In the educational-methodical manual describes the technology of coursework, practical recommendations for their design and protection. Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standards of secondary professional education of the last generation. Aimed at students and teachers of professional educational organizations. Designed for institutions of secondary professional education, conducting training for UGS 38.02.00 "Economics and management": 38.02.01 specialties "Economics and accounting (on branches)", 38.02.02 "Insurance business (on branches)", 38.02.03 "Operating activities in logistics", 38.02.04 "Commerce (on branches)", 38.02.06 "Finance", 38.02.07 "Banking"; by UGS 43.02.00 "Service and tourism": 43.02.10 specialties "Tourism", 43.02.11 "Hotel service"; by UGS 46.02.00 "History and archaeology": 46.02.01 a speciality "Documentary maintenance of management and archival studies".

The work of the student on the course work is the most eff ective form to enhance and optimize the teaching and learning process, a way of strengthening his professional and applied orientation, helps to strengthen the connection of educational process with teaching and research activities, is an eff ective means of intensifying the focus of professional training of the student. To modern specialist society has a long list of requirements, among which important value has the presence of graduates of certain abilities and skills independently to extract knowledge from diff erent sources, to systematize received information, analyze the problem. The formation of such skills occurs during the whole study period. The independent work of students plays a crucial role in the entire educational process. The implementation of the course work contributes to the formation of the subject of cognitive activity, requires the creation of a complex of pedagogical conditions for the development of sustainable, high-quality learning motivation; in it the big role self-mastery of general and professional competences. In “Lebedyansky Commerce and Economic College” is constantly working to improve the quality of education. In the long term, the criterion for assessing the quality of the coursework should be the assessment of the degree of creativity and independence of students when performing this type of research. As creativity is based on cognitive abilities of man and covers the areas of personality, process, result, it will contribute to the development of creative elements of scientifi c knowledge, formation of professional qualities of students. The role of training coursework is particularly relevant in the present time, when educational institutions set the task of formation at students of need to continuous self-education, which supposes the ability for own cognitive activity.

The educational and methodical manual is developed on the basis of Federal state educational standards of secondary vocational education. It presents the requirements for the state final certification in the professional educational organization of secondary vocational education. The algorithm of the final qualifying work of a mid-level specialist is revealed, recommendations for its protection are given, the specificity of the scientific style of writing and speech is shown. The manual contains a variety of recommendations useful in the protection of the final qualifying work