2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR’S LAST SESSION OF ASUE SCIENTIFIC BOARD
2013-2014 academic year’s last session of ASUE Scientific Board was held today at ASUE Conference Hall. Deans of the Departments, Zakar Kirakosyan, Mikayel Tavadyan, Manuk Movsisyan, presented Departments’ 2013-2014 academic year’s reports. The Deans reported on issues regarding organization of education process at the Departments, students’ progress, Chairs’ work, students’ engagement in research activities, discount on tuition fees and other problems.
Grigor Kirakosyan, Advisor to the Rector, presented studies conducted at the Departments by Inspection Commission, outlining that in the result of the second inspection, in comparison with the first one, there was an improvement in almost all directions, however there were a number of problems yet.
After the reports’ presentation, Yuri Suvaryan, Head of the Chair of Management, Professor, Full member of National Academy of Sciences, Ashot Salnazaryan, acting Head of the Chair of Finance, Professor, Ashot Tavadyan, Head of the Chair of Mathematical Methods in Economics, Professor, made speeches. Yuri Suvaryan mentioned that the Dean and Dean Office of the Department were able to create working atmosphere at the Department, the result of which was coordinated and effective work. At the same time he draw attention on two issues: Yuri Suvaryan suggested to highlight investment of education technologies for improving education quality, as well as to make Master’s Degree programs more attractive. Ashot Salnazatyan, highly evaluated Dean’s work at their Department, suggested to invest institute of Directors for Master’s Degree programs to improve the quality of Master’s Degree education. “We are also satisfied with our Dean’s work, he is able to work systematically with Chairs”; mentioned Ashot Tavadyan and suggested to invest the approach of public lecturers at Master’s Degree program.
After the speeches, discussions of issues the Scientific Board appreciated the Departments’ reports.
Paruir Kalantaryan, Vice-rector on Methodological Matters, reported on “Process of organizing students’ and collaborators’ rest at “Tntesaget” sport-health camp in Dilijan” and mentioned that some repair and renovation work had been done since May and sport-health camp was ready to host the first relay on July 5. The Vice-rector said that tickets are being sold since today and the prices have not changed.
Patuir Kalantaryan reported another two issues: “Final Certification” and suggested to extract final exam from the final certification process of part-time and full-time Bachelor’s Degree, and to make graduate work obligatory for all students and to assign 18 credits for it, as well as to check knowledge of “Armenian History” course by test. Scientific Board appreciated the presented issues by vote.
Scientific Board voted to approve a candidate’s dissertation topic, guaranteed for publication Assistant Professor at the Chair of Political Science and Law, Candidate of Economics Vardan Atoyan’s “National Security Issues” lecture materials, Associate Professor at the Chair of Financial Accounting, Candidate of Economics Manya Poghosyan’s “Financial and Tax Accounting Issues in the RA Construction Industry” manual, Assistant Professor at the Chair of Managerial Accounting and Auditing, Candidate of Economics Mushegh Hovhannisyan’s and Assistant Professor Tigran Manukyan’s “Managerial Accounting” test collection and educational manual “Problems of Higher Mathematics” presented by the Chair of Higher Mathematics (the latter is reprinted).
Summarizing this year’s last session of Scientific Board, Koryun Atoyan, Chairman of Scientific Board, Rector, Professor, wished everyone a quiet summer, expressing hope that everyone would start new academic year with new efforts to the benefits of improving the University’s competitiveness and education quality.
The whole package of the decisions will be posted at ASUE official website soon.
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