Master's educational programs in the context of the digital economy: Main trends

Abstract

The development of digitization in the society, the emergence of novel technologies, and new digital markets require the introduction of changes in requirements to education. The specialists who deal with legal and economic coverage of novel technologies must acquire new competences and skills. This paper is aimed at analyzing the main trends of approaches to economic and legal education in the context of digitization of the society. The major changes related to the digital economy are required in the master's programs. It is the master's program that allows identifying certain fields of specialist training, connecting the requirements of practice and educational standards for the correction of educational programs with account of professional tasks which will be in demand in the future. The authors have performed a comparative analysis of training programs for managers and lawyers in foreign and Russian universities. It has been proved that in the context of the digital economy the Masters of Laws and Economics must have knowledge in the field of modern information technology, interdisciplinary tools for the solution of professional tasks, skills of comprehensive thinking and analytical abilities. The implementation of such tasks requires creating stable collaborations both inside the university and with representatives of IT sector and major corporations which make provision for the implementation of digital technologies.