The article analyzes the practice of organizing students’ independent work within the framework of teaching the master’s course “Methodology and Organization of Scientific Research” on the basis a systematic approach. The purpose of the discipline is to form master students’ competencies in conducting scientific research, forming the personality of a research on the basis of cultivating such qualities as independence of thinking, initiative, criticality, responsibility, and academic integrity. The system of practical creative tasks for master student’s, compiled taking into account the multi-level assessment of academic achievements is considered.