk, 2018

A, Explanatory note

The program of entrance examinations is compiled in accordance with the requirements

of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education in the field of

Physics for the level of training necessary for this Master’s degree, as well as with the

requirements for the professional preparation of the bachelor’s graduate in the field of Physics.

This program is intended to prepare applicants for the entrance test of the

Physicotechnical Institute’s Master’s degree "Convergence: high technology" in the field of

Physics.

B. Entrance exam tasks

- check the level of knowledge of the applicant;

- identify propensities for research activities;

- find out the applicant’s motives for seeking admission to the Master’s degree;

- determine the area of scientific interests.

C. Evaluation criteria

on a 100-point scale

“Excellent” – 100 p.

“Good” – 80 p.

“Satisfactory” – 60 p.

Exam duration: 4 hours.

Form: Oral interview (question cards) in English.

D. Contents for Entrance Exam Program

For Physics

1. Newton's laws of motion. Work, Power and Energy.

2. Static and dynamic research methods.

3. Thermodynamic parameters. Equation of state.

4. The first and second laws of thermodynamics. The Van der Waals equation.

5. Hole theory of liquids. The phenomena of diffusion and internal friction of liquids.

6. Electric current in liquids and gases. Farday’s laws of electrolysis. Electrolytic

dissociation.

7. DC magnetic field. Magnetic induction. Lorentz force.

8. The movement of charged particles in a magnetic field. Accelerators of charged

particles.

9. Magnetic moments of electrons and atoms. Diamagnetics and paramagnets.

10. Properties of electromagnetic waves. The energy of electromagnetic waves. Radiation

of electromagnetic waves. Scale of electromagnetic waves.

11. Interference, diffraction, absorption, scattering, dispersion, polarization of light.

12. Thermal radiation. Kirchhoff's circuit laws. Planck’s law.

13. Wave–particle duality of matter.

14. The structure of solids. Atomic-crystalline structure of metals. Defects in the crystal

structure of metals.

15. Thermal expansion of solids. Elastic properties of solids.

16. Phase transformations in solids. The phenomenon of superconductivity.

17. The concept of the band theory of solids. Metals and dielectrics in band theory.

18. The main properties and structure of the nucleus. The binding energy of the nuclei.

19. Radioactivity. Alpha and beta decay. Gamma radiation.

20. General information about elementary particles. Interconversions of elementary

particles.

References:

Savelyev, I.V. General physics course. In 4 volumes. General Physics Course:

Textbook / I.V. Savelyev. - M.: KnoRus, 2012.-- 1856 p.

Sivukhin, D.V. General physics course. In 5 volumes. / D.V. Sivukhin. - M.: Fizmatlit,

2014.

Trofimova, T.I. Physics course: Textbook for universities / T.I. Trofimova. - M.: IC

Academy, 2012.-- 560 p.

Yavorsky B.M., Detlaf A.A. Handbook of Physics.

For Chemistry and Materials Science

1. Molecular structure and macroscopic properties of polymers. The molecular weight

of chains. Molecular weight distribution.

2. Classification of polymeric materials according to the chemical structure of the

polymer chain, by technological and operational characteristics.

3. Current views on the mechanisms of polymer synthesis. Radical and ionic

polymerization. Copolymerization.

4. Physical, phase, and aggregation states of polymers. Glass transition and

crystallization of polymers. Physical properties of polymers in various states. Ways

to manage them.

5. Polymer composites based on PTFE and UHMW PE.

6. Molecular structure and macroscopic properties of polymers. Supramolecular

structures in amorphous and crystalline polymers.

7. Filling and fillers. The polymer-filler system. Theories of reinforcing polymers with

fillers. Classification of fillers.

8. Natural and synthetic rubbers. Their preparation, chemical structure, composition,

physical and technological properties, properties of vulcanizates and their application.

The correlation between the structure of rubbers and their properties.

9. The concept of polymer composites. The principles of composing recipes of plastics,

rubbers, films, coatings, and other polymeric materials.

10. Features of the chemical properties of polymers. Oxidation of polymers and protective

measures. Aging of polymeric materials under the influence of heat, light, oxygen,

ozone, repeated deformations, etc. Classification of antioxidants. Ozone aging and

protection methods against ozone aging.

11. The main properties of polymers that determine their processing into products.

Technological properties of polymeric materials. The correlation between the

molecular structure and technological properties of polymeric materials.

12. Nanotechnology and nanomaterials.

13. Nanoscale fillers for polymers. Features of the introduction of nanofillers, structure

and properties of polymer-based nanocomposites.

14. Test methods for polymeric materials. Mechanical properties of polymeric materials.

Strength and deformation properties.

15. Technology for processing elastomers. Vulcanization. The influence of various

factors on the vulcanization process (environment, temperature, pressure, etc.).

Methods of vulcanization, control and automatic control of the process.

16. Arctic materials science. Features of materials operated on at low temperatures.

References

Pomogailo, A. D. et al., Nanoparticles of metals in polymers.- Moscow: Himiya, 2000.

Sergeev G. B. Nanochemistry.- Moscow: KDU, 2006.

Okhlopkova A. A., Adrianova O. A., Popov S. N. Modification of polymers by

ultradisperse compounds. - Yakutsk: publishing house of Yakut Division of the SB

RAS, 2003.

J. Whitesides, D. Eigler, R. Anders. Nanotechnology in the coming decade: a forecast of

research directions. - M.: Mir, 2002.

O. Osama. Nanoscience and nanotechnology. Encyclopedia of life support systems. -

M.: Mir, 2011.

Dyachkov P.N. Carbon tubes: structure, properties, application. - M.: Mir, 2006.

[2] Economics

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education

«M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University»

Institute of Finances and Economics

Department of Economics and Finances

Approved by:

Director/dean

_______________Naberezhnaya A.T.

__________________________s.p.

THE PROGRAM FOR ENTRANCE EXAM

(INTERVIEW)

in the field of 38.04.01 Economics

for applicants for the Master’s program

«Convergence: Business management in digital economy»

(in English)

form of training: face-to-face learning

author:

program director

Ratz G.I., Grand PhD in Economics, professor

2019

A. Explanatory note

The program is intended for graduates of undergraduate programs and specialist training

programs. The main goal of implementing programs in the field of “Economics” is the

development of students' personal qualities and the establishment of a set of competencies that

ensure their academic, social, personal and professional mobility. Graduates of the program in

this area are distinguished not only by their knowledge and ability to carry out professional

activities in the field of economics (based on their research achievements in both theory and

practice) but also by research skills in the field of international business.

Admission to the first year of this Master’s program is carried out on a competitive basis

based on the results of the admission interview. The competition provides admission to the

candidates who are most capable and prepared for enrolling.

The criteria for the competitive selection are the results of the admission interview. The

admission interview will take into account: the applicant’s achievements in scientific work

(confirmed by having scientific publications, awards or certificates in student academic

competitions, student olympiads and other events), other achievements, awards, and

recommendations.

To pass the competitive selection, candidates need to submit documents required by the

Admission Rules, as well as official diplomas and certificates, documents of participation in

academic competitions, student olympiads and other awards.

Following the results of the competitive selection, the examination commission

announces a list of candidates recommended for admission to the Master's program.

Duration of the Master’s program is 2 years of face-to-face learning.

B. Purpose and objective of admission interview

The purpose of the admission exam is to ascertain the level of preparation of the applicant

for academic and scientific work and the adequacy of their preparation according to the

requirements of FSLS3+ (Federal State Learning Standard3+) in the field of 38.04.01

“Economics”.

C. Structure of admission interview

The admission interview reflecting the quality of education received by an applicant and

his personal characteristics, includes:

field-oriented interview (50 points)

answers to field-oriented questions (50 points).

D. Organization of entrance exam: oral interview

An interview to determine the personal and professional qualities of the applicant includes

an assessment of the following abilities, skills and achievements (at least 50 points):

1) The level and quality of education of the applicant: information about previous higher

education, academic performance at the university, additional education and retraining, and

any advanced training courses.

2) The applicant’s motivation behind their career choice: their concept of the Master's

program, the motives for choosing the educational program, views on the scope and directions

of professional activity; general orientation in professional issues; work experience in the field

of the chosen profession. When submitting the documents to the selection committee, an

applicant has to attach a motivation letter (prepared in advance) that states the information

specified in this paragraph of the program.

3) The personal qualities of the applicant: the ability to learn; discipline; organization;

responsibility; creative activity; level of independence in decision-making (self-esteem,

personal qualities); a vision of a future professional career; participation in the scientific and

public life of the university.

Interview question topics for applicants entering the Master's program

1. Prerequisites of the economy: needs, resources. The primary features of the economy.

2. Criteria and classification of types of economic systems.

3. Classifications of economic benefits. Private and public goods.

4. Scientific and technological progress and the scientific and technological revolution.

5. Scientific and technological revolution as a determining factor in the development of

a new international division of labor.

6. The concept and factors of economic growth.

7. Keynesian models of economic growth. R. Solow’s neoclassical growth model. The

main factors of economic growth at the present time.

8. National economy and economic growth: theories, models and indicators of

economic growth.

9. The concept of convergence.

10. Reasons for convergence.

11. Convergence as a consequence of modern scientific and technological revolution.

12. The convergence of methods and technologies in modern science.

13. Convergence in the economy.

14. Convergence in the modern world.

15. Convergence of economic development in the context of globalization.

E. Recommended references

Main references

Vasiltsova V.M., Tertyshnyi S.A. Institutional economy. - St. Petersburg: Peter, 2013.

Ghukasyan G.M. and ed. Economic theory. - M.: Eksmo, 2011.

World economy and international economic relations (for bachelors). Ed. Shakhoovskoy L.S.

- M .: “KnoRus”, 2013. - 256 p.

Oleynik A.N. Institutional economy. - M.: INFRA-M, 2012.

Tarasevich L.S., Grebennikov P.I., Leussky A.I. Microeconomics. - M: “Yurait”, 2011.

Tarasevich L.S., Grebennikov P.I., Leussky A.I. Macroeconomics. - M: “Yurait”, 2011.

Additional references

Borisov E.F. Economic Theory: Textbook /E.F. Borisov. - M: Prospect, 2010.-- 544 p.

Economics course: Textbook / ed. B.A. Reisberg. - M.: INFRA - M, 2009.-- 672 p.

McConnell C. Economics / C. McConnell, S. Brue. - M.: INFRA - M, 2009.-- 994 p.

Economic Theory / Ed. I.P. Nikolaeva. - M.: UNITI, 2008.-- 527 p.

Economic Theory: Textbook / Ed. G.P. Crane. - M.: Dashkov and K., 2009.-- 920 p.

http://www.libertarium.ru/library - library of materials on economic topics.

http://www.ilnansy.ru – materials on the socio-economic situation and development in

Russia.

http://www.rbc.ru – RosBusinessConsulting (materials of an analytical nature).

[3] Cultural Studies

THE PROGRAM

of the entrance exam (interview of profile orientation)

for the master's degree 51.04.01- Cultural Studies

«Convergence. Cultural content in the digital age».

Qualification (degree) Master

Form of training Face-to-face/Face-to-face and Distance/ Distance

Yakutsk, 2019

A. The program of the entrance exam (interview of profile orientation) for the Master's

degree 51.04.01 – Cultural Studies (Convergence. Cultural content in the digital age). The

entrance exam comprises interviews on topics presented in the explanatory note.

Requirements for the content of the applicant's response:

1. Correctness and depth of the topic discussion.

2. Knowledge of the material and ability to use it.

3. Level of theoretical knowledge.

4. Consistent and coherent presentation.

B. Explanatory note

The format. The exam is conducted orally, in the form of an interview on a given topic.

Goals. The purpose of the entrance exam is to determine the applicant's career orientation,

desire and ability to learn new things.

Tasks:

- check the level of knowledge of the applicant in the field of training;

- determine the propensity for research activities.

http://www.libertarium.ru/library

http://www.ilnansy.ru/

http://www.rbc.ru/

Evaluation criteria. The exam is evaluated on a 100-point scale according to the following

criteria:

-Accuracy and completeness of the topic di

- Knowledge of the material and ability to use it – 25 points

-Level of theoretical knowledge - 25 points

-Consistent and coherent presentation – 25 points.

Marks

Up to 51 points = 2 (unsatisfactory)

51-69 points = 3 (satisfactory)

70-85 points = 4 (good)

86-100 points = 5 (excellent)

The program is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Federal state educational

standard for professional training of a Master in the field of 51.04.01 - Cultural Studies: - main

categories of cultural studies: cultural phenomena, morphology, subject of culture, language

and symbols of culture, cultural traditions, values and norms; - diverse approaches to defining

culture, its function in the society, and the laws of its development; - main achievements of

cult urology of the XIX-XX centuries (the main schools and concepts of cultural studies); -

characteristics of the main features of folk, elite and mass culture.

Special attention should be paid to the history of Russian culture, which includes questions

about the features of the historical and cultural process in Russia and its internally determined

independence. The applicant should know the historical achievements of regional national

cultures of multi-ethnic Russia.

Presenting the characteristics of the socio-cultural situation, it is necessary to pay special

attention to the acute problems of culture at the turn of the century, positive and negative trends

in the sphere of national culture, including the spiritual results of the liberalization of society

according to the Western model. It is important to show the importance of the spiritual unity

of the people, the development of a general social ideal.

C. Contents of the program

Topic 1. Historical development of ideas about culture from antiquity to modern times

Topic 2. Basic schools and concepts of cultural studies in recent times and modernity

Topic 3. Features of development and the main directions of Russian cultural studies

Topic 4. The nature and essence of culture

Topic 5. The structure of culture

Topic 7. Typology of cultures

Topic 8. Mythological culture

Topic 9. World of Ancient Culture

Topic 10. The phenomenon of medieval culture

Topic 11. Renaissance culture

Topic 12. Culture of the Enlightenment

Topic 13. The main artistic styles and trends in the culture of the XIX - early XX centuries

Topic 14. Contemporary art culture

Suggested sources:

Bagnovskaya N.M. 2004. Fundamentals of Cultural Studies. - Moscow: Academic project.

Belik A.A. 1998. Cultural Studies: Anthropological Theories of Cultures. Moscow: Russian

State Humanitarian University.

Viktorov V.V. 2004. Culturology. Moscow: Exam.

Gurevich P.S. 2003. Culturology. Moscow: Gardariki.

Grushevitskaya T.G., Guzik M.A., Sadokhin A.P. 2001. Dictionary of world art culture. -

Moscow: Academy.

Erasov B.S.2000. Social culturology. - Moscow: Aspect Press.

Kagan M.S. 2000. The philosophy of culture. St. Petersburg: Peter.

Kravchenko A.I. 2005. Culturology. Moscow: Academic project: Triksta.

Culturology. 2008. Ed. A.N. Markova. Moscow: UNITY-DANA.

Culturology.2007. Ed. Yu.N. Solonina, M.S. Kagan. Moscow: Visshay shcola.

Culturology / 2001. Ed. N.G. Baghdasaryan, A.V. Litvintseva, I.E. Chuchaykina et al. - M.:

Higher School.

Culturology. 2003. Ed. V.A. Fortunatova L.E. Shaposhnikov. - M.: Higher School.

Flier A.Ya. 2002. Culturology for culturologists. Moscow-Yekaterinburg: Academic project,

Business Book.

The fundamental problems of cultural studies. 2008. In 4 tomes. Theory of Culture. T.1.

Saint-Petersburg: Aleteya.

Internet sources 1. http://www.gumer.info/Библиотека Гумер – humanities 2.

http://ethnopsyhology.narod.ru/study/culture/Index.htm Cultural Studies 3.

http://yankos.chat.ru/gum.html - electronic library for Cultural Studies 4.

http://kulturolog.narod.ru/frame.htm - theory of culture 5.

http://www.philosophy.ru/library/catalog.html electronic library 6.

http://www.wtu.ru/structure/kaf/kult/kurs/kul_int.php - teaching

4. TRAINING, EVALUATION AND COURSE WORK

Lectures are conducted in English on the premises of the Institutes that are involved in

the Program.

The academic buildings are situated on the NEFU campus. Classes take place in

Training-Laboratory Building (ULK) that is marked 2 on the Campus map, Main Building

that is marked 4 on the Campus map, and Building of faculties of Natural Sciences that is

marked 6 on the Campus map.

Most of the courses are provided in the traditional offline way in the classrooms. Some

courses are given on-line. The on-line regime is used for courses taught by foreign lecturers

who do not have a permanent presence in Yakutsk. They come to Yakutsk facilities once a

semester for a short conclusion of the course and to conduct the final evaluation of students’

proficiency.

To be admitted to the examination or to get a “pass” students are given special

assignments one month before the finals. Both the passes and the exams are evaluated on a

100 point scale.

The minimum points that are necessary to pass are 60.

A “Satisfactory” grade for the exam is equivalent to 50-60 points. “Good” results are 60-80

points. An “Excellent” grade is 80-100 points.

At the end of the 1st semester students must prepare the Course work. The Course work

is connected to the discipline “Data analysis and visualization”. The Course work in this

Master program is aimed at getting practical skills in the field of working with massive of

data of different configuration that will be a crucial capacity in the information society of

new millennium.

To make the course work productive the students will be given the assignments that deal

with the necessity:

- to understand the task properly: tasks are given in several variants;

- to analyze the given amount of information (statistical, scientific, cultural or real sector

companies);

- to make a group project that present the data in a effective visualized way;

- to prepare an individual presentation of the project oriented at data visualization using

an appropriate method.

The Course work is evaluated by the same system of 100 points grade and is regarded as

the obligatory element of Master program.

5. OPEN CLASS AND COLLOQUIUM AT SCHOOL OF

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

School of International Studies (SIS) offers high quality open classes and colloquiums to

the participating students and faculty members. To this end, SIS invites various experts and

international scholars to provide better communication opportunities. The participation of

the students’ attendance of the convergence program is mandatory, so that they can share

the high quality expertise and working experience of the local and international experts. The

students’ participation (every Tuesday for the first semester and every Thursday for the

second semester, as of 2019) is part of their course work, especially the practical training.

Tentative SIS schedule for Spring 2020 (February-May)*

Module 1: Yakutia in the 21st century

(room 118 (ULK building))

Module 2: Innovation

(room 120 (ULK building))

Topics Topics

1 Culture of peoples of North Eastern part of

Russia Innovations and IT

2 The mysterious Yakutia: Museum tour Fundamentals of statistical analysis in scientific

research

3 Visual Culture: Environment and Nature Permafrost-dominated ecosystems in a changing

climate

4 Cinema Borealis Thinking in code and its benefits

5 Philosophy in economics Thermal protection engineering in the North

6 Logistics in the Arctic regions Nanotechnology in material science

7 TBA Digital telecommunications and information

technologies

8 Social structure of Sakha Republic (Yakutia):

Data analysis Source water protection

9 Interaction in modern Arts: literature Technology in the 4th Industrial Revolution

(tentative)

10 Management of culture Academic publication strategies

11 Promotion and preservation of cultural heritage:

Olonkho translation TBA

12 International relations and convergence

(Tentative) Outline of sustainable technologies (tentative)

13 Small business Innovations and advanced material science

(tentative)

14 Human psychology: modern trends in

psychology TBA

15 Strategies in language communication AI and deep learning (or Data Analysis)

*It is subject to change depending on the lecturers’ schedule change

6. THESIS GUIDELINES

In accordance with the Russian state educational standard of higher education the defense

of a Master's thesis is a mandatory element of the final certification of graduates.

Aims and Objectives of the Thesis

Aims

To conduct an original, preferably project-based and/or consumer-oriented, investigation

of an issue relevant to the content of program under the supervision of an academic member

of staff.

Objectives

- To construct a detailed plan of a research project.

- To review relevant literature on the selected topic.

- To identify relevant research question(s).

- To operationalize the research question(s).

- (In the case of an empirical thesis) to select and justify an appropriate research design

in relation to an area of theory, to select and employ suitable methods/techniques to

investigate the empirical questions, and to analyze relevant data.

- (In the case of a theoretical thesis), to set out a coherent and focused argument that

advances, clarifies and (where appropriate) reframes the theoretical questions.

The Thesis Supervisor

Following the submission by students of the thesis topics/titles (no later than 15 February

2020), a supervisor will be allocated to each student, based on the supervisor’s expertise.

If necessary, co-supervisors can be allocated up to the beginning of the fourth semester.

The thesis topic, agreed to by the supervisor, will undergo an approval procedure at the

meeting of the graduating Department. The Department has the right of motivated refusal

or reformulation of topic with the consent of the student and his or her supervisor.

The period of formal thesis supervision runs from the beginning of third semester until

the end of the fourth semester. During this period, supervisors will be available to their

supervisees to schedule a meeting over Skype/email/ or in person in order to answer any

questions and concerns.

The role of the supervisor is to advise on all aspects of the research project including:

- the topic area and relevant literature;

- the feasibility of the topic;

- the time scale of the research;

- the specification of the research questions;

- in the case of an empirical thesis - the design and adequacy of methods, sources of data

and access to fields of observation, and the analysis and interpretation of results;

- in the case of a theoretical thesis - the focus of the argument, its relation to and

implications for the theoretical literature on which it draws, including its implications for

future empirical research;

- the structure and style of the thesis.

Guidance notes on the writing of the thesis

A thesis must be type-written using a size 14 font, 1.5-line spacing, must include a full

bibliography and an annotation, and must be printed single-sided on A4.

A thesis can be anywhere between 80 and 100 pages long. The minimum length of the

thesis, including footnotes, endnotes and bibliography, but excluding table of contents,

annotation and appendices is 80 pages. The maximum length of the thesis, including

footnotes/endnotes, bibliography, but excluding table of contents, annotation and

appendices is 100 pages.

The thesis is prepared and defended in English.

The text of the master's thesis includes the following structural components:

- title page

- task for the implementation of the WRC;

- a schedule of work on thesis;

- annotation: a brief description of the thesis in terms of content, novelty and practical

value of the results of the work;

- table of content;

- introduction;

- chapters of the thesis;

- conclusion;

- bibliography;

- appendices.

In addition, the following is attached to the text:

- abstract of the thesis;

- recall of the supervisor of the thesis;

- review of the thesis;

- certificate of check for anti-plagiarism;

- certificate on the implementation of the results obtained during the thesis (if any)

Abstract of the thesis includes:

- general characteristics of the thesis: relevance, purpose, objectives, subject and object

of research, justification of the practical significance of the work, the research methods

used, information on the implementation of the research results (participation of a

graduate student in conferences, seminars, publications), a description of the structure

and scope of the thesis;

- content of the thesis: a brief description of the content of the sections of the thesis with

an emphasis on the results and conclusions for each section.

Thesis defense procedure

A master's thesis is a qualification work of applied and research nature dedicated to

solving the problem of a particular field of knowledge or phenomenon as well as business

entity, which has practical significance for its further development.

Master’s thesis supervisors are elected from both partner sides. The priority of Foreign

supervisor is given to the practical issues of the dissertation project. The Russian supervisor

is responsible more for the theoretical part of the thesis.

Master’s thesis preparation includes text and multimedia parts. The multimedia

presentation is based on the illustrative material of the qualification work: 15-20

informative slides prepared in the Power Point program.

Outline of the procedure

Prior to the public oral defense, the graduating Department conducts two “preliminary

defenses” in order to check the progress in work, content, formatting, etc.:

- first – 8 weeks before public defense;

- second ‒ 4 weeks before public defense.

Students should make any changes requested by the committee and submit to the public

defense the departmentally-approved thesis.

The defense of the master's thesis is carried out at an open meeting of the State

Certification Commission (SAC). The composition of the commission is approved by order

of the rector of NEFU. The commission includes leading experts of external organizations,

as well as professors and associate professors of both the graduating department, and

invited professors-partners of foreign universities who participated in the undergraduate

training program.

Defense of a master's thesis includes text and multimedia parts. The multimedia

presentation is based on the illustrative material of the thesis, 15-20 informative slides

prepared in the Power Point program.

After the Chairperson announces the start of the SAC, the secretary announces the defense

of the master's thesis, indicating its title, full name of the graduate student, and also

confirms the availability of all necessary documents.

Then the floor is given to the undergraduate to report on the results of the study. The

duration of the report is 8 to 10 minutes.

The report is built in accordance with the sequence of the study, special attention is paid

to analytical data, new results and proposed solutions.

The final part of the report is based on the text of the conclusion of the thesis. The main

recommendations are put together.

The student must present the results of his work freely, in English, without reading the

written text.

Upon completion of the report, members of the SAC ask the graduate student questions

related to the topic of the master's thesis. When answering questions, the student has the

right to use his work.

The secretary of the SAC reads the reviews of the supervisor and reviewer, after which

the undergraduate answers the comments contained in the reviews.

The SAC decision on the final assessment is based on:

- assessment of the supervisor for work, including current work in the semester;

- assessment of the reviewer for thesis in general;

- assessment of the SAC members for the content of the work, its defense, including the

report, answers to questions and comments of the reviewer.

Decisions on evaluations of the defense of the master's thesis, as well as on the award of

an academic degree and the issuance of a state-issued diploma, are made by the SAC by a

simple majority of the members of the commission participating in the meeting.

The results of the defense are announced immediately after the SAC meeting. Based on

the results of the thesis defense, a decision to assign an academic degree is made.

Thesis Contents

The text of the master's thesis includes the following structural components:

- first – 8 weeks before public defense;

- a title page

- a task for the implementation of the thesis paper;

- a schedule of work on the thesis paper;

- an annotation - a brief description of the thesis in terms of content, novelty and practical

value of the results of the work;

- content;

- introduction;

- 3 parts of the thesis paper including theoretical part, data presentation and analysis part

and conclusions and recommendations part ;

- summary;

- bibliography;

- applications.

In addition to the thesis paper the following are attached:

- abstract of the thesis paper;

- comments of the supervisor of the dissertation;

- comments of the outside review of the dissertation;

- certificate of check for anti-plagiarism;

- a certificate on the implementation of the results of the proposed project (if any);

The topics of master’s theses should be related to the projects for the development of

science, communities, societies or companies in the real sector of the economy taking into

account the latest development trends in the field of specialization including issues of

digital transformation of society.

The main areas of economics that are relevant for further development in the form of a

master's thesis on the training profile “Convergence: Business Management in the Digital

Economy” are:

- Issues of legal regulation and industrial policy in the digital economy;

- Strategies and models of digital transformation in enterprises of various industries;

- Marketing and e-commerce;

- Key technologies and mechanisms of the digital economy;

- The interaction of companies, the state and people in the digital economy;

- Information security issues.

The main areas of cultural studies that are relevant for further development in the form

of a master's thesis on the training profile “Convergence: Culture at the digital age” are:

- The digitization of cultural products and its impact on cultural industries, especially in

Yakutia;

- Influence of block chain technology in the sphere of art evaluation;

- State and possibilities of digitalization of museum funds: experience of Korea;

- In the cultural industries of Korea and Yakutia: case of cultural centers;

- Creation of IT cultural products in the sphere of cultural industries and ways of copyright

registration;

- Creating a cultural product based on edutainment;

Scenarios of development of documentary films of Yakutia as products of cultural

industries (archetypes of Olonkho in cinema of Yakutia);

Creative cities Index of Yakutsk.

The main areas of physics that are relevant for further development in the form of a

master's thesis on the training profile “Convergence: High technologies” are:

- Materials Science;

- Energy and Ecology;

- Internet of Things

- Additive technology;

- Building in extreme environment;

- Data Science.

7. PRACTICAL TRAINING

The following kinds of practices are implemented in the program of Convergence Master

Courses: practice for obtaining professional skills and experience; pedagogical; research.

Professional practices/internships are conducted in two ways: stationary and scholarship.

Curriculum based practical training is conducted locally. Locations are different

departments of NEFU, Yakutia Technopark, Almazergienbank, museums and other

organizations and enterprises of Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

Also, curriculum based scholarship is provided after the 2nd semester in South Korea.

Locations of study are universities, state and private companies, as well as KICET (Korea

Institute of Ceramics Engineering Technology).

Research practice is dispersed practice, i.e. during the whole cycle of study (1-4

semesters) students do research. Wherein each student will have 2 advisors which are

professors from NEFU and overseas universities.

The 4th semester includes pre-diploma practice in addition to the research practice. The

graduation qualification work is in the form of Master thesis. It should be performed in a

form of a completed convergent project in which the result of team research should be

reflected. Each convergent team should include 2/3 students from different convergence

MsC-s, and should have practical solution based on technological idea. Furthermore, the

project has to be ready-made for commercialization.

8. ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

Advisory Committee

The advisory committee consists of 10~12 local and foreign members. It communicates

with local and foreign industries/institutions/universities, so that the convergence program

can meet the current demands of the local and global markets/organizations. Based on

frequent communications, it analyzes the general outline of the program and recommends

possible revisions to the program committee.

The advisory committee takes the following issues for discussion and interactive

communication with the local and global industries/institutions.

- What are the forces that will drive economic development in future?

- What are the competencies that companies lack?

- What are the problems with technological aspects of production?

- In what kind of services are companies interested?

As of 2019, the advisory committee has made contact with several companies and

organizations of different size and status from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

- Ministry of innovations and digital development of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

- “Almazergienbank” JSC – banking sector

- “MyTona” – IT-company

- Ministry of culture of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

- “ALROSA” – mining sector

- “Comdragmetall” State company – diamond cutting sector

- Institute of Physical and Technical problems of the North of the Siberian branch of the

Russian Academy of Sciences

- Institute of Humanitarian studies and the problems of indigenous peoples of the Siberian

branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

- “Green lab” – small innovative business

- Technopark “Yakutia” – innovation sector

- «Argys-tur» - small business – tourism sector

Adjunct Professors

NEFU may appoint those international lecturers participating in the convergence program

as adjunct professors. The major role of Adjunct professors is to support the program in

teaching and practical training.

9. FUTURE JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates of master program “Convergence” can become competitive specialists for the job

positions that will emerge by the year 2020 according to the Atlas of emerging jobs developed

by the Strategic Initiative Center (Russia).

PHYSICS FIELD

SAFETY ENGINEER IN

THE NANO INDUSTRY

Specialist in charge of the safety of workers in the industry, end product

users, and the environment. Develops programs enabling a quick reaction

to the negative impact of production and application of nano-products.

SMART MATERIAL

DESIGNER

Professional responsible for designing composite materials within smart

environments, which change their properties according to given tasks in a

home, office, or industrial facility.

GLASS ENGINEER This specialist develops glass products using glass-based composite

materials.

NANOMATERIAL

DESIGNER

Professional engaged in modelling the properties and forecasting the life

cycle of nanomaterials with the use of digital models. This designer is a

highly qualified programmer with a good knowledge of nanophysics and

nanochemistry.

SYSTEM ENGINEER OF

COMPOSITE

MATERIALS

Specialist who replaces traditional materials with composites in

construction, mechanical engineering, robotics, medicine, etc. This

professional will design advanced materials depending on the requirements

of consumer industries regarding frost resistance, fragility, durability,

hypoallergenic properties, etc.

RECYCLING

TECHNOLOGIST

Specialist engaged in developing and implementing recycling technologies,

creating new materials from industrial waste, and developing waste-free

production processes. Russia is only beginning to master the technologies

of lean and sustainable production actively used in the West. For example,

young designer Victor Monserrate invented the recycling bicycle, a

machine that turns plastic waste into a thread that can be used to produce

furniture. New Zealander Daniel McLaughlin found out that rug producers

wasted about 7% of wool, and launched a “biowool” production line using

wool waste and biorubber as raw materials.

CLOTHES RECYCLING

SPECIALIST

Professional with knowledge in economics, ecology and materials science,

developing optimal methods for recycling and re-use of old clothes.

ECONOMICS FIELD

CORPORATE

VENTURE FUND

PORTFOLIO

MANAGER

Professional who manages a company’s investments in startups created on

the basis of the ideas of its employees and aimed at developing the

company’s product line. Supports the growth of such startups, from

conception to the production stage. Corporate venture funds constantly

search for new promising solutions. For example, in 2011, Google Ventures

launched a special program for its employees: in exchange for information

about viable startups, the company was prepared to pay a bonus of $10,000.

TIME BROKER

Specialist “trading” in the working hours of freelancer specialists, i.e.

managing people’s employment in the open market. The job will disappear

in a longer-term perspective, due to the emergence of automated solutions.

Technological advances are eliminating the need for permanent presence in

an office. Moreover, a specialist with linguistic skills can even serve clients

in foreign countries. At the same time, both freelancers and employers are

lacking intermediaries, as recruiting agencies are still focused on full-time

vacancies, while contractor search websites (such as Freelancer.ru) are not

very convenient. Therefore, demand for time brokers will grow in the near

future.

PERSONAL PENSION

PLAN DESIGNER

Specialist for the development of models for personal investment in

pension funds and other financial instruments, depending on income, job,

lifestyle, and senior age expectations.

POWER MARKETING

EXPERT

Specialist with a good knowledge of the Russian and global power

markets, dealing with power sales. Need for the profession is caused by the

increasing competition on the power market and emergence of a large

number of private businesses. There is no demand for it in Russia as of now,

but issues of micro generation and distributed grids will become highly

topical very soon. In the west, however, the specialty of power marketing

expert is quite developed.

ONLINE SALES

MANAGER

Specialist who works in offline companies, develops Internet-based

promotion mechanisms for products, organizes marketing campaigns on the

Internet, supports own online stores, or works with partners to improve

service for customers (e.g. promptness of delivery). The specialty can

already be considered developed in Russia, with 260 vacancies published

in July 2014, according to Career.ru. Still, demand for the profession is

expected to grow.

PERSONAL PROFILE

SECURITY ADVISOR

Advisor on the information security of Internet users. Compiles the current

information image of a client based on all of the information about them

available on the Internet. Audits the client’s activities on the Internet for

weak spots, confidentiality and general security. At the client’s request,

eliminates weak spots, edits (or deletes) the user’s information on the

Internet, and shapes the information image of the client.

DIGITAL LINGUIST

Professionals who develop linguistic systems for semantic translation

(translation taking into account context and shades of meaning) and text

information processing (including semantic search on the Internet). They

also develop new communication interfaces between man and computer

using natural languages.

ECOPREACHER

Specialist tasked with developing and conducting educational and

instructional programs for children and adults, teaching them to behave in

a way to reduce impact on the environment (no excessive consumption,

separate waste disposal, environmentally conscious lifestyle, etc.), as well

as programs for industrial enterprises on more eco-friendly industrial

practices.

INFORMATION

SECURITY

SUPERVISOR

Specialist in the information security of technological processes at

automated industrial facilities. This supervisor ensures the security,

protection and stable operation of process management systems and

information processing, with a focus on tracking the emergence of new

weak spots.

CROWDFUNDING AND

CROWD INVESTING

PLATFORM MANAGER

Specialist organizing the operation of crowdfunding platforms,

performing a preliminary evaluation of projects to receive crowd funding,

and resolving conflicts between investors and project owners. In Russia, the

required set of skills has not yet developed into a new profession, while

western managers, advisors and marketing experts specializing in

crowdfunding projects are already actively offering their services.

INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY

APPRAISER

Specialist in determining the value of intangible assets, such as ideas,

business models, inventions, tangible and social technologies, etc. The job

already exists in Russia, with the demand for relevant professionals

exceeding the supply. According to Head Hunter, there were only 2 resumes

for 14 vacancies in July 2014.

URBAN ECOLOGIST Designer of new cities based on environmentally-friendly

biotechnologies, specializing in construction, power engineering and

environmental pollution control. The job is already on offer, with high-tech

green cities being designed and constructed in Malaysia, China, the United

Arab Emirates, India, South Korea, and European countries.

TREND WATCHER /

FORECASTER

Specialist in tracking the emergence of new trends in various branches of

the economy, social life, politics, and culture, preparing reports on the

influence of new trends on customer needs. In a long-term perspective, the

ability to work with “images of the future” will become a versatile

competency for any manager.

GENETIC

CONSULTANT

Conducts primary and scheduled genetic analysis in a diagnostic center,

processes data from diagnostic devices, and provides an opinion and further

treatment recommendations. Genetic analysis allows for the identification

of cancer markers, diagnosis of hereditary diseases, determination of the

specifics of a patient’s metabolism and study of diseases caused by bacterial

infections. The most popular genetic screening service is provided by U.S.

company 23andMe. Commercial genome studies are conducted in Russia

as well (although they are more expensive), for example, by companies such

as Genoanalytica and Gene Family Health.

EXPERT FOR

MITIGATING

SYSTEMIC

ENVIRONMENTAL

DISASTERS

Engineer who deals with time-delayed disasters, which people become

aware of gradually, e.g. pollution around large industrial centers, the Pacific

plastic dump, the thawing permafrost, radioactive dumps, etc. The engineer

is tasked with designing and implementing plans to mitigate such disasters

and prevent them from happening again. Aside from the usual

environmental problems, such as global warming and deforestation, new

threats are emerging, which humankind became concerned with only

recently. For example, a large garbage patch was discovered in the Pacific

Ocean in 1997. Because of oceanic currents, an area, which, according to

various estimates, takes up between 0.7 and 15 million square kilometers,

is littered with over 100 million tons of garbage. Most of the garbage

consists of fine pieces of plastic that may be toxic and are eaten by fish or

jellyfish. To handle such types of threats, we need highly qualified

specialists able to make decisions under uncertainty.

REMOTE SECURITY

COORDINATOR

Operator of advanced automated robotic security systems. Responsible for

monitoring their condition via sensors and surveillance cameras and

dispatching an immediate response team to a facility if needed. The

occupation is an evolution of the security guard job and will be eventually

completely replaced with automated security systems.

INTEGRATED

INDUSTRIAL

SECURITY AUDITOR

Specialist in assessing the state of security at an existing facility and

monitoring all types of threats such as mechanical damage, fire,

environmental threats, cyber attacks, etc.

INDIVIDUAL TOUR

DIRECTOR

Professional guide able to develop and personally conduct unique tours

according to the requests of individual clients. In a way, the job already

exists and will become mainstream as traditional travel operators disappear.

GAME PRACTITIONER

Organizer, creator of, and guide to, game universes in real and virtual

spaces. Urban quests are now popular, from the Running City to games like

Claustrophobia, designed for confined spaces. There are also alternate

reality games (ARG), with very fuzzy boundaries between the real world

and the game. Games like those will only spread in the future.

CONTENT

AGGREGATOR

EDITOR

Manages information channels and selects content matching users’

expectations by adjusting search engines, aggregators and processors of

information. The profession already exists in digital media. However,

demand for it will grow together with the expansion of individual mass

media. Eventually, the specialty will turn into a versatile competency.

MIGRANT

ADAPTATION

SPECIALIST

Professional engaged in teaching national language and culture, including

via online platforms. Russian language schools for migrants are already

opening in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, including those for their children,

functioning within ordinary schools. The government promised to open the

first online school for foreigners in 2015.

STATE-PRIVATE

PARTNERSHIP

SPECIALIST FOR THE

SOCIAL SECTOR

Helps contract the government’s functions in the social sector (e.g.

building and premises cleaning, water supply and heating, energy saving,

solid waste recycling, building and utilities repairs, municipal transport,

kindergartens, etc.) to social entrepreneurs, who arrange the provision of

these services in the form of state-private partnerships.

SOCIAL CONFLICT

MEDIATOR

Specialist in assisting in the peaceful resolution of conflicts arising

between social groups due to property-related, cultural, national, religious,

and other reasons.

PERSONAL CHARITY

PLATFORM

MODERATOR

Compiles personal request files (e.g. children with cancer or lonely elderly

people) and links people seeking help with charity givers, who provide aid

in various forms (money, in-kind contributions, keeping company, etc.). For

example, the popular blogger, doctor and philanthropist Elizaveta Glinka

(aka Doctor Lisa) posts on her ‘Livejournal reports’ of her own Fair Aid

fund, as well as information about other projects and people in need of help.

SOCIAL WORKER FOR

DISABLED PERSONS

ADAPTATION USING

INTERNET

TECHNOLOGY

Specialist who helps people with disabilities lead a full life by training

them in skills required for remote employment, helping them select a job,

and organizing their work and leisure (e.g. by finding relevant online

communities, communication platforms, training courses, etc.).

INDIVIDUAL

FINANCIAL

TRAJECTORY

DESIGNER

Professional in calculating personal investment models based on projected

income and expenses, providing recommendations for planning family and

personal budgets, career development, etc. The job of personal financial

advisor already exists on the Russian market, but, considering the fact that

increasingly more specialists will work part-time and be able to run several

concurrent projects (including in foreign countries), income sources may

become more diversified, and professional advice will be needed more

often.

ONLINE SALES

MANAGER

Specialist who works in offline companies, develops Internet-based

promotion mechanisms for products, organizes marketing campaigns on the

Internet, supports own online stores, or works with partners to improve

service for customers (e.g. promptness of delivery). The specialty can

already be considered developed in Russia, with 260 vacancies published

in July 2014, according to Career.ru. Still, demand for the profession is

expected to grow.

PERSONAL BRAND

MANAGER

Specialist engaged in shaping a personal image using social networks and

other public platforms in accordance with the customer’s goals and

requirements. Building a personal brand is an important aspect of modern

business coaching. An image tailored to a specific target audience can help

a person stand out among other specialists and become a leader of public

opinion in his niche. This boosts demand for the service.

CULTUROLOGY FIELD

CROSS-CULTURAL

COMMUNICATION

MANAGER

Professional maintaining a company’s document flow in foreign

languages, controlling key messages (e.g. in selecting marketing slogans),

training employees in expressing their messages in foreign languages, as

well as in cultural specifics in negotiations with foreign partners. Advises

company management on doing business in foreign countries. The lack of

specialists able to resolve translation difficulties has been the reason of

unsuccessful transactions, as well as advertising campaign failures. For

example, when translated into Chinese in the 1980s, KFC’s corporate

slogan, “Finger-lickin’ good” came out as “We will bite off your fingers”,

which, obviously, did not help the American fast food chain gain popularity

with the locals.

CORPORATE

ANTHROPOLOGIST

Specialist engaged in studying the markets of a company’s innovative

products using anthropological methods (e.g. overt observation), and

enhancing connection between the company and its target audience. In the

West, employment in the business domain has long been regarded as a

logical development of an anthropologist’s career, ever since the

consumption of products and services began to be studied in sociocultural

and economic contexts. Relevant specialists are hired mostly by IT

companies, including Intel and Nokia.

ART APPRAISER

Specialist able to appraise new forms of artistic works consisting of

heterogeneous elements and noted for their complexity and/or fragility (e.g.

science art, street art or performance).

SCIENCE ARTIST

Applies scientific data and knowledge in creative work. Science art is not

only practiced by individual artists, but is also supported by prominent

educational institutions. For example, MIT has its own Center for Science,

Art and Technology, while the New York School of Visual Arts launched

a bio-art curriculum last year.

CREATIVE STATE

TRAINER

Mind fitness expert engaged in helping art workers enter the flow state, as

well as other states characterized by increased creativity. The trainer is also

engaged in developing awareness, because one of the most important

challenges for an artist is the continuous reflection on reality.

COLLECTIVE ART

SUPERVISOR

Sets up artistic teams for specific creative projects. These teams may

include artists of various specializations, scientists, software developers,

engineers, and professionals from other fields.

MODERATOR

Specialist who organizes group discussions of an issue or collective

creative activities to help students learn new material during their practical

activities. The skill set required in social science, psychology and marketing

is becoming sought after in education. For example, in 2014, the U.S.-based

Corporate Education Group, specializing in consulting and corporate

training, posted a vacancy for a virtual course moderator, while ATIM

worked out a series of training courses for mentors and moderators,

including a course in online commerce. Moderators are actively engaged in

the Russian educational sphere, e.g. most educational programs of the

SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management involve moderators.

CHILDREN’S R&D

MANAGER

Specialist who organizes children’s creative activities to invent new

children’s products, and adapts their ideas for mass production. Sometimes,

children manage to invent with more interesting designer solutions than a

team of adult professionals. For example, in 2007, the entrepreneurial artist

Wendy Tsao from Vancouver started making stuffed animals based on her

four-year-old son’s drawings. The hobby turned profitable, and she opened

her own business called Child’s Own Studio. Now parents from different

countries order Wendy’s plush toys based on their children’s pictures. The

famous artist Damien Hurst admitted in 2014 to have used his own

childhood ideas in his art.

MEDIA POLICEMAN

The media policeman is a law enforcer in the media sphere. Identifies

transgressions by monitoring media resources personally and/or using

special software. In Russia, this function is partly performed by

Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications,

Information Technology, and Mass Media) and the Safe Internet League. In

the future, however, it will grow into a separate job due to increasing

information abuse and cyber-crime rates.

INFO STYLIST

Professional who selects information and a manner of presentation to

match the requirements of a particular user. Today, the stream of content is

offered to a user as a selection of recommended information products, based

on geo-targeting, the user’s search queries, or user interests which were

specified in the user’s social network profile. This is done mostly

externally, by an algorithm that someone created for their own purposes. In

the future, people wishing to generate such a stream for themselves and by

themselves will create demand for similar algorithms, which they will make

themselves or order from relevant specialists.

PERSONAL

AESTHETIC

DEVELOPMENT

TUTOR

These professional builds individual trajectories of interaction with works

of art for the user. He/she possesses an excellent knowledge of the cultural

environment and draws up an aesthetic development programs in

accordance with the tastes, needs and opportunities of the client, e.g.to track

the development of various aspects of Gothic art from the Middle Ages to

the present time, in the fields of architecture, design, literature, music, and

cinema.

10. PUBLICITY: WEB-SITE AND COMPETITIVE MANAGEMENT

All the important notices and information will be available on the website, so that not only

the participating students and faculty members but anybody who is interested in this program

can get the information from the website.

At the end of each academic year, a contest in two nominations is going to be announced:

“The best instructor” and “The best convergence program”.

“The best instructor” contest is aiming to raise the motivation of professors and instructors

of all three Convergence programs. The best instructor should be chosen by students by of

anonymous voting. The instructor who gains the most points will be accepted as a winner of

this contest. The best instructor will be awarded financial support for an overseas workshop.

All three Convergence programs are participating in “The best Convergence program”

contest. The program in which graduates will have the highest employment rate (in % ratio)

will be recognized as a winner.

Appendix: Three programs in parallel presentation

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