COURSE OF SAMPLE SURVEYS FOR THE STUDENTS OF ECONOMIC SPESIALITIES
Tetyana Manzhos1
1 Vadim Getman Kyiv National Economic University, Kyiv
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Historical data about Vadim Getman Kyiv National Economic University are presented. It is given information about different directions of training economists in all faculties. Mathematical subjects for students of the University are presented. Ways of introduction of special course on Sample Survey for the students of economical specialities are given.
1 History of Vadim Getman Kyiv National Economic University
The University known now as Vadim Getman Kyiv National Economic University started from commercial courses in 1906. In the end of the XIX century industry and agriculture started to develop quickly in Russia and also in Ukraine as a part of Russian Empire. It was appeared a question about the training of specialists in economics at regional level. Such specialists were supposed to know features of the economical development of region, commercial relations, traditions, and the way of life of population. The professor of st. Volodymyr Kyiv University Mytrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy () became the initiator of creation of such educational institution. It was three years needed to prove the need of creation of such educational establishment. And in February, 1906 Ministry of Commerce and Industry allowed him to open the quadrennial Higher Commercial Courses in Kyiv. History of our University began since this moment.
Soon became clear, that commercial courses could not satisfy the needs of ukrainian economy and trade. In July 1908 The Kyiv Higher Commercial Courses were regenerate to the Kyiv Commercial Institute. There specialists in two faculties (economic and commercial) were trained not only for the needs of Ukraine but also for Caucasus. In June 1912 the institute got status of the Kyiv State Commercial Institute. An educational and financial base became better; students got the rights of the graduating students of state universities. The team of teachers was formed, changes were made to the educational process and practical studies of students, a number of educational auditoriums and laboratories were created, a library was organized. Student scientific activity got development. The First All-Ukrainian congress of economists and statisticians was initiated by the Kyiv Commercial Institute in October, 1918.
In 1920 the Kyiv commercial institute was reformed to the Kyiv Institute of Socio-Economic Sciences, and in September, 1920 the institute was renamed to the Kyiv Institute of National Economy. It included the economic, the co-operative, the industrial, the exploitations of roads faculties and faculty of law. In 1930 three independent institutes were created on the base of university. One of them it was Kyiv Financial-Economic Institute.
In 1934 the Kyiv Financial-Economic Institute was removed in Kharkiv, where it united with the Kharkiv Financial-Economic Institute. So there was created the Ukrainian Financial-Economic Institute. It had functioned in Kharkiv till 1941 year.
Years of Great Patriotic War () were the most difficult for the Ukrainian Financial-Economic Institute, as well as for all people. The studying year did not start. Almost 400 students and teachers (the day before war in an institute 600-700 students studied and 45 teachers worked) voluntarily went to war. During years of occupation of Kharkiv, fascists had destroyed the institute (educational corps, laboratories, students’ dormitories); an institute library was burned out. After the liberation of Kharkiv in autumn in 1943 the Ukrainian Financial-Economic Institute continued to work in Kharkiv. In 1944 the government of Ukraine made decision about returning of the Ukrainian Financial-Economic Institute to Kyiv. Then it returned the name Kyiv Financial-Economic Institute.
years have the special place in the history of the University. After the war years it was needed to form economic potential, to prepare the new specialists and workers of all professions, to give the impulse to development of economic and administrative structures. Development of University had begun since then. In 1955 there were over 3 thousand students, 110 teachers including 3 professors (doctors of sciences) and 61 associate professors (candidates of sciences). There had been already 5 thousand students in 1960 year, and in the end of 1985 – 13 thousand students. The institute grew up step by step in accordance with the needs of national economy into the institute of many profiles. The name of the institute didn’t meet its real essence. At that moment there were 12 specialities, but they were not only of financial and economic profiles. In 1960 Ministry of Higher Education of Ukraine made a decision to rename the institute to the Kyiv Institute of National Economy composing five faculties: industrial economics, agricultural economics, financial-economical faculty, faculty of accounting and economical-statistic the decision of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 1992 an institute was transformed into the Kyiv National Economic University.
Long-term experience of research work and relations of the University scientists with scientific institutions of Ukraine and foreign countries provided creation of university scientific school in record-keeping, audit and analysis; credit, banking and money circulation; state finances and taxes; statistics; economic theory; economics of enterprises and others. Wide creative relations were formed with the universities of Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Canada, France, USA and Holland. The university also became the active participant of the European programs TASIS, INTAS, TEMPUS.
On July, 11, 2005 the name of Vadym Get'man was given to the Kyiv National Economic University by the decision of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. This prominent figure, financier of Ukraine also began his career as a student of this university. Vadym Get'man is one of authors of conceptions of creation the domestic pay system and principles of functioning of the system of electronic payments. He was also the organizer of creation of national currency – hryvnyas.
2 Directions of training
2.1 Faculties of University
Now Vadym Get'man Kyiv National Economic University consists of nine faculties:
- Faculty of Economics and Management; Faculty of International Economics and Management; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Personnel Management and Marketing; Faculty of Accounting; Faculty of Economy of Agro-industrial Complex; Faculty of Finance; Faculty of Crediting; Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies.
The Faculty of Economics and Management is one of the leading Faculties at the university. More than 3500 students study at the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs of the Faculty full time and part time. Specialists with the degree in economics and management can be employed as economists, managers of different business organizations, state bodies, enterprises, corporations, and as advisors for economic questions, and top-managers. Fundamental economic education with a broad perspective combined with professional specialization gives the graduates a considerable advantage within the labour market.
The Faculty of International Economics and Management is the youngest in the university. The Faculty prepares students for a variety of career opportunities. Graduates typically find employment in Ukrainian companies engaged in international trade; state bodies; companies with foreign investment, affiliates and subsidiaries of international corporations, foreign investment banks, affiliates of foreign banks, investment funds and companies. The graduates are also engaged in the work of international projects financed by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the European Union.
The degree programs at the Law Faculty serve to prepare students academically and to equip them with the necessary qualifications for professional careers in business and society for which an advanced knowledge of law is required. The degree awarded at the Law Faculty guarantees that the graduate is not only a qualified lawyer, but also possesses deep knowledge in economics.
The Faculty of Marketing offers two specializations of the direction “Economy and Entrepreneurship”: “Marketing” and “Personnel Management and Economy of Labour”. Full time training on the programs “Marketing Management” and “Advertising Management” enables the student to work as a manager and marketing directors in different business organizations. Graduates of the Faculty who specialized in “Personnel Management and Economy of Labour” (Master’s program “Personnel Management”) have well-developed skills and knowledge to carry out organizational, managerial, planning, analytical, project, scientific and methodological activity.
The Faculty of Accounting has a strategic mission of training highly qualified specialists in the field of accounting, economic analysis and auditing.
The Faculty of Economy of Agro-industrial Complexes prepares a new generation of specialists, who will be able to work not only as accountants and economists of agro-industrial complexes, but being universal specialists, with the sufficient knowledge they will be able to manage investments and capital at all the stages of making agro-industrial products starting with farming and finishing with the production of food products and their promotion in internal and external markets.
The Faculty of Finance prepares the student for employment in the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in the financial departments of regional and local state bodies, the State Treasury, the State Inspection, the State Tax Administration, insurance companies, financial departments of enterprises and different business organizations.
The Faculty of Crediting trains bachelors and masters in the specializations “Banking”, “Economy and Entrepreneurship”. The Faculty emphasizes the practical teaching of students and enables them to gain practical experience in the branches of the National Bank, banking organizations of the 2-nd level, banks of Ukraine, and investment companies. Ukrainian banks have a great need for the graduates of the Faculty.
The experts in economic cybernetics, applied statistics and intellectual systems of decision making process are trained in the bachelor’s and master’s programs of Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies. The Faculty offers the following master’s programs: Information Systems in Management, Data Management, Information Systems in Banks and Financial Organizations, Systems Analysis and Modeling of Economic Processes, Applied Statistics.
2.2 Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics at Economic University
Mathematics, as educational discipline, took the important place in all of the economic specialities. Wide application of mathematical methods is a feature of modern economy. The Department of Higher Mathematics conducts the fundamental mathematical training of students of all faculties, except the Faculty of Law. In the first year of studies, students study such courses, as “Mathematics for economists” and “Theory of probability and mathematical statistics”. Course “Mathematics for economists” consists of such sections of mathematics, as linear algebra, analytical geometry, mathematical analysis, differential equations. This course also illustrates an application of these mathematical topics for solving applied economical tasks. The purpose of course “Theory of probability and mathematical statistics” is to acquaint of students with basic concepts, methods, theorems and formulas of theory of probability and mathematical statistics and help them to get primary skills in solving different problems. The University is successfully integrating into the European system of education based on the Bologna declaration, which defined the approaches to creating a single European educational environment. Therefore teachers of Department of Higher Mathematics need to create new interesting for students and up to date courses.
The Department of Statistics provides more teaching of statistics by the students of the second, the third and the fourth year of studies. According to the programs for bachelor’s and master’s degrees the department of statistics provides the teaching of such courses as bank statistics, demographic statistics, legal statistics, statistics of state finances, labour statistics, financial statistics et al. The teachers of department give lecture on the series of the special courses for the students of speciality “statistics”, among which is “Sample surveys“.
But this important course needs to be developed for the students of other specialities. As a survey sampling is needed for marketing researches, this special course should be added to the education programs of a Faculty of Personnel Management and Marketing first of all.
A marketing concept is meant to study the market with a certain goal. In marketing, which should satisfy the needs of people, knowledge matters very much. In the conditions of market those firms and companies who better than other know these needs get advantages. But a market always changes, the needs of people under act of different factors change too. Therefore firms should always watch the state of market to get an income. So the task of marketing specialists is to conduct the most exact sample surveys with minimum expenses. Therefore the special course of sample surveys will be appropriate for training specialists of marketing. Now the teachers of Department of Higher Mathematics create such special course. The program for such course is composed according to the specific of basis of students.
