The educational program prepares personnel for the career in non-profit organizations, private companies and government agencies in the field of economics, finance, and other fields of activity.
In the center of the educational program there are disciplines devoted to methods, methodology and techniques of conducting sociological research in the field of economics and finance. Our students process sociological research data and other statistical data using computer technology. They study financial markets, economic and financial behavior, Internet technologies of communications, etc.
Practicing sociologists and highly qualified teachers conduct research on the following topics: modern social mechanisms of economic relations; financial markets, financial behavior and financial relations in modern Russian society; labor market and labor relations, migration and demography; mechanisms of social management and team management; public opinion on various issues of economics, finance, politics and other topics; quality, duration and cost of living; consumer activity in the use of financial instruments by households; business lending and insurance conditions, taxation; new trends in the economy, as well as a wide list of other topics relevant to modern Russian society. The research results are applied in the educational process.
State-of-the-art technologies are actively applied in the educational process, which include multimedia demonstrations; modeling of sociological research using computers and modern statistical software packages; game technologies: brainstorming, modeling of problem situations, workshops (joint product design); creative analysis of social information and databases available on the Internet; analysis of creative solutions in parts of communications and sociological research.
Our graduates are employed by financial and manufacturing companies – banks, insurers and other financial market operators, companies from other sectors of the economy, research companies, government authorities, non-governmental and public organizations. Possible professions of our graduates: a demographer, a migrant researcher, a mediator of social conflicts, a specialist in social work, a social engineer, an analyst-sociologist, a sociologist-researcher, a specialist in fundamental and applied sociological research, a field department specialist, a project manager, an expert-specialist in the field of sociological expertise, a specialist in organizing sociological and marketing research.
