Master degree program
International Journalism

International Journalism

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Present innovative methods for conducting independent research in new directions.
2. Explain and differentiate the global media business, transnational media systems and corporations.
3. Integrate the knowledge of the media-industrial sector in the context of transformational processes of the world media system.
4. Explain the specifics of the multipolarity of information flows, the vectors of their influence on the world economy and politics.
5. Design a sociological and political analysis of the Kazakhstani media’s state and the prospects of their development.
6. Be able to analyze the content of international media projects; measure information monitoring and media management.
7. Differentiate online journalism in the era of the information society Web 2.0.
8. Teach in universities and special educational institutions, to be able to make managerial decisions, manage media branches.

Program passport

Speciality Name
International Journalism
Speciality Code
7M03203
Faculty
Journalism

disciplines

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to acquire and improve competencies by international standards of foreign language education and to communicate in an intercultural, professional, and scientific environment. A master's student must integrate new information, understand the organization of languages, interact in society, and defend his point of view.

Globalization and leadership in the era of digital and new media
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form undergraduates' understanding of the impact of globalization on the nature of macroeconomics and culture, the growth of a new type of leadership caused by the spread of network information and communication technologies (ICT), the role of leadership skills in digital and new media. The course introduces the methods of successful management in a modern multicultural digital society. Prepares masters for effective decision-making and leadership of creative, financial, technological activities of audio and video content in a dynamically developing global environment.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: Understanding of modern philosophy as a system of scientific knowledge, including worldview in rational-theoretical comprehension. The discipline includes aspects of the evolution and development of scientific thinking, historical moments, the contribution of scientists and scientific schools to the formation of science, and ethical and social aspects of scientific activity.

Immersive journalism and documentary storytelling
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: is to study and practically apply methods and techniques that allow you to create unique AR and VR media platforms using 3D animation technologies. Undergraduates study virtual and augmented reality technologies, interactive cinema, audio tours, multimedia formats and multiple ways to create immersive content. The course allows you to create practical scenarios using artificial intelligence technologies, promotes the process of cooperation between the academic environment and the practical media industry.

Media Policy and Media Economics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to explain the relationship between political culture and information exchange, as well as the analysis of the influence of economic factors on the functioning of the media industry. Understanding the principles and mechanisms of media organizations management, their financial strategies, as well as the impact of political processes on media development. As a result of studying the subject, undergraduates should acquire knowledge and skills to monitor the socio-political situation, synthesize new scientific facts of the media in the context of international communication problems.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline aims to form the ability to apply practical skills in organising and planning scientific research. The discipline studies forms and methods of planning, organisation, and design of scientific articles and dissertations, as well as summarising scientific research results in presentations, speeches, projects, and articles.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: To provide pedagogical theories and practical strategies for effective teaching in higher education, fostering critical thinking, and academic success. The course explores instructional methods, curriculum design, assessment techniques, and classroom management strategies preparing educators to create inclusive and stimulating learning environments.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Formation of knowledge about the fundamental concepts of management psychology for the practical application of the most critical aspects of management in professional interaction. The following will be studied: basic principles of management psychology, personality in management interactions, management of personality behavior, modern ideas, psychology of managing group phenomena, motivation, and practical reflection.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Coverage of International Conflicts in the Media
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to analyze the role of the media in resolving international conflicts . In the study of the subject are considered the principle s of origin of the conflict s and tension in world politics . The subject will allow to forecast and carry out an examination of the scenarios for the development of international politics;design programs for analysis at the global media monitoring in news sources and classification of information

Cross-cultural communication and global culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of undergraduates to perceive communicative culture as the basis for successful communication between representatives of different cultures, to apply system-integrative personality qualities for effective interaction with representatives of different cultures. The course allows you to acquire cross-cultural communication skills that allow you to successfully interact in a multinational environment, and also teaches research technologies for information and communication modeling in the field of global media.

Gender and Media
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to apply the main methods of gender approach in media coverage. When studying a subject, gender characteristics and behavior patterns are considered; new approaches to gender competence. The subject will allow the development of indicators of gender sensitivity and measure its level; possess skills in the field of gender journalism, gender analysis and monitoring

Mass media and global trends of sustainable development of society
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to give undergraduates an understanding and scientific justification of the role of the media in the development of society, as well as research on ways to use information technology to popularize and promote the principles of sustainable development. The course identifies important aspects of modernity: crisis phenomena of the social system; social processes and ecology; green economy and energy; conscious evolution; spiritual, moral, historical and universal values; concepts and theories of the media; provide an opportunity to form a motivated civic position.

Mass media as a subject of international law and legal culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form undergraduates' scientific understanding of international law and the specifics of the legislation of the media of foreign countries. The course will allow you to study the structures, theories and practices of international legal regulation of media activities, provides knowledge about freedom of speech, information and technology for its dissemination, systematizes and forms the structure of competent authorities that ensure the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of mass media.

Theory of Mass Communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the subject is to study the history of the development of foreign theories and concepts in the field of communication studies, the analysis of mass communication as a system of types and types, as well as to highlight the modern realities of mass communication processes in the context of new technological opportunities. The aim is to analyze the factors influencing the effectiveness of mass communication and to acquire basic methodological knowledge about the system of sciences in this field. The subject is aimed at studying various research areas in the field of mass communication.

Transformation of the media space in terms of a clash of civilizations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop undergraduates' skills in analyzing the impact of media on the formation of universal cultural values and ideas, research issues of cultural dialogue and mutual understanding through the media. Possess knowledge of the state information policy and the system of combating extremism and terrorism, use new information technologies as a tool for the formation and development of political culture. The course helps in the development and interpretation of information necessary for successful adaptation to diverse media communities in the context of globalization.

World experience in investigative journalism: tools and legal framework
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to generalize the theoretical, methodological and technological foundations of investigative journalism. When studying the subject, the experience of the makraker movement in the USA, the "wallrafing" method, the Watergate case, Assange's WiciLeacs are considered. The subject allows you to show and analyze investigative texts: topic selection, stages, open and confidential sources of information, tools, legal framework, ethical aspects

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years