Geography of World Economy

About the program

The profile «Geography of the World Economy» makes it possible to obtain the necessary theoretical knowledge, applied skills and abilities that allow you to solve professional problems that require an understanding of the leading world economic processes, the structure of production and international markets in major industries, as well as the situation of individual countries and regions, including Russian Federation, in the system of world economy and foreign economic relations.

The graduate masters the methodology and modern methods of researching world markets for goods and services, has the skills to search for information (statistical data, regulations, concepts and plans for territorial development, etc.) in foreign languages and its subsequent analytical processing, and can assess the production and export potential of countries world in various industries. Those who have mastered the bachelor's program in this profile are able to take into account the global economic influence of natural-ecological, cultural-ethnic, geopolitical, as well as geo-economic factors associated with the latest stage of development of the international division of labor.

Graduates of the profile work in organizations in the real and financial sectors of the economy in the field of establishing connections with foreign partners, attracting foreign investment, foreign supplies and purchases, cooperation with international financial organizations; in government agencies and scientific organizations involved in strategic planning, forecasting and regulation of the economy. They are able to solve problems that correspond to scientific research and expert-analytical types of problems of professional activity.

Specialized professional competencies of graduates of the «Geography of the World Economy» 

Based on knowledge of the territorial organization of sectors of the world economy, person is able to assess the state of the world market for a certain type of goods or services, its structure and dynamics, economic, technological and spatial development trends (SPK-1).

Able to use socio-economic indicators to assess the current position of districts, countries and regions in the world economy, as well as the prospects for regionalization and cross-border cooperation (SPK-2).

Able to use, when solving scientific and practical problems, ideas about the modern world economy and the international division of labor as a result of interaction in the space-time continuum of various economic systems, economic structures, methods of organizing production, cultures and religions (SPK-3).

Disciplines that form the profile «Geography of the World Economy» 

2nd year

Introduction to World Economic Studies

Geography of the world's agro-industrial sector

Historical introduction to the geography of the world economy

International division of labor

Socio-economic cartography

Socio-economic indicators of countries and regions

Technical and economic fundamentals of industrial production

Technical and economic fundamentals of agricultural production

Econometrics

 

3rd year

Geography of international trade

Geography of the world economy

Geography of world industry

Geography of the tourism industry

Quantitative methods in socio-economic geography

Sociology

Transport and logistics system of the world economy

4th year

Current problems of the world economy

Geography of major cities of the world

Geo-urbanistics

Limology and cross-border cooperation

Socio-economic geography of China

An approximate list of disciplines of the student’s choice that form a profile

Business design for geographers

Geography of transnational corporations

Geoinformatics for sustainable development

Linguistic and regional studies

Socio-economic geography of neighboring countries

Socio-economic geography of the United States

Theory of linguistic and regional studies

Theory of regional studies

Environmental problems of the world economy