Master of Arts in Finance (MAF) / Master of Science in Finance (MSF) Academic Program 2021-2022

Description of the academic disciplines for the academic year in 2021-2022 academic year

Regulations on the term paper and master’s thesis on MAF program in 2021-2022 academic year

Regulations on the Research and Methodological seminar on MAF program

Regulations on the procedure of the NES state final examination

Mandatory orientation session for the first-year students: 31st of August

Apart from the finance courses, the first four modules have also two mandatory English courses, 2 credits each. The course assessed in 1 credit includes 14 lectures and (optionally) up to 7 seminars (every class lasts for 2 academic hours).

First year

Course	Professor	Language	Credits	Specialization
***Module 1 (1 September – 24 October 2021)*
Data analysis in Python*	Sergei Golovan	rus.	1	FIT
Macroeconomics*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	EDA
Mathematics for Economists*	Sergei Golovan	rus.	1	-
Financial Accounting - 1*	Elena Senatorova	rus.	1	CF
Financial Markets and Instruments*	Alexei Goriaev	rus.	1	-

Module 2 (25 October – 19 December 2021)
Corporate Finance*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	CF
Econometrics - 1*	Sergei Golovan	rus.	1	EDA
Microeconomics*	Marat Salikhov	rus.	1	EDA, M
Valuation - 1*	Petr Dorozhkin, Alexey Ilyin	rus.	1	CF
CFA: Business Valuation - 1	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	-
Financial Accounting - 2	Elena Senatorova	rus.	1	CF
Excel for Business	Alexander Klyuka	rus.	1	-

Module 3 (10 January – 6 March 2022)
Asset Pricing*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	AM
Valuation - 2*	Petr Dorozhkin, Alexey Ilyin	rus.	1	CF
Econometrics - 2*	https://www.nes.ru/sgolovan	rus.	1	EDA
Structured Query Language*	Kirill Efimov	rus.	1	FIT
Applied Financial Technologies	Egor Krivosheya, Ekaterina Semerikova	rus.	1	FIT
Banking - 1	Ilya Androsov	rus.	1	BRM
CFA: Business Valuation - 2	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	-
Economics of Renewable Energy	Vitaly Kazakov	rus.	1	RE
Financial Management	Natalia Udalova	rus.	1	QF
Global Petroleum and Gas Market Outlook	Alexander Malanichev	rus.	1	RE
Industry Valuation - 1	Mariia Petrova	rus.	1	CF
Risk Management	Alexei Goriaev	rus.	1	BRM

Module 4 (7 March – 30 April, 2022)
Derivatives*	Artem Bakulin	rus.	1	QF
Microeconometrics*	Olga Kuzmina	rus.	1	EDA
Banking - 2	Petr Dorozhkin	rus.	1	BRM
Equity Investment	Vitaly Kazakov	rus.	1	AM
International Finance	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	EDA
Machine Learning - 1	Sergei Golovan	rus.	1	FIT
Strategic Thinking for CFO	Artem Kudryavtsev	rus.	1	M
Value Creation in Metals and Mining	Konstantin Arshakuni	rus.	1	RE

Module 5 (10 May – 10 July 2022)
Venture Capital and Private Equity*	Dmitri Alpin	rus.	1	AM
Fixed Income Instruments	Nikita Ermakov	rus.	1	AM, QF
Industry Valuation - 2	Mariia Petrova	rus.	1	CF
Investment Strategies - 1	Alexey Debelov	rus.	1	AM
Introduction to Marketing Analytics	Daria Dzyabura	rus.	1	FIT
Machine Learning - 2	Iliya Munerman	rus.	1	FIT
Negotiations	Marat Atnashev	rus.	1	M
Business Law	Roman Yankovskiy	rus.	1	AM
Wealth Management	Alexei Goriaev	rus.	1	AM

Second year

Course	Professor		Credits	Specialization
Module 6 (1 September – 24 October 2021)
Methodological Seminar*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	-
Business Applications of Credit Risk Management	Ekaterina Trofimova	rus.	1	BRM
Business Applications of Mergers and Acquisitions	Konstantin Kontor	rus.	1	CF
Project Management and Project Evaluation in the Oil and Gas Industry	Dmitry Perfiliev	rus.	1	RE

Module 7 (25 October – 19 December 2021)
Investment Strategies - 2	Vyacheslav Gorovoy, Sergey Syntulski	rus.	1	QF
Long-term Asset Management	Maksim Bouev	rus.	1	AM
Professional Business English	Tatiana Golechkova	eng.	1	-

Module 8 (10 January – 6 March 2022)
Methodological Seminar*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.		-
Advanced Professional Business English	Tatiana Golechkova	eng.	1	-
Continuous-time stochastic processes	Andrei Savochkin	eng.	1	-
Credit Risk Modelling	Carsten Sprenger	eng.	1	BRM
Economics of Metals	Konstantin Pravednikov	rus.	1	RE

Module 9 (7 March – 30 April, 2022)
Blockchain and Its Application to Finance	Roman Korotchin, Ignat Shapkin	rus.	1	FIT
Mathematical Finance	Vyacheslav Gorovoy	rus.	1	QF

Module 10 (10 May – 10 July 2022)
Master's Thesis

To complete a specialization it is necessary to obtain 4 credits by taking corresponding courses.

Specializations: AM = Asset Management, BRM = Banking and Risk Management, CF = Corporate Finance, EDA = Economics & Data Analysis, FIT = Finance and IT, RE = Resource Economics, M = Management, QF = Quantitative Finance.

*‒ a mandatory course

Master of Arts in Finance (MAF) / Master of Science in Finance (MSF) Academic Program 2021-2022

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