Management Accounting and Control and Applied Econometrics 4-month long courses
Starting from January 13 th through May 5 th you are invited to participate in the Management Accounting and Control (based on international practices) and Applied Econometrics 4-month long courses at the Agribusiness Teaching Center (ATC) of the International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE).
Choose the course you want or both courses and join us!
Participants are expected to get fully involved in the courses by attending classes, submitting complete homework assignments, and passing exams. After successfully finishing the course (i.e., getting at least 60%), participants will get Certificate of Participation.
Management Accounting and Control Course Description
The objective of this course is to help students develop knowledge and skills in the application of managerial accounting techniques. The course covers modern techniques, decision-making, budgeting and standard costing, and concludes with how a business should be managed and controlled. The course will be taught using lectures, lab sessions, and office hours to reinforce the materials presented in class and to help participants with homework assignments.
Course will be taught by Marianna Amirbekyan, ACCA (for details see CV https://cbe.aua.am/files/2015/10/CV_Marianna-Amirbekyan.pdf).
Applied Econometrics Course Description
This course provides an in-depth introduction to the use of econometric methods to address important economic questions. Students are exposed to the tools of basic statistics and linear regression that are used to test economic theories or measure economic phenomena. At the end of the course, students should be able to estimate econometric models and conduct hypothesis testing using actual data and STATA statistical software package (for details see, please https://icare.am/archives/news/applied-econometrics).
Course will be taught by Rafael Bakhtavoryan, PhD (for details see LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-bakhtavoryan-2430325b/).
Audience
Participants include students, researchers, social scientists, and other interested parties.
Courses duration
The course will start on January 13 th and last until May 5 th .
Language of instruction
The language of instruction will be English, however, participants are not expected to have advanced English skills. Intermediate English should be sufficient.
Courses participation fee
The course fee is 100,000 AMD which must be paid within the first week of classes. While similar hands-on courses are quite expensive, ICARE partly covers the associated expenses for the participants, thus staying true to its charitable, social, scientific, and educational commitments.
Registration procedure and deadline
If interested in any of the courses, please send your CV at lenamamikonyan@gmail.com.
Registration deadline is January 10 th , 19:00.
Only shortlisted applicants will be notified for participation. Seating is limited.
Contacts
If you have questions, please contact Lena Mamikonyan at lenamamikonyan@gmail.com or call at (093) 42-59-55, International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE).
Address: 74 Teryan Street, 0009 Yerevan.
The International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) Foundation is
a non-governmental and non-commercial organization established in Yerevan, Armenia in 2005 by Texas A&M University. ICARE is an umbrella institution for the Agribusiness Teaching Center (ATC), the Agribusiness Research Center (ARC), and the EVN Wine Academy. ICARE has produced a number of research studies for its partners: the World Bank, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S.
Agency for International Development, and Germany’s Gesellschaftfür Internationale
Zusammenarbeit. These economic- and marketing-based research projects have been used to assess the region’s agribusiness climate as well as identify new opportunities for investment and development.