Research Seminar II

2026/2027

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Finance

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

4 year, 2, 3 module

Instructors

Wittmann, Egor

Volkova, Olga N.

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course "Research seminar" is designed to develop knowledge and skills necessary for preparation of the final qualifying work by the students of the program. This course will cover the basic issues of choosing a topic, planning and pursuing research, the formulation of the problem, goals, objectives, hypotheses, literature review preparing, data processing. How to write research paper and how to present results of research at any stage of it will be discussed.

Learning Objectives

• The goal of the course to assist students in preparing the thesis according to the high standards of the academic research or industry standard with regard to the selected style of the thesis format.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• • Students should be able to pose a research question that is based on the gap(s) identified in the literature and supported by the need from management/industry/research community.
• • Students should be able to show, in a systematic way, what is already known about the research topic as a whole, and to outline the key ideas and basic theories that help to understand this.
• • Students should be able to develop a research methodology, regardless methods used, that is relevant to the research question and helps to answer it, and be able to implement this research methodology.
• • Students should be able to present and describe the results of the carried-out study in a systematic and detailed way.
• • Students should be able to discuss findings by providing background information regarding literature and the research question, comparing the results with previous findings, offering an explanation for the findings, noting implications of the finding, and giving suggestions for future work.
• • Students should be able to summarize and bring together the main areas covered in the research implemented, and provide final comments or judgements on the whole research/research process.

Course Contents

• Finding a problem to solve and theme of qualification thesis
• Literature review. Finding a research gap(s)
• Data collection. Research methodology. Modelling
• Research development. Results and discussion
• Structuring research paper. Presentation of research findings

Assessment Elements

• Pitch
• List of sourses
• Research proposal
• Literature review
• Draft text of the whole research

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 3rd module
  0.2 * Literature review + 0.2 * Research proposal + 0.2 * Draft text of the whole research + 0.2 * List of sourses + 0.2 * Pitch

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Research design : qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches, Creswell, J. W., 2018

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Creswell, J. W. . (DE-588)133331512, (DE-576)164944168. (1994). Research design : qualitative and quantitative approaches / John W. Creswell. Thousand Oaks, Calif. [u.a.]: Sage. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.040749258

Authors

• Soloveva Ekaterina Evgenevna