Specialty: Economics

Educational levels: bachelor, master, PhD

Educational program at the Bachelor level: Economics

Educational program at the master's level: Maritime economics

Educational program at the PhD level: Water transport economics

Forms of study: full time and part-time

    Period of study:
  • for bachelor - 4 years for full-time and part-time study;
  • for master - 1 year and 4 months for full-time and part-time study;
  • For PhD - 4 years for full-time and part-time study

Main courses:

Bachelor

Master

PhD

Required general courses: «English», «Professional English», «Philosophy», «Higher mathematics», «Informatics», «Information technologies», «Bases of economic theory», «Economical geography», «Jurisprudence», «Psychology of business relations» etc. «Scientific research methodology and methods of economic disciplines teaching» «Professional English for scientific communication», «History and philosophy of science», «Pedagogy and psychology of higher school», «Project and program management methodology», «Scientific research methods and experiment planning»
Required professional courses: «Microeconomics», «Macroeconomics», «Business Economics», «Economic analysis», «Business planning and control», «Management», «Marketing», «Economic law», «Global economics and international relations», «Economic evaluation of business projects and risk assessment», «Foreign economic activities», «Pricing», «Money and credit», «Finance», «Accounting», «Tax system» etc. «Microeconomics (advance level)», «Macroeconomics (advance level)», «Economic diagnosis», «Economic regulation and social-labor relationships», «Economic-mathematical modeling», «Shipping companies economics», «Port economics». «Shipping economics»
Student’s free choice:

«Technology and organization of sea shipping», «Technology and organization of port operations», «Insurance», «Maritime geography», «Maritime economics», «Financial mathematics», «HR management», «Strategic management», «International standards and quality systems», «Real estate economics», «Stock market», «International currency system», «Audit», «Information systems in economics», «Investment», «Entrepreneurship», «Business planning», «Project analysis», «Banking», «Risk management», «Logistic management» etc.

«Investment analysis», «Economic security of business», «International economic law and maritime regulation», «International financial reporting standards», «Economic espionage», «Financial accounting», «Financial monitoring», «Maritime passenger economics», «Transport service economics», «Economics and organization of business consolidation».

 

«Port activity economics», «Statistics for economists», «Economic theory», «Information technologies in science and education».

Practical training:

Bachelor

Master

PhD

Students have a work practice for four weeks and pre-graduation externship for two weeks at the enterprises of marine transport and at companies of other branches of economy according to recommendation of teachers of Economics and Finance department or at student’s option.
The main places of work practice and externship of bachelor degree students of specialty «Economics» are state and private stevedoring enterprises and ports, shipping companies, logistic companies, transport forwarding, agency and crewing firms, travel companies and other enterprises and organizations of maritime industry, commercial banks, investment companies, trading companies and others. Specialists of economic divisions are provided student trainings during work practice.
Students participate in educational excursions to ports and other enterprises, in business games, master classes of leading economists of transport enterprises, scientific and practical student's conferences, in work of clubs of economists and financiers at the Economics and Finance department, competitions of scientific student's papers.
Students have pre-graduation (research) externship for four weeks at the main enterprises of marine transport and at companies of other branches of economy according to recommendation of teachers of Economics and Finance department or at student’s option.
The main places of externship for master degree students of specialty «Economics» are SE «Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority», state and private stevedoring enterprises and ports, shipping and logistic companies, transport forwarding, agency and crewing firms, travel and cruise companies and other enterprises and organizations of maritime industry.
Students participate in master classes of the leading economists of transport enterprises, top managers, meetings with top-line personalities of transport business, scientific and practical Ukrainian and international student's conferences. Students publish scientific articles or thesis at conferences by itself or in co-authorship with teachers. Students can participate in scientific research activity of Economics and Finance department.
Post-graduate students have pedagogic practice for twenty working days. Pedagogic practice forms and develops professional skills of the higher school teacher, allows to take over bases of pedagogical activity and skills of independent teaching work. Content of pedagogic practice is defined by a theme of thesis.
Pedagogical practice may be carried out in structural divisions of the Odessa National Maritime University in the following forms:
participation of the post-graduate in preparation of a lecture from a subject which corresponds the direction of scientific interests of the post-graduate student; preparation and realization of a seminar on a subject which corresponds the direction of scientific interests of the post-graduate; preparation of cases and materials for practical works, elaboration of situational tasks by the instructions of the research supervisor; participation in a business game for students; participation in verification of course works and reports; other forms of works determined by the research supervisor.
Graduate students publish scientific articles and thesis at conferences and other scientific papers, take part in scientific research of the Economics and Finance department.

Career opportunities

Bachelor

Master

PhD

You can look forward to a wide range of possible careers in different branches of economy including maritime transport. Bachelors in Economics can work as economists of analytical departments, financial analytics, analysis and planning economists, specialists of HR departments, crewing-managers, economists of transport companies, finance economists, finance controllers, accountants, auditors, foreign trade specialists, sales economists, crediting managers, account managers of finance companies, banking products sales managers and others.
The following are examples of the types of organizations and fields that demand the kind of skills that a bachelor program in Economics provides: shipping companies («Ukrferry», «Ukrrichflot», «Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company» etc.), SE «Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority», sea and river ports, stevedoring companies («Brooklyn-Kiev», «Container terminal Odesa», «Transinvestservice» etс.), transport forwarding and logistics companies («Euroterminal», «Formag Forwarding», «F.S. Mackenzie» etc.), agent firms («Inflot», «Interbroker», «Nortrop Odessa» etc.), crewing companies («MSC Crewing Services», «Vita Maritime», «Anglo-Eastern Ukraine», «Crew Recruitment Service» etc.), banks and other financial organizations, tourist and cruise companies, consultancy firms, insurance organizations and other companies.
You can look forward to a wide range of possible careers in maritime industry and other fields. Masters in Economics can work as top managers of maritime transport companies, create and head own companies, work as head of departments, chief economists, analytics, economists, financial managers, financial directors, commercial directors, chief accountants, specialists in budgeting and management accounting, planning and management accounting managers, auditors, economic advisers, credit consultants, loan brokers, evaluation experts, assistants to the lecturers of higher educational institutions, researchers and project managers.
The following are examples of the types of organizations and fields that demand the kind of skills that a master program in Economics provides: administrations of seaports, stevedoring companies, transport organizations and associations, government, including ministries, central government bodies, municipalities, cruise companies, transport forwarding and logistics firms, agency and crewing companies, project and scientific research organizations, higher education institutions, consultancy firms, banks and others financial companies, insurance organizations, national and international development cooperation agencies (governmental and non-governmental), journalism and media еtс.
You can look forward to a wide range of possible careers in water transport industry and other fields. PhD in Economics can work as project managers, lecturers of economical courses at higher educational institutions, researches, top managers of sea and river transport enterprises and organizations, general directors, financial directors, commercial directors. They can create and head own companies, work as head of departments, chief economists, analytics, specialists in budgeting and management accounting, regional development managers, evaluation experts, credit experts, economic advisers and consultants.
The following are examples of the types of organizations and fields that demand the kind of skills that a PhD program in Economics provides: project and scientific research organizations, higher education institutions, administrations of sea and river ports, stevedoring companies, transport international organizations and associations, government, including ministries, central government bodies, municipalities, cruise companies, forwarding and logistics firms, agency and crewing companies, consultancy firms, banks and others financial companies, insurance organizations, national and international development cooperation agencies (governmental and non-governmental), journalism and media еtс.

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