Scholarships for Students . Almetyevsk: Academy of Sciences of Social Technologies and Local Self-Government, Zakam branch, 2008. - 57 s. Scientific editor and . In. Martynychev . The manual is compiled taking into account the requirements of the State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education introduced in the Russian higher school and is addressed to students of universities of all specialties studying the course "Social Forecasting and Design" . Its purpose is to help students in the selection of literature and bibliography in the preparation of reports and speeches at seminars and scientific conferences, writing essays and test papers on this course .