• deepen and consolidate theoretical knowledge of professional disciplines, which are components of the curriculum of the Master's degree in specialty 292 "International Economic Relations";
• improved research and practical skills in writing and preparing for the publication of scientific work;
• skills are created for building a structure for content content of the summary of lectures on professional discipline, as well as presentations of lectures to the audience.

Methodology of scientific research
Practice on the theme of master's (qualifying) paper

1. Introduction to the teaching and methodological materials of the department, namely: work programs of specialized educational disciplines, textbooks and manuals, lecture notes, methodical recommendations for practical classes and independent work. 2. Study of the scientific activity of the department, which involves getting acquainted with the content of the state budget and commercial topics of the department, the main publications of the leading scientists of the department (doctors and candidates), primarily monographs, professional articles, publications in the publications included in international science-computer databases, in particular Scopus, WebofScience, IndexCopernicus, collections of materials of scientific and scientific-practicalconferences, primarily published with the participation of the department. 3. Preparation of a lecture summary and its presentation in pairs from the corresponding discipline or on specially organized with participation of other undergraduate students and faculty members of the department. 4. Preparation of a scientific report and the publication of abstracts of a report or article on a similar topic. 5. Defending the report with the previous correction of defects.

1. Мачинська Н.І., Стельмах С.С.(2012) Сучасні форми організації навчального процесу у вищій школі: навчально-методичний посібник / Н.І. Мачинська, С.С. Стельмах. – Львів: Львівський державний університет внутрішніх справ, 180 с.
2. Туркот Т.І., Коновал О.А. (2013) Педагогіка та психологія вищої школи (в екології): навчальний посібник.Херсон: Олді-плюс, 466 с.
3. Зразок оформлення опорного конспекту лекцій [Електронний ресурс] – Режим доступу: http://er.nau.edu.ua/bitstream/NAU/22377/6/06_%D0%A5%D0%A5%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9B.pdf
4. Хайчіна Ю.М.(2014) Методично рекомендований алгоритм написання тез доповідей: Методичні рекомендації, Кременчук, 31 с. [Електронний ресурс] – Режим доступу:http://www.model.poltava.ua/attachments/article/722/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%20%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BC%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F%20%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B7%20%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9.pdf
5. Бірта Г.О, Бурду Ю.А. (2016) Методологія і організація наукових досліджень. Навчальний посібник рекомендовано МОН України, 2016, 142 с.
6. Мальська М.П. (2017) Організація наукових досліджень. Навчальний поcібник, 136 с.
7. Фіцула М. М. (2014) Педагогіка вищої школи. 2-ге видання, доповнене (“Академвидав”), 456 с.
8. Приклади оформлення списку літератури (REFERENCES)[Електронний ресурс] – Режим доступу:http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/node/868

Criteria for evaluating lecture notes

The summary of the lecture, as well as the quality of the presentation of the lecture on the discipline, is assessed by the head of the course or, in his absence, the leader of the practice. Maximum score is 50.
1. Relevance of the subject of the lecture to the work program of the discipline - 5 points.
2. Relevance of the topic and the present of the information base for the preparation of the lecture - 10 points.
3. Correctness and capacity of the abstract of the lecture (structuring and completeness of the lecture material) - 10 points.
4. The content, logic and creativity of the presentation of the material of the lecture - 15 points.
5. Representation of the illustrative material - 10 points.

Criteria for evaluating scientific publications

1. Abstracts - 20 points; Theses in a foreign language and / or theses, published in the edition included in the international databases - 25 points (it is allowed to include in the report no more than 2 abstracts, published on the first and second year of the master's degree in various conferences).
2. Scientific article - 40 points; An article in a foreign language and / or published in a publication included in international scientific-metric databases, in particular, Indege Copernicus, Scopus, WebofScience, and others, - 50 points.