Practical Training
Practical training is a form of educational activity during studies under the "Global and Regional History" programme, with learners completing certain types of tasks, related to their future professional activities and aimed at building, consolidating, and developing practical skills and competencies specific to this programme. Practical training is governed by the Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University.
First-Year Paper
A first-year paper is a practical training element, which may be completed as a project- or research-based type of internship, in line with a relevant field of study and following the decision of the programme’s academic supervisor. Preparation of a first-year paper should allow a student to obtain in-depth knowledge and skills, which are acquired during learners’ theoretical and practical course of study, instill skills for self-directed study with materials on the topic of the first-year paper, as well as competencies for carrying out analytical, research and project activities, e.g., data processing skills.
Projects
Project-based internship is intended for proposing solutions to applied tasks in the form of developed and substantiated project solutions, business plans or business cases, ready-made products, etc.
Research Internship (Only for Students Admitted in 2021)
Research internship is organized to instill research skills in students, thus allowing them to gain new knowledge about phenomena, objects and processes through putting forward and testing scholarly and research hypotheses.
Master's Thesis
A Master's thesis is a mandatory element under a degree programme and a type of research and project work carried out by learners. The thesis defence process is a mandatory part of the final state certification.