Socio-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries
Form of study:
full-time
Duration of training:
4 years
Head of education program
Head of Department of Socio-economic
geography of foreign countries
Associate Professor
PhD in Geography
About the program
A graduate of the profile «Socio-economic geography of foreign countries» knows the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the socio-economic geography of foreign countries, its new directions, approaches and methods for solving complex geographical problems; knows how to apply them in physical and economic geographical research.
Graduates of the profile are able to solve problems corresponding to scientific research and expert-analytical types of problems of professional activity.
Specialized professional competencies of graduates of the profile «Socio-economic geography of foreign countries»
Has knowledge about the key countries of the modern world, factors and models of their socio-economic development, principles and methods of socio-geographical regional studies, principles of typology of countries, political-geographical specifics and features of regional development of the largest states of the world, evolution of the role and functions of the national state in a globalizing world, formation of mental images of countries and parts of their territory (SPK-1).
Has basic knowledge in the field of regional economics and regional politics, masters the methodology of spatial analysis of socio-economic processes, is able to determine the directions for modernization and optimization of the territorial organization of the economy and society of countries and regions (SPK-2).
Has knowledge about the macroregions of the modern world, trends in their socio-economic and political development, significance for the world economy and politics, features of civilizational development and interregional socio-political interaction, development of regional interstate integration and cross-border cooperation (SPK-3).
Has knowledge of the territorial organization of sectors of the world economy in the context of countries and regions (SPK-4).
Proficient in statistical and cartographic methods of economic and geographical research, able to assess spatial differences in the characteristics of the economy and society of countries on the basis of national and international statistics, Earth remote sensing data, field research (SPK-5).
Disciplines that form the profile «Socio-economic geography of foreign countries»
2nd year
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
Introduction to the socio-economic geography of foreign countries
Regional economy
Typology of foreign countries
Socio-economic geography of Africa
Political geography of the world
3rd year
Agrogeography of the world
Geography of the world economy
Geography of industry in foreign countries
Geography of world transport
Geography of the tourism industry
Quantitative methods in socio-economic geography
Methods for analyzing spatial data in socio-economic geography
Socio-economic geography of foreign Europe
Sociology
4th year
Geo-urbanistics
Socio-economic geography of foreign Asia
Socio-economic geography of Latin America
Socio-economic geography of the United States
Theory of regional studies
An approximate list of disciplines of the student’s choice that form a profile
Linguistic and regional studies
Spatial analysis in regional studies
US zoning
Socio-economic geography of China
Socio-economic geography of neighboring countries
Socio-economic geography of countries of settler capitalism
Socio-economic geography of Japan
Socio-economic cartography
