Cultural Studies

Cultural Studies

QUALIFICATION

  • First Stage of Higher Education - Bachelor of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Critically analyze the history of the development of world culture and civilization, their cultural genesis and diversity of values, demonstrating an understanding of the methods of cultural research, the principles of philosophy, history and theory of culture.
2. Summarize the theoretical and methodological basis of leading cultural schools and concepts, using their key concepts, principles, terms, issues, artifacts and patterns.
3. Assess the features of Turkic, nomadic, traditional and modern Kazakh culture, relying on the creativity of individuals who contributed to its formation, in order to determine the success factors of the Kazakh development model in the context of the Eurasian and world historical process
4. Conduct research knowing the basics of ethnoscultural studies, cultural anthropology, ecology and semiotics.
5. Analyze the stages of formation of modern culture, as well as the main trends and dynamics of modern culture.
6. Objectively assess violations of gender equality based on theoretical, methodological approaches in gender, feminist cultural studies and principles of gender policy.
7. Conduct a comparative and critical analysis of modern cinema products.
8. Evaluate the aesthetic features of folklore, works of art and applied art.
9. Based on the principles of cultural policy, monitor subcultural formations in domestic and modern Western cultures, as well as youth and marginal factors in the dynamics of culture.
10. Identify problems of media communication and cultural diffusion in the context of globalization.
11. Based on theoretical knowledge of mass, everyday cultures, assessing the formation of corporate culture.
12. Know the cultural policy of the state and accepted official documents on the experience of preserving world and domestic cultural heritage.
13. Know the basics of organizing and designing cultural and leisure activities, the basics of financial literacy and the legal framework for combating corruption in business

Program passport

Speciality Name
Cultural Studies
Speciality Code
6B03102
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Ancient and Medieval Culture
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is formation of ability to evaluate the historical contribution of Greco-Roman antiquity and Middle Ages to world culture; to acquaint with spiritual features of ancient Greek mythology, religion, art, science; reveal specifics of the creative activity of medieval society, role of the church, universities, architecture.

Ancient Culture
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate the scientific and methodological approaches to the study of the trends in the development of ancient culture; analyse the patterns of its development, the stages of development of ancient culture, apply the methodology, the main categories.

Beauty in Theory of Culture, Modern Culture and the Body
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is formation of ability to evaluate role and place of «beautiful» as central category in culture system; analyze modern views on body and phenomenon of hyperrealistic body in modern culture; comprehend problem of corporality, concept of «beauty» and culture of «body» in new virtual conditions.

Contemporary culture and the culture of Modernism
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of ability to critically evaluate modern culture, ideas about basic principles of its formation; consideration of the concept of avant-garde and development of new language of modernism, its specifics, historical background, concepts of modernism in scientific literature, new methods of reflecting reality.

Cultural Anthropology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability for the scientific and methodological students’ views and the theoretical and methodological foundations of cultural anthropology. The study of the society functioning defined by culture among different peoples. Students study differences between physical anthropology and philosophical anthropology.

Cultural Heritage and Monuments of World Culture
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively assess current issues, especially the study and preservation of monuments of world culture, the role of monuments of world culture and cultural heritage in the cultural life of nations, methods of studying monuments of world cultural heritage.

Culture and Marginality
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively assess the essence of marginalization; the specifics of the phenomenon of marginality; the role and importance of marginal entities for the Kazakh society of the post-Soviet period; differentiate the methodology of studying culture, marginality, their main characteristics.

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.

Esthetics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate the subject area of aesthetics, the history of aesthetic thought; the masterpieces of world and national cultural content; the main development directions established in various areas of aesthetic thought; synthesization of information in philosophy and culture.

Ethics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically analyse scientific and methodological approaches in the study of the characteristics of morality; the main content of moral qualities and moral norms; the specifics of the main directions and trends in the development of humanistic main values.

European culture of the XX th century and society
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to critically assess integral form of European culture of the 20th century, analyze specifics of its nationally differentiated existence; acquaint with its main stages, its cultural types, the functioning and nature of the system of spiritual values of the era.

Folklore & Oral Traditions
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate scientific and methodological approaches to various practices of folklore, national art traditions, and genres of folklore; differentiate the distinctive and expressive means of folklore from literature; analyse folklore text; identify in the text such folklore genres.

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.

Global Media Culture, Communication and Social Network
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate communication as a culture, intercultural communication; to form students' critical thinking in the study of the problems of global media culture, communication, social networks; apply the methods of research of global media culture, communication, social networks.

History of New age Culture
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate the historical, philosophical, sociocultural conditions of the formation of a new time culture, scientific and methodological approaches to the study of the main cultural monuments, its prominent representatives, the specificity of the culture of the modernity.

History of the Kazakh Culture
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to analyse the history of Kazakh culture; main trends in the development of the history of Kazakh culture; apply the methodology, the main categorical and conceptual apparatus, the main approaches, methods of studying the history of Kazakh cultural heritage.

History of the Modern Age Culture
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate the contribution of modernism to painting, to form a critical approach in the study of the problems of culture of modernism; the main stages of the development of modernism culture, modern art’s main types and genres.

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 - Рurpose: ensuring the qualitative assimilation of the Kazakh (Russian) language as a means of social, intercultural, professional communication through the formation of communicative competencies. The following are studied: the system of phonetic, lexical, grammatical means of language, ideas about language as a cultural phenomenon and about the specifics of speech culture; language as an element of the national linguistic picture of the world; the status of the Kazakh (Russian) language in the world space.

Kazakh Culture and Contemporaneity
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively interpret the place and role of the Kazakh culture in the context of modernity, traditions and innovations in the Kazakh culture in the modern era; based on the cultural analysis, differentiate the characteristics of the cultural development.

Kazakh Decorative art and World Art
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively analyse the role of modern art in the representation of the main characteristics of the concept “beauty” in the modern era, the essence of decorative and applied art, cultural aspects of symbols in decorative and applied art.

Kazakh Decorative Art, Folklore and World Art
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is formation of the ability to evaluate aesthetic and artistic features of Kazakh arts and crafts; analyze its innovative approaches and images; substantiate role and place of arts and crafts and folklore in world art; differentiate distinctive and expressive features of folklore in world art.

Medieval Culture
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the theoretical and methodological base of a cultural specialist, the formation of the ability to analytically explore the characteristics of the formation of science and education, the religious and philosophical thinking of the Middle Ages; ideological principles, patterns of its culture.

Methods and Methodology of Cultural Studies
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to differentially apply a set of methods in the study of various cultural objects, theoretical and methodological principles and methods of cultural research in relation to a different class of cultural phenomena, objectively assess its place, and its role.

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+MT+RK2+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.

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+MT+RK2+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.

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+MT+RK2+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.

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+MT+RK2+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.

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.

Philosophy and Theory of Culture
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate the basic principles and provisions of the philosophy of culture; the content of the history of European, national cultural philosophical thought, apply the methodology of philosophy and the theory of culture that studies its new phenomena.

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 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.

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.

Renaissance and Modern Age Culture
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is formation of ability critically evaluate humanism, main features and paradigms of artistic thought of the Renaissance culture; understand the peculiarities of philosophical thought of the culture of the New Age; distinguish between features of the styles of classicism, baroque, rococo and gothic;

Semiotics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to evaluate achievements in the field of semiotics; the main stages of the history and patterns of development of semiotics as a science; differentiate the subject area, research methods of semiotics; apply the categorical apparatus of the modern semiotics study.

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.

The Culture Renaissance
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically differentiate the historical-philosophical and socio-cultural conditions of the formation of the Renaissance culture, the stages of the development of the Renaissance culture; major trends in the development of the Renaissance culture; apply cultural-philosophical approach in the study.

Theories of Kazakh Culture
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to analyse the main provisions, the ideas of the theory of Kazakh culture, the main trends of its development; apply the methodology, the main categorical and conceptual apparatus, the main approaches and methods of studying the Kazakh culture theory.

Theory and history of Kazakh culture
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is objectively evaluate issues of theory and history of Kazakh culture; features of formation of national culture in a historical retrospective in the context of development of horse-nomadic civilization and traditional culture; apply systematic approach in studying westernization and globalization of the Central Asian region.

Theory of mass culture
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate modern studies of mass culture; phenomena of mass culture; subject area, methods of research of mass culture, the state and development of mass culture gaps in the theories of XX and XXI centuries; systematize their information.

Youth Culture and the Mass-Media
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively assess the socio-cultural foundations of youth culture, the media, the historical and socio-economic conditions of the formation of youth culture, the genesis, the value system of modern youth subculture; main directions of youth culture: culture and history.

Youth Culture, the Mass-Media and Marginality
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is formation of ability objectively assess socio-cultural foundations of youth culture, social conditions for modern youth culture formation, their value system. Analyze influence of mass media on formation of youth ideology. Demonstrate positive level of Marginality in culture, variety of cultural forms and phenomena.

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).

Data for 2021-2024 years

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; assessment tools of the teachings of Abai; the essence and meaning of Abai’s doctrine.

Abstractionis m and Constructivis m in the 20th century
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate trends in the areas of abstractionism and constructivism of the art of the 20th century, abstract art’s symbol meaning; analyse the main trends in abstract art; apply both the study systematic and integrated approaches in it.

Al-Farabi and Modernity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Aim of the discipline is 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.

Art and Film
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate the problem of interpretation of skeptic art in modern cinema, the style of social realism, analyse the meaning of film and art in the 21st century, the history of niche films, the mass market’s critical comprehension.

Art and Market
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability for independent critical thinking and understanding the art market process. The main aspects: Art-management; The historical relationship evolution between the economy and art; Methods; Comparative analysis; Nature, structure, functions, basic concepts and art, market values; The art commercialization.

Asian and Europen Cinema: comparative analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is evaluate history of development of Asian and European cinema, features of their formation and mutual influence; master methods of comparative analysis in order to identify their specifics; to distinguish between general and special in development trends of global film industry; interpret modern film process.

Asian Cinema
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability for independent critical assessment and interpretation of the main genres and directions of Asian cinema; evaluation of the historical and cultural state of Asian cinema; systematize the genres of contemporary Asian cinema; substantiate the significance and role of Asia.

Basics of cultural and leisure activities
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic system of knowledge about cultural and leisure activities as a unity of theory, methodology and principles of organization. A special feature of this discipline is its practice-oriented nature. The course will allow the student to master the basics of organizing cultural and leisure activities, its organizational structure, the main directions, and forms of work, as well as the functional responsibilities of specialists in this field.

Basics of Financial Literacy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form rational financial behavior in students based on building a direct connection between understanding financial information and their practical application for making competent and informed decisions regarding personal finances and increasing their economic security, as well as the ability to critically evaluate and analyze processes related to protection their rights and interests as consumers of financial services through the use of financial instruments, including digital technologies.

Beauty in Theory, Culture and Contemporary
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: The influence of visual communication on the formation of beauty`s standards. Concept of beauty. Spiritual beauty. Theories of beauty and contemporary art. Postmodern art. Aesthetics. Perception of beauty in the media. Standards of physical beauty in different media. Eros and physical beauty.

Contemporary cultural diffusion: problems and solutions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the state of modern societies from the point of view of cultural diffusion, mutual penetration of cultural forms, samples, elements of spiritual and material culture, their relevance and borrowing. The course develops in the student such skills as deep immersion into a particular culture, analysis of borrowed elements, historical and cultural conditions of contact, etc.

Contemporary Culture and Europen Cinema
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate the main trends in the development of European cinema; specific types of the genre of historical cinema; the specifics of the current state of European cinema; apply semiotic, structuralist, narrative methods of film analysis and psychoanalysis.

Contemporary Culture and the Body
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: Female body in Western culture. Masculinity in modern culture. Influence of modern society on body culture. Problems of body culture. The idea of «body in modern society». Anthropology of human body. Body culture in the context of a new critical school. Social time. Theories of social space. Soul and body. Homily triad.

Corporate culture: basic principles and values
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the study of corporate culture as a form of organizational culture, including values, traditions, and norms of behavior. This subject allows not only to study theoretical material, but also to form in the student an understanding of the need for integration into the processes of collective development of culture, to be able to adapt, share values and identify to solve collective goals.

Cultural Anthropology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability for the scientific and methodological students’ views and the theoretical and methodological foundations of cultural anthropology. The study of the society functioning defined by culture among different peoples. Students study differences between physical anthropology and philosophical anthropology.

Cultural policy of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the main legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which reveal the main directions of cultural policy. Topics such as “General vision for the development of the cultural sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, “Priority directions of cultural policy”, “Modern approaches to understanding the role of culture in the formation of a new socio-cultural environment”, etc. are considered.

Culture and Civilisation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline is a theoretical course that forms the scientific and methodological views of students. A necessary element in the preparation of future humanities for the general individual culture and in developing professional skills, which are expressed in understanding the cultural value core and creating the high purpose of cultural forms.

Designing in cultural and leisure activities
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is theoretical and practical training in the technology of organizing and designing cultural and leisure activities. As part of the study of the discipline, the following are considered: design goals and objectives; design history; Project structure typology of projects; requirements for design work; Project phases types of project presentations.

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 concepts of environmental management, implementing the principles of harmonious optimization of human interaction with nature. 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 - The aim of the discipline is the gaining of basic knowledge in the theory and practice of creating one's own business, necessary for the formation of: economic way of thinking; focus on commercially realisable industrial-innovative projects. The main conditions of internal and external environment of entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized businesses; state regulation and the role of the state for the entrepreneurial environment are considered.

Ethnoculture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate the diversity of value-semantic orientations of various social, national, religious, professional communities, scientific and methodological approaches, theoretical and conceptual studies of various ethnocultural communities; assessing the differences in intercultural communication, communication theories, and peoples’ ethnic culture.

Everyday culture: theory and problems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the substantive characteristics of everyday culture as a set of syncretic aspects of social life. The course gives the student theoretical knowledge, and also develops general cultural competencies of everyday life, allows him to constructively establish interpersonal and business relationships, and helps him understand the need for skills to harmonize relationships with society.

Feminist Cultural Studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to assess the history of gender development, feminist cultural ecology; form students' critical approach to the study of problems of gender and women's studies; main theories of gender, feminism, masculinity; apply key elements of gender issues in society, culture.

Feminist Cultural Studies and Gender
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is critically evaluate feminist cultural studies, methodology and methods of gender research, to analyze gender as a basic factor in social stratification; understand the mechanism of gender reproduction in socio-political and cultural processes, institutions - family, education, religion; master the categorical-conceptual apparatus of gender studies.

Gender and Women’s Studies in Humanities
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to assess the history of gender development, feminist cultural ecology; form students' critical approach to the study of problems of gender and women's studies; main theories of gender, feminism, masculinity; apply key elements of gender issues in society, culture.

Global Media Culture, Communication and Social Network
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to critically evaluate communication as a culture, intercultural communication; to form students' critical thinking in the study of the problems of global media culture, communication, social networks; apply the methods of research of global media culture, communication, social networks.

Kazakh Culture and Contemporaneity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: an objective interpretation of the place and role of Kazakh culture in the context of modernity, tradition and innovation in Kazakh culture in the modern era; differentiation of the features of Kazakhstani development and ethnic Kazakh culture in the context of global changes based on cultural analysis; systematization of information on the specifics of the modern Kazakh culture development.

Legal Bases of Corruption Control
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose 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.

Methodology and Methods of Cultural Studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to differentially apply a set of methods in the study of various cultural objects, theoretical and methodological principles and methods of cultural research in relation to a different class of cultural phenomena, objectively assess its place, and its role.

Myths of the peoples of the world
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study myth as a principle of understanding the world and serving as the main mechanism of cultural continuity and a model of significant forms of human behavior. By studying the phenomenon of myth, students gain knowledge about the myths of the peoples of the world, and how the mythological heritage is reflected in cultural traditions, religion, literature, theater, and fine arts.

Nomadic Culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate, interpret the features, achievements, value system and influence of the nomads' lifestyle on their culture, objectively evaluate the place and role of the nomadic culture of the peoples of Northern and Central Asia, nomadic religion features.

Nomadology and Kazakh Nomadic Culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to analyze concepts of;Nomadology;Nomadic culture', origin, types of Nomadic culture, know Kazakh nomadic culture: traditions, customs, languages, art, religions; apply comparative cultural analysis of features of development of Nomadic and Contemporary culture in context of global changes.

Policy in the field of protection of cultural heritage of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the unique cultural objects of Kazakhstan, identified during the implementation of the state program “Madeni Mura”; Kazakh monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List; as well as global trends characterizing the cultural policies of developed countries in the field of preserving cultural objects, their practices, and models for managing cultural development, etс.

Scientific Research Methods
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to form a methodological and scientific culture, a system of knowledge, skills and abilities in the organization and conduct of scientific research. General scientific research methods are studied, including methods of searching, processing, systematization, analysis, synthesis, generalization and argumentation of scientific information to obtain the objective content of scientific knowledge.

Semiotics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to evaluate achievements in the field of semiotics; the main stages of the history and patterns of development of semiotics as a science; differentiate the subject area, research methods of semiotics; apply the categorical apparatus of the modern semiotics study.

Theory of Mass Culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to objectively evaluate modern studies of mass culture; phenomena of mass culture; subject area, methods of research of mass culture, the state and development of mass culture gaps in the theories of XX and XXI centuries; systematize their information.

Data for 2021-2024 years

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.

Production
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to form the ability to read flow charts of chemical production, to justify the choice of equipment, materials and design and design solutions on the example of a specific chemical enterprise, to implement the competencies obtained during the development of the module to perform production tasks during the practice. The practice is aimed at mastering the structure, regulations, equipment and materials of specific chemical industries.

Professional (educational)
  • 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.

Data for 2021-2024 years