Master of Arts in Finance (MAF) / Master of Science in Finance (MSF) Academic Program 2022-2023

Description of the academic disciplines for the academic year in 2022-2023 academic year

Regulations on the term paper and master’s thesis on MAF program in 2022-2023 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 – 30 October 2022)*
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 (31 October – 25 December 2022)
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	rus.	1	CF
Business Communication	Yulia Danchina	rus.	1	M
Excel for Business	Alexander Klyuka	rus.	1	-
Financial Accounting - 2	Elena Senatorova	rus.	1	CF

Module 3 (9 January – 5 March 2023)
Asset Pricing*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	AM
Econometrics - 2*	Sergei Golovan	rus.	1	EDA
Structured Query Language*	Natalia Ostroukhova	rus.	1	FIT
Valuation - 2*	Vladimir Koptsev	rus.	1	CF
Applied Financial Technologies	Egor Krivosheya, Ekaterina Semerikova	rus.	1	FIT
Banking - 1	Sergey Teplov	rus.	1	BRM
Economics of Renewable Energy	Vitaly Kazakov	rus.	1	RE
Global Petroleum and Gas Market Outlook	Alexander Malanichev	rus.	1	RE

Module 4 (6 March – 30 April 2023)
Derivatives*	Artem Bakulin	rus.	1	QF
Microeconometrics*	Olga Kuzmina	rus.	1	EDA
Risk Management	Alexei Goriaev	rus.	1	BRM
Banking - 2	Petr Dorozhkin	rus.	1	BRM
Equity Investment	Vitaly Kazakov	rus.	1	AM
Corporate Governance	Carsten Sprenger	eng.	1	CF
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
Valuation - 3	Davide Cianciaruso	eng.	1	CF

Module 5 (6 May – 9 July 2023)
Venture Capital and Private Equity*	Dmitri Alpin	rus.	1	AM
Business Law	Roman Yankovskiy	rus.	1	M
Fixed Income Instruments	Nikita Ermakov	rus.	1	AM, QF
Investment Strategies - 1	Alexey Debelov	rus.	1	AM
Machine Learning - 2	Iliya Munerman	rus.	1	FIT
Negotiations	Marat Atnashev, Yulia Danchina	rus.	1	M
Project Finance Essentials	Georgy Shapoval	rus.	1	CF
Wealth Management	Alexei Goriaev	rus.	1	AM

Second year

Course	Professor		Credits	Specialization
Module 6 (1 September – 30 October 2022)
Methodological Seminar*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.	1	-
Business Applications of Credit Risk Management	Denis Gavrilin	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 (31 October – 25 December 2022)
Investment Strategies - 2	Vyacheslav Gorovoy, Sergey Syntulski	rus.	1	QF
Introduction to Marketing Analytics	Daria Dzyabura	rus.	1	FIT
Long-term Asset Management	Maksim Bouev	rus.	1	AM
Professional Business English	Tatiana Skopintseva	eng.	1	-

Module 8 (9 January – 5 March 2023)
Methodological Seminar*	Oleg Shibanov	rus.		-
Advanced Professional Business English	Kevin Cancellaro	eng.	1	-
Credit Risk Modelling	Carsten Sprenger	eng.	1	BRM
Economics of Metals	Konstantin Pravednikov	rus.	1	RE

Module 9 (6 March – 30 April, 2023)
Blockchain and Its Application to Finance	Ignat Shapkin, Sergey Prilutskiy	rus.	1	FIT
Mathematical Finance	Vyacheslav Gorovoy	rus.	1	QF

Module 10 (6 May – 9 July 2023)
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 2022-2023

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