Project Proposal

2026/2027

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Отдел сопровождения учебного процесса в бакалавриате

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

5-й курс, 4 модуль

Преподаватели

Байгушева Юлия Валериевна

Блохин Павел Дмитриевич

Горбатова Марина Анатольевна

Гусева Татьяна Сергеевна

Емельянова Елена Александровна

Иванов Никита Витальевич

Игумнов Никита Александрович

Ильин Антон Валерьевич

Клейменов Иван Михайлович

Краснов Василий Евгеньевич

Кудилинский Михаил Николаевич

Лаптева Анна Михайловна

Маскаева Ирина Ивановна

Назаров Алексей Геннадьевич

Никулина Виктория Александровна

Ракова Елена Геннадьевна

Сергеев Александр Петрович

Сивицкий Владимир Александрович

Стрембелев Сергей Викторович

Тузов Даниил Олегович

Шавалеев Михаил Валерьевич

Шушунова Елизавета Васильевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The defense of the thesis concept is the presentation of a research project completed by a student. The Project Proposal is an abstract for future research, written in English. The project indicates the structure and problems of the research, formulates the author's main research assumptions, methodological basis and author's hypotheses and conclusions. The Project Proposal is submitted for evaluation by the student posting the Project in the HSE LMS system on time.

Learning Objectives

• In case of successful presentation of the project, the student will acquire knowledge of: - professional vocabulary necessary for writing a research paper in English, - special terms and stable combinations characteristic of academic speech in English. In case of successful presentation of the project, the student will be able to: - logically build the text (put forward a thesis, give arguments and draw conclusions), - demonstrate the coherence of the text both at the lexical and syntactic levels, - compile bibliographic lists. If the project is successfully presented, the student will have the following skills: - writing academic texts in English; - reading English‑language scientific texts on professional topics; - searching for the necessary information in scientific texts in English.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The student is able to maintain a scientific style of presentation.
• The student is able to formulate the relevance of the research and indicate what results are expected to be obtained.
• The student uses a rich lexical and grammatical framework for the research project, adhering to spelling and punctuation rules. The terms are used correctly.
• The student is able to technically format the work in accordance with the requirements.
• The student is able to structure the work in accordance with the requirements.

Course Contents

• General requirements for the implementation of the Project Proposal
• Requirements for the content and structure of the Project Proposal
• The procedure and deadlines for submitting the Project Proposal

Assessment Elements

• Criteria and procedure for evaluating the Project Proposal
  The final grade for the Project must be assigned no later than the date established by the order of the academic supervisor of the relevant educational program of the Faculty of Law at the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg. A student who has included the “Academic Writing in English” course in their individual study plan and received a positive final grade for the course before the deadline for submitting the Project Proposal has the right not to post the Project in the LMS system. In this case, the positive grade for the “Academic Writing in English” course is recalculated as the grade for the Project.
• The title page of the Project is formatted in accordance with the attached file:

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 4th module
  The final maximum score for the project proposal = 10.

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Practical Grammar Exercises of English for Students. Практическая грамматика английского языка для студентов - Комаров А. С. - Издательство "ФЛИНТА" - 978-5-89349-848-6 - 2024 - русский - https://e.lanbook.com/book/408383 - ЛАНЬ - 408383
• Как написать и защитить ВКР - Осипова А. А., Дмитрова А. И., Иванова Т. В., Исаева Э. М., Лазарева Е. Ю., Нечаева Е. С., Руденко Т. И., Сергеева Д. В., Тараканова И. В., Тимофеева А. А., Цыренова М. Ц., Юлдашева Д. А. - Московский педагогический государственный университет - 978-5-4263-1038-4 - 2021 - русский - https://e.lanbook.com/book/253109 - ЛАНЬ - 253109

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Amir, I. (2013). A Practical Guide to Business English. Loughor, Swansea: Rowanvale Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=635562

Authors

• VOLKOVA YULIYA MIKHAYLOVNA