Specialty – 8.080204 Social Informatics

Qualification: master (-Systemanalyst)

Grade: specialist in the field of System Scienceand informatics

Qualification's level: master, second cycle of higher education

Program duration: 1 year and 10 months in full-time mode (105 ECTS credits)

Entry requirements: first cycle of higher education. On a competitive basis

Study includes:

Theoretical study (70 credits ECTS) for subjects of classroom training (lectures, seminars, laboratory works and practical studies) and independent work of students. Educational program consists of normative part and optional part. Normative part includes humanitarian and socio-economic blocks of subjects (12 credits ECTS), natural block and block of professional subjects. The volume of theoretical training which provides the advanced training for getting the basic quatification as system analyst comprises 44,5 credits ECTS and optional courses — 13,5 credits ECTS

Fulfillment of course works in the disciplines: Mathematic modeling of social processes (1 credit ECTS), Decision making support systems (1 credit ECTS)

Scientific research (7,5 credit ECTS).

Fulfillment of final thesis for master qualification (25.5 credits ECTS)

Credits are awarded to a student in case of successfull assessment of the education course (written/oral tests or exams), positive evaluation of academic year papers. A final state test includes the defence of a master thesis.

Results: 

• methods of social processes modeling;

• knowledge of decision making support systems;

• knowledge of methods to process data as time series;

• fundamentals of microeconomics and macroeconomic systems;

• fundamentals of cryptology and information security;

• knowledge of modern programming technologies;

• knowledge of software designing and testing technologies;

• CISCO network computer technologies;

• knowledge of synergetic methods of analysis;

• fundamentals of elements of nonlinear analysis;

• fundamentals of computer information design;

• knowledge of expert systems.

Knowledge apply:

The ability to apply general notions and approaches of mathematic analysis to various social problems. Be able to make statements of formal problems when constructing mathematic models and solve them

To be able to formalize decision making problem and construct its model, to choose optimal decision making methods and elaborate software

To form and use knowledge and practice for data gathering methods and their processing as time series. To construct mathematic and statistical models based on the experimental and statistical data

Be able to solve decision making problems in microeconomics. To use fundamentals of macroeconomic systems theory to state and solve macroeconomic problems

To use knowledge in classical and modern symmetrical cryptographical systems and cryptographical protocols in information security systems

The ability to use acquired methods, rules and techniques of analysis, construction, support, testing and control of complex program development based on the existing standards regulating the main program engineering processes

To elaborate software for information systems, to debug and test the created software

To be able to design, construct and support small- to medium- sized computer networks

To use mathematic methods for nonlinear processes analysis, to investigate problems and tasks of interdisciplinary character

Be able to use nonlinear models for mathematic analysis of control and forecasting problems in complex systems

Statements forming:

The ability to use the acquired knowledge in professional-profiled courses to solve practical problems cocerning analysis, designing and decision making for complex social and economic systems

Details about the program:

0 – if assigned rating,

1 – if  «passed», «not passed».

Academic rights: the Diploma confers a right to continue studies in programmes leading to Candidate of sciences degree

Professional rights: work as a system  analyst in the sphere of system analysis, control and informatics