Master’s Thesis Internship

Major: International Relations
Code of subject: 7.291.01.O.020
Credits: 12.00
Department: Political Science and International Relations
Lecturer: Phd in political science, asoc. professor Oleh Tsebenko
Semester: 3 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: The study of an academic discipline involves the formation and development of students' competencies: Integral competence The ability to solve complex tasks and problems in the field of international relations, public communications and regional studies, which involves conducting research and/or implementing innovations and is characterized by the uncertainty of conditions and requirements. General competences (CG): 1. GC 1. Ability to conduct research at the appropriate level. 2. GC 2. Ability to learn and master modern knowledge. 3. GC 3. Ability to identify, pose and solve problems. 4. GC 5. Ability to generate new ideas (creativity). 5. GC 6. Ability to work in an international context 6. GC 7. Ability to work in a team. 7. GC 8. Ability to show initiative and entrepreneurship. 8. GC 9. Ability to evaluate and ensure the quality of the work performed. 9. GC 10. Skills of interpersonal interaction, appreciation and respect for diversity and multiculturalism. 10. GC 11. The ability to act socially responsibly, to show civic consciousness, to be responsible for the quality of the work performed. 11. GC 12. The ability to argue the choice of ways to solve tasks of a professional nature, critically evaluate the obtained results and justify the decisions made. Professional competences of the specialty (FC) 1. FC 2. The ability to make informed decisions regarding the implementation of international and foreign policy activities. 2. FC 3. Ability to carry out applied analytical studies of problems of international relations and world politics, public communications, regional studies, professionally prepare analytical materials and references. Learning outcomes (LP) 1. LP 5. to collect, process and analyze information on the state of international relations, world politics and foreign policy of states; 2. LP 8. communicate freely in state and foreign languages orally and in writing, on professional and scientific issues; 3. LP 9. prepare analytical reports, reports, written and oral presentations of scientific and practical content, other documents on the state of international relations, foreign policy, public communications and regional studies; 4. LP 10. to develop and implement applied research projects of international relations, foreign and world politics; 5. LP 11. to carry out professional oral and written translation from/to a foreign language, in particular, on the professional subject of international cooperation, foreign and world politics; 6. LP 13. participate in professional discussions in the field of international relations, foreign policy, public communications and regional studies, respect opponents and their points of view, convey information, ideas, problems, solutions and own experience on professional problems to specialists and the general public ; 7. LP 14. evaluate the results of one's own work and be responsible for personal professional development; 8. LP 18. apply their knowledge to advise interested persons on issues of social and political development (national and international dimensions); 9. LP 19. in communications to defend a patriotic statesman's position regarding the place of Ukraine in the system of international relations; 10. LP 20. present and discuss the obtained results and carry out the transfer of acquired knowledge; 11. LP 21. adapt to new conditions and make decisions independently; 12. LP 22. to be aware of the need for lifelong learning in order to deepen the acquired and acquire new professional knowledge in accordance with the trends in the development of international relations, the formulation of the latest political theories, concepts and interpretations of the international system; 13. LP 23. to have a responsible attitude to professional duties and to achieve the set goal in compliance with the requirements of professional ethics.
Required prior and related subjects: Prerequisites: Basics of scientific research. Workshop on security research. Workshop on European policy research. Requirements: Writing and defense of a master's thesis.
Summary of the subject: General characteristics of the practice base, its divisions. Preparation of the program and plan of research, production and formulation of objectives, definition of the object and the subject of the study, the choice of methodological basis of the study, the study of methods for collecting and analyzing data. Familiarization with the study reference and bibliographic systems, different ways to find information; acquisition of bibliographic skills inventories, mapping scientific bibliographic lists, use of bibliographic description in scientific papers, work with domestic and foreign electronic databases. Preparation of report.
Assessment methods and criteria: Assessment of students’ work at all stages of the practice is conducted by a supervisor at the practice location who presents short characteristics od student’s performance and a recommended mark, a supervisor at the university who assess the extent to which the practice is fulfilled, availability and correctness of reporting documents, student’s fidelity, and a special commission consisting of practice supervisors at the university, the Head of the Department for hearing students’ reports on results of the practice and fulfilment of an individual task on the theme of the Masters thesis.
Recommended books: 1. Основи наукових досліджень : навчальний посібник / Марта Мальська, Наталія Паньків. – Львів : Видавництво ЛНУ імені Івана Франка, 2020. - 226 с. 2. Конверський А. Основи методології та організації наукових досліджень. К.: Центр навчальної літератури, 2017. 350 с. 3. Каламбет С.В. Методолія наукових досліджень: Навч. посіб. / С.В. Каламбет С.І. Іванов Ю.В. Півняк Ю.В. – Дн-вськ: Вид-во Маковецький, 2015. – 191 с. 4. Наказ МОН "Про затвердження Положення про проведення практики студентів вищих навчальних закладів України" від 1993 р.[Електронний ресурс]. - Режим доступу: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0035-93#Text 5. Закон України "Про вищу освіту" від 2004 р. .[Електронний ресурс]. - Режим доступу: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1556-18#Text