Meeting of the Employers Expert Council in the specialty 051 Economics

On March 13, 2020, a meeting of the Employers Expert Council in the specialty 051 Economics was held, where a new standard of higher education in the specialty “Economics” for the second (master’s) level was discussed, it was approved by the order of the Ministry of Education on March 4, 2020 №382, also the project of educational program “Economics and Business Innovation” (master level) was considered.

According to the head of educational program “Economics and Business Innovation” O.Karintseva the results of the revision of the higher education standard in the specialty and the proposals of employers in the educational program made the following changes:

• program competencies and learning outcomes are revised;

• learning outcomes of the educational components are analyzed and their conformity with the program competences and learning outcomes established;

• methods of teaching, teaching and assessment of educational components and learning outcomes are agreed, etc.

Also, the Employers Expert Council considered the project of educational and scientific program “Economics” (PhD level) for 2020 year.

According to the head of educational and scientific program “Economics” Kubatko O., following results of the discussion with the employers, following changes were made to the educational and scientific program:

– the purpose of the educational and scientific program has been changed in accordance with the Strategic plan of development of Sumy State University for 2020-2026, approved at the Conference of the University work collective (protocol No. 7 of 24.01.2020);

– the main focus of the program has been changed to the development of competencies for postgraduate students to manage the development of socio-economic systems in a rapidly changing, multifunctional environment;

– logistics, teaching and learning methods were updated – teamwork methods, group research, add analytical reports were improved, etc.