Economic Security

Economic Security

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Description

The program is aimed at training students to properly ensure economic security of individuals, companies, society and state bodies by timely identifying, neutralizing and preventing relevant risks, internal and external threats, protecting economic interests of the state and business operating both locally and globally.

The curriculum covers economic analysis, finance and audit, financial, tax and criminal law, economic security, legal advice for economic security, regulatory measures in economy, business intelligence, forensic economic expertise, internal security.

Advantages:

• Corporate internships in St. Petersburg and opportunities to participate in exchange programs with foreign partner universities in Europe, CIS and China
• Increasing relevance of profession

• Professional competences in crisis management
• A wide range of opportunities to apply professional skills: in both state bodies and large corporations
• Professional career opportunities: economic and project activities, control activities, information and analytics, management

Main courses:

Economics:

• Accounting
• Economic analysis
• Finance
• Audit
• other subjects

Law:

• Criminal law
• Financial law
• Tax law
• Law support of economic security
• Law regulation of the economy
• other subjects

Specialized courses:

• Economic security
• Business intelligence
• Forensic economic expertise
• Organization internal security
• Control and revision
• other subjects

Forms of in-class activity: lectures, practical classes, self-study

Learning outcomes:

• Using mathematical tools to analyze and solve business challenges
• Applying basic laws requested for the operation of economic security systems of companies and entities
• Carrying out economic and legal activities contributing towards ensuring economic security
• Substantiating the choice of methods for calculating economic indicators
• Collecting the input data requested for calculating economic indicators
• Calculating economic indicators based on standard methods and a current regulatory framework
• Performing calculations required for business plan development with a substantiation and presentation they are compliant with internal standards
• Planning and reporting skills for developing project solutions, business plans, accounting and reporting documentation as well as relevant proposals for the implementation of developed projects, plans, programs
• Choosing tools for processing financial, accounting and other business information and substantiating their choice

Career opportunities:

• Economic security professional
• Economist
• Tax official
• Analyst
• Forensic expert in economic crime investigation
• Professional in banking service control
• Finance professional
• Economics professor assistant