Postgraduate course distance learning jurisprudence. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Areas of professional activity of graduates

Is graduate school necessary today? What benefits does it provide? Can academic status help with career advancement? We talked about this and much more with Alenkin Igor Vladimirovich, graduate student at the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov.

ConsultantPlus: Tell us how your postgraduate studies are going? What is its duration? How is it different from studying at a university?

Alenkin Igor: The process of studying in graduate school has its own specifics compared to teaching students. This is due to the fact that within the framework of postgraduate studies, highly qualified personnel are trained - scientific and pedagogical ones. At the same time, we should not forget that in accordance with the Law on Education of 2012, graduate school is recognized as one of the levels of higher education, therefore modern graduate students, just like undergraduates, attend seminars and listen to lectures. Postgraduate study lasts three or four years, depending on the form of study - full-time and part-time, respectively.

At Moscow University, traditionally, the academic year for graduate students begins on October 1, and their academic schedule depends on what year of study the graduate student is in. Thus, in the first year, graduate students are given lectures and seminars on the history and philosophy of science, and classes in a foreign language. In these two subjects, mandatory for all graduate students, in the spring, candidate exams are held or, as they are also called, candidate minimums - exams at which the graduate student confirms his knowledge of the relevant subjects.

An important feature is that each graduate student, together with a supervisor, develops an individual curriculum, and after its approval follows it for all three (four) years. The individual plan reflects the deadlines for passing exams (tests) in the disciplines, the program of research and teaching practice, the main milestones of the graduate student’s scientific activity (from collecting material for research work to preparing the text of the dissertation research).

In accordance with current legislation, Moscow State University has adopted its own educational standards, including the educational standard for postgraduate study. Based on the standard, the postgraduate educational program includes disciplines of the postgraduate’s choice: separate special courses on problematic issues of the relevant focus (specialties of researchers), as well as subjects devoted to preparing postgraduate students for two types of professional activities in the field of jurisprudence: research (for example, course "research methods") and pedagogical (for example, course "interactive teaching methods").

At the same time, graduate students do not have the usual sessions for undergraduates. As mentioned above, graduate students are required to pass candidate minimums in history and philosophy of science and a foreign language, as well as the most important exam in their specialty. After successfully passing it, the graduate student has the right to teach classes to students. In addition, graduate students take tests after mastering elective disciplines and other subjects.

In the second and third years of study, a greater emphasis in the training of graduate students is placed on special disciplines and independent work. Graduate students should pay special attention to scientific activities: preparing various reports and participating in conferences, writing scientific articles, the text of a dissertation.

ConsultantPlus: What do graduate students do, what are their responsibilities? Should graduate students be required to teach?

Alenkin Igor: The main responsibility of a graduate student (after passing the candidate exams) is to write a dissertation. But in addition to this, the graduate student must take an active part in the life of his research team (department). The simplest duty is to attend department meetings.

Graduate students are also involved in organizing departmental scientific events and can conduct consultations and seminars on behalf of teachers. As a rule, a graduate student must listen to the lectures of his supervisor and assist him in conducting classes and taking exams. In some departments, for example in mine - the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, some graduate students are involved in carrying out scientific projects and research work. As part of these research projects and various grants, graduate students, together with the teaching staff, prepare educational materials and manuals, scientific publications and organize scientific events.

Graduate students also have responsibilities related to the implementation of their individual plans, and they are partly related to defending their dissertation. This is research practice and preparation of publications in leading peer-reviewed journals. Usually this is a minimum of three publications in journals from the list of the Higher Attestation Commission, but for graduate students of Moscow State University there will now be more stringent requirements: a graduate student must prepare and publish at least four publications in peer-reviewed scientific publications included in scientific databases (Moscow University will award academic degrees independently and in accordance with its own regulations on the awarding of academic degrees).

In terms of teaching, postgraduate students undertake teaching practice as a component of their professional training. It is carried out in various forms: conducting seminars and consultations, taking tests and exams. Teaching practice may also include lectures and extracurricular work with students (for example, holding meetings of scientific circles, project groups, etc.).

ConsultantPlus: Can graduate students combine study with work?

Alenkin Igor: There is no legal prohibition on graduate students working. It is, of course, possible to combine study with work, and sometimes it is even necessary - as part of practical activity, a graduate student can pick up a large amount of empirical material, which will subsequently be used in a dissertation, and sometimes practical activity helps to better understand the current problems of a particular branch of law, makes you think about ways to resolve them - both practical and conceptual.

But still, we should not forget that the golden mean is good in everything - preparing a dissertation requires a lot of time and effort, because the process of preparing the text is not limited to the selection of empirical material, its theoretical, scientific component is important, for which graduate students go to the library, reading room hall or to the pulpit, sometimes spending all day there. It seems to me that when it comes to combining study and work, the main thing is to find the optimal balance, manage your time wisely and not miss the opportunity to work on a dissertation or attend scientific events.

ConsultantPlus: What is a job application and how does it differ from graduate school?

Alenkin Igor: Previously, there was such a form of obtaining the coveted degree of candidate (doctor) of sciences as a competition. At the moment, there is the possibility of attaching a dissertation for the academic degree of candidate (doctor) of science without mastering the training programs for scientific and pedagogical personnel in graduate school. You can be attached both to pass candidate exams (if they have not been taken before) and to work on a dissertation, or only to prepare and defend a dissertation. I think from what has been said, the main difference between the two paths to becoming a candidate of science becomes clear. It consists in the fact that the assigned applicant does not master the training programs, does not attend lectures and seminars, but is exclusively engaged in work on dissertation research. There are also some subtleties: attachment, unlike graduate school, is possible only on a paid basis, and the terms are different - attachment for passing candidate exams is possible for up to six months, for preparing and defending a dissertation - for up to three years.

ConsultantPlus: Do graduate students use the ConsultantPlus legal reference system in their work?

Alenkin Igor: Certainly! In today's rapidly changing world, it is no longer possible for a lawyer to do without legal reference systems. For legal scholars, the reference system is an invaluable help, even to some extent a friend, because it includes not only an information bank of regulatory legal acts, judicial practice and other legal documents, but also serves as an electronic library. SPS ConsultantPlus has many textbooks, scientific and practical comments, as well as a significant number of articles. One cannot help but recall the latest legal news.

Working with the system allows you to quickly receive up-to-date legal information - bills on the topics under study, fresh court decisions, explanations from government agencies and articles that present the views of scientists and practitioners on certain issues.

In addition, the help system allows you to quickly find related documents, judicial practice, and compare different editions of legal provisions. From the point of view of the analytical work of a graduate student, SPS provides an opportunity, on the one hand, to save time, and on the other, to delve more deeply into the problem; without it (SPS), we, as they say, would be without hands.

ConsultantPlus: What does graduate school give to a young specialist? What benefits do you see from graduate school?

Alenkin Igor: They say that a dissertation is a start in life. And with good reason. There are two important aspects. The first one I would call pragmatic. Studying in graduate school allows you to delve deeper into the study of the fundamental problems of a particular branch of law, to express yourself and significantly improve your theoretical, fundamental training in a certain area, as well as to develop skills in working with large amounts of information. In addition, a Candidate of Science degree (as a result of successful postgraduate studies) confirms the high qualifications of a young specialist and speaks about his personal qualities and abilities. Preparing and defending a dissertation requires considerable effort, hard work, diligence and dedication. Candidates of science in the field of law are distinguished by their developed analytical skills, the ability to isolate the essence and problems in various legal situations, and most importantly, to propose solutions to them that are quite effective, and sometimes even completely extraordinary. It seems to me that this is often one of the factors of success in the professional field.

The second aspect, and I think it’s even more important, is personal. Still, doing science and teaching is a matter for the soul, a certain path of self-realization. And this path involves constant self-improvement, improving one’s qualifications as a specialist, searching for new knowledge and truth, and most importantly, communicating this knowledge to others. The opportunity to share knowledge and skills with others, to be useful to society - this is what graduate school can provide.

ConsultantPlus: What recommendations can you give to students who plan to connect their lives with science? What should you do now to be ready for research and teaching by the time you enter graduate school?

Alenkin Igor: I think there can be no secrets here. The first and most important rule is hard work. Particular attention is always paid to the student's academic performance - higher academic performance is always a positive factor and contributes to admission. If possible, you should try to read as much literature as possible on the topic of interest, attend lectures by recognized experts, and participate in scientific events. Without tracking current practice, it’s also impossible.

An important point: the sooner a student decides on his area of ​​professional interests and immerses himself in it, the easier it will be both when graduating from a university and when entering and studying in graduate school. It is also important to work with a supervisor, primarily in terms of the activity of the student/graduate student himself; there is no need to be afraid of seeming intrusive; the more interest a person shows in a subject and demonstrates his abilities, the more interested in him is the scientific school that he would like to join in future.

In addition, it should be noted that when entering graduate school, additional selection criteria may apply, which, as a rule, are used, all other things being equal. In addition to a diploma with honors, this includes publications, participation in scientific conferences and other merits. A graduate student cannot do without meeting the criterion of scientific activity.

After admission, a newly minted graduate student will need all the skills that he mastered during his student years: this is the ability to work with reference and legal systems, bibliographies and a ton of literature, the legislative body, and the skills to quickly solve assigned problems. Undoubtedly, organizational skills and willingness to help your department/faculty are valued. But most of all, the ability to properly organize yourself will help you cope with all the ups and downs of scientific life. This skill, if it has not yet been developed, needs to be practiced to the maximum.

In general, I can wish future scientists diligence, patience and optimism! As they say, in the struggle you will find...

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To train scientific and pedagogical personnel in the system of postgraduate professional education, a postgraduate course was opened at the institute in 1998. Postgraduate training is carried out in full-time and part-time forms.

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Postgraduate studies are carried out on a contractual (paid) basis on a full-time and part-time basis in the following areas of higher education training - training of highly qualified personnel in state-accredited educational programs for training scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate school (in accordance with the current license for the right to carry out educational activities by the institute activities):
06.38.01 “Economics”;
40.06.01 “Jurisprudence”;
42.06.01 “Media and information and library science”;
45.06.01 “Linguistics and literary criticism.”

The Institute guarantees its graduate students:

right to use the library collection of the institute

The Institute has an extensive fund of educational, methodological and scientific literature, numbering more than 100 thousand copies of books, which is constantly replenished. IMPE im. A.S. Griboyedova is a co-founder of the scientific journals "Economics and Law. XXI Century" and "Innovation and Investment", in which graduate students of the institute can publish scientific articles during the preparation of their dissertation.

Among the scientific supervisors of postgraduate students are major specialists who have trained more than a dozen candidates and doctors of science. Many of them are simultaneously members of the Academic Councils of such educational and scientific institutions in Moscow as: Research Institute of Problems of Strengthening Law and Order under the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Institute of State and Law under the Russian Academy of Sciences, All-Russian Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Academy of the FSB of the Russian Federation, etc.

The educational process at the institute is carried out by professors, candidates of science, senior officials of the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, consultants and experts from government agencies, leading practitioners in the field of law, business and journalism. All of them provide scientific supervision to graduate students.

Here are just a few names of the largest specialists working at the IMPE named after. A.S.Griboyedova

	POTOTSKY Nikolay Karlovich Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Informatization Graduated from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. He worked as a scientific secretary of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, a professor at the Department of Criminology and Crime Prevention at the Moscow Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In IMPE im. A.S. Griboyedova has been working since 1999. She is a specialist in the field of the theory of operational investigative activities and criminology. Published more than 100 scientific and educational works.
	OSAVELYUK Elena Alekseevna Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at the IMPE named after. A.S. Griboyedova Member of the Russian Association of International Law, accredited expert of the Information Agency “Comments. Ru”, member of the Council of Young Scientists of the Central Administrative District of Moscow, author of a textbook that received the stamp of the UMO Moscow Region and about 20 other scientific and scientific-methodological works. Area of ​​scientific interests: international private and international public law, international civil procedure.
	OKSAMYTNY Vitaly Vasilievich Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Head of the Scientific Center for Comparative Law at the Institute of Economics and Economics named after. A.S. Griboyedov, head of the department of theory and history of state and law, Institute of Economics and Economics named after. A.S. Griboyedova Leading specialist in the field of general theory of law, lawful behavior of individuals, legal comparative studies and modern legal systems. Author of more than 170 scientific works, including textbooks, monographs, methodological and scientific-practical publications. He took part in the development of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and a number of Russian laws, law-making activities of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS and other interstate unions with the participation of Russia. Under his leadership
	SHARYLO Nina Prokofievna Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office, Senior Adviser of Justice, specialist in the field of civil law, labor law, prosecutorial supervision, author of more than 60 scientific works.
	MAKAROVA Irina Kamilievna Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Graduated from the State University of Management. From 1998 to 2004 she worked as dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Institute of Economics and Economics. A.S. Griboedova. Author of more than 50 works on management and personnel management issues, including the monograph “Human Resource Management in Russian Organizations”, textbooks “Personnel Management”, “Human Resource Management”.
	BORISOVSKAYA Tatyana Aleksandrovna Candidate of Economic Sciences, Professor, Head. Department of Economics IMPE named after. A.S. Griboyedova Area of ​​scientific interests: employment problems, dynamics of living standards of the Russian population, computerization of the educational process. Experience in scientific and pedagogical work for more than 20 years. Awarded a silver medal from VDNKh THE USSR. Author of about 30 publications on problems of economic theory and improving the activities of scientific organizations, co-author of the textbooks “Economic Theory” (edited by V.D. Kamaev), “Economic Theory. Short course."
	LIGACHEVA Lyudmila Alekseevna Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Finance and Credit, IMPE named after. A.S. Griboedova. Graduated from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. Teaches at the Department of Accounting, Analysis and Audit at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. Teaching experience – about 50 years. Area of ​​scientific interests: accounting and management accounting, taxation and financial analysis. Author of more than 120 scientific and educational works, including the textbook “Accounting”.
	KIKHNEY Lyubov Gennadievna Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of History of Journalism and Literature of the IMPE named after. A.S. Griboyedova She graduated from graduate school and doctoral studies at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. Specialist in theory and history of literature. Area of ​​scientific interests: historical poetics, literature and criticism of Russian modernism, genre typology of poetry. Author of over 100 publications, including the monographs: “Anna Akhmatova: the secrets of the craft”, “Osip Mandelstam: The Genesis of the Word”, “Acmeism: World Understanding and Poetics” (Moscow, 2001); textbook: “Anna Akhmatova: Through the prism of the genre” (Co-authored with N.V. Chaunina).
	YAKUSHIN Nikolai Ivanovich Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of History of Journalism and Literature, IMPE named after. A.S. Griboyedova A well-known researcher of the life and work of Russian writers, publicists and critics of the 19th century, co-author of the textbook “Russian Literary Criticism” (2005). Author of over 230 publications on the history of Russian literature, among them “Dostoevsky in Siberia”, “The Path to Nekrasov”, “Russian Literature of the 19th Century (I Half)”, “History of Russian Literature of the 11th-19th Centuries”. Based on the books by N.I. Yakushina already several Schoolchildren and students have been studying for decades.
	AGENOSOV Vladimir Veniaminovich Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of History of Journalism and Literature of the IMPE named after. A.S. Griboedova, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Petrovsky Academy of Sciences and Arts, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Famous literary critic and critic, author of numerous articles, a number of monographs and 4 textbooks for schools and universities. Three books by V.V. Agenosov translated into Chinese. Regularly published in the journals “Philological Sciences” and “Znamya”, in the “Literary Gazette”, in “Notes of the Russian Academic Group in the USA”. Initiator of the publication of a series of books by Russian poets abroad, previously unpublished in their homeland. Member of the editorial boards of the Russian Philological Journal, the abstract journal Literary Studies of the INION RAS. Member of the Moscow Writers Union. Under his leadership, 10 doctoral and 37 candidate dissertations were defended.

This is not a complete list of leading scientists who have expressed a desire to supervise graduate students.

The Institute is ready, taking into account the wishes of graduate students, to invite specialists working in other educational or scientific institutions of the country for scientific guidance.

From graduate students, in turn, hard work, perseverance, and determination in achieving the intended goal are required, and success will be ensured.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FGSN) was created as a result of the reorganization of the Faculty of History and Philology in 1996.

Students undergo internships in government agencies, specialized laboratories, archives, educational institutions, and international corporations. They participate in excavations on the territory of Russia, France, Italy, get acquainted with the intricacies of international protocol and etiquette when working with international delegations, participate in the organization and processing of surveys, organize exhibitions and expositions, work on election campaigns, consult, analyze, and speak.
Students can receive not only a RUDN diploma, but also a diploma from a partner university in Germany, Spain, Kazakhstan, China, France, Russia (Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Among the faculty's partners are more than 40 foreign universities, including: Pierre Mendes France University (Grenoble, France); Institute of Political Studies of the University of Bordeaux (France); University of Paris VIII (France); Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); University of Potsdam (Germany); Beijing Foreign Studies University (China) and others.

Young professionals of the faculty go on language internships, summer and winter schools and inclusive learning programs with the Egyptian-Russian University (Egypt), the University of Jordan (Jordan), Shandong University - Weihai (China), the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), etc.
You can also become a professional translator - in parallel with the basic training, an advanced foreign language course is given. Graduates are awarded the European Diploma Supplement
sample (DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT) - a document on the recognition of higher education in many countries.

The faculty is known for its scientific schools.

There are 4 dissertation councils for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations in 11 specialties in the humanities and social sciences:

• 09.00.01 Ontology and theory of knowledge (philosophical sciences)
• 09.00.03 History of philosophy (philosophical sciences)
• 09.00.11 Social philosophy (philosophical sciences)
• 07.00.02 Domestic history (historical sciences)
• 07.00.09 Historiography, source studies and methods of historical research (historical sciences)
• 07.00.15 History of international relations and foreign policy (historical sciences)
• 23.00.01 Theory and philosophy of politics, history and methodology of political science (political sciences)
• 23.00.02 Political institutions, processes and technologies (political sciences)
• 23.00.04 Political problems of international relations and global and regional development (political sciences)
• 22.00.01 Theory, methodology and history of sociology (sociological sciences)
• 22.00.08 Sociology of management (sociological sciences)

There is a program of joint double scientific supervision of graduate students and a “Double Postgraduate Study” program with partner universities, which allows you to receive a European Doctor of Science diploma in 3 years.

Teachers

The faculty has about 280 teachers, of which: 49 professors and doctors of science, 87 associate professors and candidates of science. Classes are taught by academic scientists and practitioners: diplomats, sociologists, managers, political strategists.

Manuals and educational and methodological complexes are developed in electronic multimedia form - this allows you to listen to lectures and do homework and test assignments remotely.

The faculty hosts international conferences, open lectures and master classes with the participation of professors from foreign universities, famous diplomats, politicians, and journalists. One of the traditions of the faculty is Ambassador Day. This is a holiday when ambassadors and consuls come with lectures and master classes, with whom you can communicate as equals at round tables. On this day, you can get first-hand answers to pressing questions, clarify the accuracy of news about different countries, and make useful contacts.

Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies - Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor Anatoly Yakovlevich Antsupov

Deputy Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies – Anna Sergeevna Golovankina

Regulations on graduate school

Address: 119049, Central Federal District, Moscow region, Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 8, building 16, room 202, 238

Postgraduate studies are one of the forms of additional education, the main task of which is to prepare scientific and pedagogical personnel of the highest qualifications. The opportunity to study in postgraduate programs is provided to specialists working in specialized organizations or university graduates immediately after receiving a master's degree.

The Moscow University of Humanities and Economics successfully implements all forms of educational programs in the most current areas. The graduate school, operating on the basis of the Faculty of Law, prepares highly qualified specialists called upon to solve the scientific problems of the university in the near future.

Features of postgraduate study

Admission to graduate school is a serious and very responsible step. Only those who clearly understand that they want to connect their lives with science and teaching decide to take it on. It is important to realize that postgraduate programs are not just another educational step. Several additional years spent at a university allow you to gain invaluable scientific experience and acquire knowledge of the highest level.

The graduate school "Jurisprudence" trains scientific personnel in the following profiles:

• theory and history of law and state;
• civil, business, family, international law.

Persons with higher education (specialist's or master's degrees) are allowed to study in postgraduate programs. Admission is based on the results of tests established by the university. Future candidates of science take the following exams:

• specialized discipline,
• philosophy,
• foreign language.

By the way, special attention is paid to foreign languages, and this is due to the need to conduct scientific research and analyze international examples of legal practice. Training differs in many ways from the usual educational process of a university. Since the main task of postgraduate programs is the education of scientific personnel, a significant part of the time is devoted to independent mastery of specialized disciplines and conducting research activities in jurisprudence.

At the initial stage, the student, together with his mentor, must decide on the topic of scientific work, on which he will work during his graduate studies. The deadlines for passing the minimum candidate exams are also set in advance. The future candidate of science must report annually on the work done. The responsibilities of a graduate student include attending classes in the first year of study and participating in the work of the department.

The graduate school "Jurisprudence" provides training on a full-time basis (3 years) and part-time (4 years). Postgraduate students who have fully met the requirements of the curriculum are admitted to the final certification. The final stage of training in postgraduate programs is the defense of a dissertation and awarding the applicant the title of Candidate of Sciences.

For all questions regarding admission to graduate school, please contact the university admissions committee.