Political Science

Political Science

QUALIFICATION

  • First Stage of Higher Education - Bachelor of Social Sciences
  • Second Stage of Higher Education - Bachelor of Social Sciences
  • First Stage of Higher Short Education - Bachelor of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1.explain the basic concepts, ideas, theories and methods of modern political science, as well as the main directions of evolution and patterns of development of political science in the world intellectual space and in Kazakhstan;
2. to carry out the analysis of actual scientific problems of political science, to investigate methodological tools in relation to a specific object of study; to present the results for discussion.
3. to interpret primary political information; to work independently with primary sources and scientific literature to gain knowledge about the essential aspects of political life, to determine their theoretical and practical value.
4. to explain the basic theories of power, public administration and the peculiarities of their implementation through human resources management, to analyze political and management technologies in the field of politics;
5. to prepare educational and methodical documentation, to teach social and political disciplines in educational institutions; to apply modern technologies of organization of training, education: to use psychological knowledge for career planning, building professional growth.
6. to participate in political diagnostics and expert activity; to reflect forecasts of political processes in scientific and analytical reports, to prepare explanatory notes;
7. to identify the essence and content of the political situation in the modern world, the features of the global geopolitical processes, to determine the national interests of Kazakhstan and its role in the global world; to analyze political and legal documents and databases for political decision-making;
8. to develop the program and methodology of applied political research, to determine the cause-and-effect relations of political processes and phenomena, to compare the international political consequences and risks associated with the development and implementation of the political strategy of a particular actor in world politics;
9. to analyze the activities of political parties, public organizations, evaluate management processes in public authorities;
10. to select sources of information, verify and process the information received, to apply methodological approaches and basic principles of political research of theoretical and applied nature;
11. to evaluate strategic documents in the field of socio-political activity and recommendations for their solution; to independently develop socio-political projects;
12. to express political problems and political facts in oral and written form in a professional language, to possess positive communication skills, to be able to self-study at the end of the training program.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Political Science
Speciality Code
6B03106
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Applied Political Science
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to conduct applied political analysis. The study of the discipline will allow you to: master the tools of political analysis and forecasting, methods and techniques for analyzing political processes, political technologies and managerial impact, present the results of collecting and processing information of the political.

Comparative Political Research
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to analyze theoretical, methodological and empirical methods of comparative research based on the use of modern comparative methods. The study of the discipline will allow you to: describe the structure, process of comparative political research, types, levels of comparative analysis

Culturology
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Aim of discipline is to form a bachelor's understanding of the specifics of the development of national culture in the context of world culture and civilization, need to preserve the cultural code of the Kazakh people, ability to pursue in independent professional activity a strategy of preserving the cultural heritage.

Foreign Language
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form the improvement of knowledge of foreign language communicative competence. The main methods of speech skills and foreign language communication skills are considered as a basis for the development of communicative competence; implementation of acquired speech skills in the process of searching, selecting and using material in English.

Historyof Political Doctrines
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose - to form the ability to analyze the history of world political thought from its origins to the present day in all the variety of its concepts, theories and personalities. The discipline is aimed at studying the history of political teachings as an integral part of the spiritual culture of mankind.

Information and Communication Technologies
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - During the study of the discipline, students will learn following aspects: ICT role in key sectors of development of society. Standards in the field of ICT. Introduction to computer systems. Architecture of computer systems. Software. Operating systems. Human-computer interaction. Database systems. Networks and telecommunications. Cyber safety. Internet technologies.

Kazakh (Russian) Language
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description -

Military Training
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - MC
  • Description - Military Training

Module of socio-political knowledge (Culture)
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - RK1+RK2 (100)
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.

Module of socio-political knowledge (Political science)
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - RK1+RK2 (100)
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.

Module of socio-political knowledge (Psychology)
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - RK1+RK2 (100)
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.

Module of socio-political knowledge (Sociology)
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - RK1+RK2 (100)
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.

Module of socio-political knowledge (Sociology/ Political science/ Culture/ Psychology)
  • Number of credits - 8
  • Type of control - RK + Exam (100)
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.

Philosophy
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form a systematic understanding of philosophy and its main problems and methods in the context of future professional activities. The main content of ontology and metaphysics is considered in the context of the historical development of philosophy; the importance of key worldview concepts in the modern world.

Physical Training
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - РК(с оценкой)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of social and personal competencies of students, ensuring the targeted use of the appropriate means of physical culture and sports for preservation, preparation for professional activities. As a result of studying the discipline, the graduate should know the role of physical culture in human development.

Political Conflict Studies
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to identify features of political conflicts and explain methods of their settlement. The study of the discipline will explain the theory, typology and dynamics of political conflicts and technologies for their resolution.

Political Cratology
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to analyze the essence of power as the main category of political science, its significance in the system of public relations. The study of the discipline will allow you to: understand the nature, social essence, principles, and structure of power.

Political Science
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The academic discipline “Political science” forms knowledge of the laws and laws of world politics and modern political processes, explaining the essence and content of the policy of national states, on the basis of ensuring national security and the realization of national interests.

Political Sociology
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to apply sociological methods in the analysis of political processes. The study of the discipline will allow you to: apply strategies of sociological research, quantitative and qualitative methods of sociology; analyze the system bases of social conditionality of politics, political relations and trends

Political systems and regimes
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze the theories of political systems and regimes, events and phenomena in the functioning of the political system and political regime to justify decisions both in everyday life and in professional activities.

Political Technologies
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course is to develop students' basic skills of applied political analytics using the methods of an interdisciplinary approach and modern information technologies. As a result of mastering the discipline, students will be able to conduct election campaigns, predict changes in the political situation, organize and maintain political communication, apply technologies for advising public policy subjects.

Politics and Ethics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to contribute into formation of an ethical political outlook and abilities to apply ethical knowledge to the political sphere. The course provides justification and demonstrates the strengths of an axiological approach to study of the political.

Psychology
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of studying the discipline is to provide scientifically grounded training of highly qualified specialists on the basis of studying the fundamental concepts of psychology management, creating the necessary prerequisites for theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important management problems related to the process of professional development.

Public Administration
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze the systems of public administration in the leading countries of the world and identify the main principles of strategic public management in the practice of political activity. The study of the discipline will allow you to identify theoretical, applied, axiological.

Research Methods in Political Science
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to explain the content and specifics of General approaches to policy research, General scientific and empirical methods used in the field of political science research. The study of the discipline will allow: determine the main approaches and specific techniques for the logical organization of the research process.

Sociology
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course presents general questions of theory and history of sociology, methodology and methods of sociological research, special sociological theories. This course is aimed at shaping the sociological imagination of students, basic ideas about the subject and methods of sociological research, topical problems and sociology branches.

Theory of International Relations (in English)
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form students' ability to theoretically analyze international relations and world politics based on knowledge of the main theoretical and conceptual paradigms and scientific schools (realism, liberalism, constructivism, neoclassical and modernist theories). The study of the discipline will allow: to operate with the main categories and definitions of the theory of international relations, to interpret the main theoretical approaches, to reveal the structural and functional aspects of international relations.

Theory of Politics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the subject and methods of political theory, concepts and theories of politics, power, political institutions, personality in politics, political processes, world politics and international relations, patterns of political life, trends in the political process and features of its implementation in specific countries and globally; give a systematic description of the structure, methodology of policy research.

World Politics
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze the essence and content of the world political process, ways to ensure global security, and protect national interests in international relations. The study of the discipline will allow you to: explain the features of global political processes.

Нistory of Kazakhstan
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [РК1+MT+РК2+ ГЭК] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to give objective knowledge about the main stages in the development of the history of Kazakhstan from ancient times to the present. Expected learning outcomes: 1) demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the main stages in the development of the history of Kazakhstan; 2) to correlate the phenomena and events of the historical past with the general paradigm of the world-historical development of human society through critical analysis; 3) to possess the skills of analytical and axiological analysis in the study of historical processes and phenomena of modern Kazakhstan; 4) be able to objectively and comprehensively comprehend the immanent features of the modern Kazakh model of development; 5) Systematize and give a critical assessment of historical phenomena and processes in the history of Kazakhstan. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: Ancient people and the formation of a nomadic civilization, Turkic civilization and the Great Steppe, Kazakhstan in modern times (XVIII - early XX centuries), Kazakhstan as part of the Soviet administrative-command system, Kazakhstan in the world community (1991-2022).

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disciplines

Abais Teaching
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to form in future specialists the ability to self-knowledge, the use of Abai's doctrine as the basis of spirituality and intellectuality of modern Kazakhstan, the application of their professional knowledge, understanding and abilities through the prism of humanism and education in order to strengthen the unity of the country and civil solidarity of society.The following will be studied: the concept of the teachings of Abai; sources of teaching; components of Abai's doctrine; categories of Abai's doctrine; measuring instruments of the teachings of Abai; the essence and meaning of Abai’s doctrine.

Al-Farabi and Modernity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Aim of the discipline: to form students' ideas about the scientific and philosophical heritage of the great Turkic thinker Abu Nasr al-Farabi in developing the world and national culture. Learning outcomes: explain the main philosophical contents al-Farabi's heritage and his influence on the formation of Turkic philosophy; influence European Renaissance.

Civil Society in Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to analyze the issue of formation and development of civil society institutions in Kazakhstan. The study of the discipline will explain the mechanisms of organizing social work to achieve civil society; analyze the development of various types of non-governmental associations, civil initiatives in Kazakhstan.

Democracy and Human Rights
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to determine the hallmarks of the development of democracy from its origins to the present, to interpret various concepts and models of democracy and to explain their content. As a result of studying the discipline, the student will acquire the skills to assess modern democratic transformations in the world and in the Republic of Kazakhstan; interpretation of the modern concept of human rights, ensuring the guarantee of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen.

Demography and Politics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze demographic policy and demographic processes, the problem of ensuring demographic security, migration policy, external and internal factors that affect the country's demographics. The study of the discipline will allow you to: explain the features of the demographic situation in Kazakhstan.

Ecology and Human Life Safety
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to form a number of key competencies based on modern environmental management concepts that implement the principles of harmonious optimization of the conditions for human interaction with nature, including in the process of tourist and recreational activities.The following will be studied: the principles of sustainable development, conservation and reproduction of natural resources to ensure the safety of human life, methods for assessing and minimizing risks, protecting against dangers, including during travel, measures to eliminate the consequences of accidents, anthropogenic disasters, natural disasters, environmental protection and rational environmental management.

Entrepreneurship
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form basic knowledge in the field of theory and practice of creating your own business, necessary for the formation of: an economic way of thinking. The internal and external environment of business entrepreneurship are considered; state regulation and the role of the state for the business environment

Ethnjpolicy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to analyze the main categories, features of Ethnic Policy as a branch of scientific knowledge, to identify ethnopolitical problems, the main directions of modern policy in the field of ensuring interethnic harmony based on the world and Kazakhstan experience.

Globalization and Development of the Modern World (in English)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze the processes of globalization and development in the modern world. The study of the discipline will allow you to: explain the historical forms of globalization, identify global challenges of our time, analyze political events and trends, contextualize, interpret and critically evaluate modern political information.

Legal Bases of Corruption Control
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to form a responsible attitude and the ability to demonstrate in practice the application of the principles and norms of anti-corruption legislation in order to prevent corruption offenses, to form intolerance towards corruption, an anti-corruption culture in everyday life and at the workplace, civil liability. The following will be studied: anti-corruption legislation, the system and activities of anti-corruption subjects, causes and conditions conducive to corruption, anti-corruption policy, international experience in combating corruption.

National Security of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to analyze the main aspects of ensuring the national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan and determine the role of national interests in the context of ensuring national security. As a result of studying the discipline, students will acquire the skills of analyzing the backbone parameters of the national interest, evaluating the political mechanisms for the formation of national interests, ensuring the national security of Kazakhstan in a new geopolitical situation.

Political Communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to explain the issue of political communications, to analyze theoretical concepts and models of political communications that ensure the interaction of policy subjects aimed at obtaining, maintaining or changing existing power-management relations.

Political Culture and Ideologies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze political culture and political ideology as social phenomena. The study of the discipline will allow you to: explain the theory of political culture and political ideology; describe the models of political culture, determine their ideological and political foundations.

Political Image-making
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to identify the features of development, specifics, problems and modern trends of political image-making. The study subjects will allow you to explain the features of categorical apparatus, to apply the tools of political imageology, to explain the contents of leading scientific, practical problems.

Political parties and political party systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to analyze the activities of political parties and the content of party systems. The study of the discipline will allow you to: analyze various information, explain the reasons for the emergence of parties and party systems, apply in practice the principles of classification of parties, party systems.

Political Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the abilities to understand and analyse the features of political behaviour, to select independently the methods and means to study the political through psychological lens, to apply the knowledge and skills obtained during the course while consulting and providing other psychological support of political campaigns.

Political Technologies for Countering Terrorism and Extremism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to develop the ability to identify the specifics of activities to prevent terrorist and extremist activities. The course introduces the mechanisms of interaction between the state and civil society in the fight against terrorism and extremism, the basics of collecting.

Scientific Research Methods
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Objective - to develop skills in cognitive activity in the field of science. To use methods of scientific research for understanding and assimilating information. To be able to describe the object of research. To master methods of search, processing of scientific information, systematization, analysis, synthesis to obtain an objective content of scientific knowledge. To apply analytical and practical research methods and argumentation systems for justification, assertion, evaluation.

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INTERNSHIPS

Pre-Diploma
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - TThe objective is form the ability to consolidate the theoretical knowledge, analytical and managerial skills, collecting material for the diploma work. The following will be studied: analysis of enterprises' performance effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of enterprises, list of partners, agreements, contracts, arrangement of meetings, negotiations, recruitment of personnel, team work.

Professional (educational) practice
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to form the ability to apply in the field in practice their knowledge and skills formed during the development of the discipline "Geodesy", as close as possible to the production conditions of land management. As a result of the internship the student will be able to: 1. use surveying tools; 2. make verification of theodolites, levels, total stations and their installation in the working position; 3. lay theodolite course; 4. make leveling; 5. perform total station survey; 6. to produce laboratory processing of field measurements; 7. make a plan, longitudinal and transverse profiles and other necessary drawings. The practice of geodesy refers to a cycle of training practices. During the practice, the following types of geodetic works will be done: verification of theodolites, levels, total stations and their installation in the working position: centering, horizonting; measurements by theodolite, level, total station; laying of the traverse along the boundary of land use and checking the admissibility of measurement errors; in excess of measurement errors, repeated measurements are made; leveling and checking the admissibility of measurement errors; surveying and manufacturing plan.

Professional (production) practice
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to form professional knowledge in the field of the chosen specialty, to consolidate the theoretical knowledge obtained in the disciplines of the directions and special disciplines of the program, to master the necessary professional competencies in the chosen direction of specialized training. The practice is designed to create conditions for the formation of practical competencies.

Data for 2021-2024 years