PhD program
Oriental Studies

Oriental Studies

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this program, it is expected that students will be able to:
1. Use fundamental training in research, academic, organizational and other professional areas of Oriental Studies to create specific measurable results in the form of scientific, academic and creative products;
2. Systematize and interpret scientific theories, methods of analysis of current historical, political, socio-economic and cultural processes of the development of the modern East for the preparation of informational and analytical materials on current and forecasted events in eastern countries;
3. Analyze the trends of modern science, critically evaluate various theories, concepts and approaches, identify promising areas of research in the framework of specific works - dissertations, reports, articles;
4. Formulate and solve modern scientific and practical problems, develop applied projects and programs in native and foreign languages that meet international and domestic standards and requirements;
5. Generate the process of communication, apply the technique of bilateral interpretation and translation from Eastern languages and into Eastern languages in different genres, demonstrating various translation strategies;
6. Eeffectively carry out scientific projects, apply modern information technologies, including methods for obtaining, processing and storing scientific information, methods of statistical analysis, reporting skills, interpretation of data in native and foreign languages;
7. Develop skills in modern oriental languages, as well as Kazakh, Russian and Western languages at a level sufficient for international cooperation and joint research;
8. In the process of preparing essays, annotations, summaries on the topic of scientific research systematize international academic standards, demonstrate their results at a professional scientific level;
9. Integrate and analyze independently acquired new knowledge for the preparation of analytical materials and recommendations, using the relevant literature in the field of Oriental Studies, and information materials on the studied regions;
10. Create new curricula and develop innovative methods of organizing the educational process in higher education;
11. Contribute through original research to the framework of existing knowledge in the field of Oriental Studies and the study of a particular region, to prepare a series of publications on the topic of scientific research;
12. In various kinds of publications, show an independent thinking and interpretation of cultural, historical, linguistic discourses, as well as an understanding of others, including Eastern cultures and identities in the past and / or in the present.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Oriental Studies
Speciality Code
8D02209
Faculty
Oriental Studies

disciplines

Academic Writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to prepare a scientific text, apply scientific argumentation; evaluate the quality of research in the subject area; The discipline is aimed at studying: the scientific style of speech; semantic and structural components of scientific research; salient features of oral / written scientific speech; monological and dialogical genres of oral scientific speech; formulas of speech etiquette inherent in oral / written scientific communication;

Fundamental Problems and Concepts of Modern Oriental Studies
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the basic theories and concepts of modern oriental studies to interpret the fundamental problems and paradigms of studying the East. During the course study, students will have the ability to determine the processes occurring in the countries of the East, in the context of world civilizations; evaluate the basic theoretical concepts, dynamics, problems in key areas of oriental science using them as a theoretical justification in fundamental and applied research.

Methodology of Area Studies (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline: - To form the ability to apply modern theories and methodologies in regional studies. The course forms the practical foundations and methods of researching the regions of the East and creating a source base. Application of theories and methodologies in research projects, developments and analysis of modern regional processes of the East. The ability to use the acquired knowledge in the field of specific empirical research, social and humanitarian sciences in solving professional problems.

PhD thesis writing and defence
  • Number of credits - 12
  • Type of control - Докторская диссертация
  • Description - The main purpose of "PhD thesis writing and defence": of a doctoral dissertation is the formation of the doctoral students' ability to disclose the content of research work for the defense of the thesis. During the study of course, doctoral student's should be competent in: 1. to substantiate the content of new scientifically grounded theoretical and experimental results that allow to solve a theoretical or applied problem or are a major achievement in the development of specific scientific directions; 2. explain the assessment of the completeness of the solutions to the tasks assigned, according to the specifics of the professional sphere of activity; 3. they can analyze alternative solutions for solving research and practical problems and assess the prospects for implementing these options; 4. apply the skills of writing scientific texts and presenting them in the form of scientific publications and presentations. 5. to plan and structure the scientific search, clearly highlight the research problem, develop a plan / program and methods for its study, formalize, in accordance with the requirements of the State Educational Establishment, the scientific and qualification work in the form of a thesis for a scientific degree Doctor of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on specialty «8D07502 – Standardization and certification (by industry)». During the study of the discipline doctoral student will learn following aspects: Registration of documents for presentation of the thesis for defense. Information card of the dissertation and registration-registration card (in the format Visio 2003). Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the institution, in which the preliminary defense of the thesis took place. Cover letter to the Higher Attestation Commission. Expert conclusion on the possibility of publishing the author's abstract. Expert opinion on the possibility of publishing a dissertation. Minutes of the meeting of the counting commission. Bulletin for voting. A shorthand record of the meeting of the dissertational council. List of scientific papers. Response of the official opponent. A review of the leading organization. The recall of the scientific adviser.

Scientific Research Methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to give basic ideas about the general laws of the development of science, to form the ability to use specific methods of scientific activity in the field of Oriental Studies. The discipline forms the theoretical foundations and practical skills of scientific research for the analysis of current problems and processes in the countries of the East at different periods of development and ensures that doctoral students receive professional training in the field of scientific research methodology that allows them to successfully work in the chosen direction. The training course is aimed at developing the methodological culture necessary for the organization and implementation of scientific research and pedagogical activities in the field of Oriental Studies.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Discursive Analysis of the Oriental Text in the Modern Context
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to identify the linguistic features of various texts and types of oral speech, a sequence of social interactions and narrative structures. The training course forms interdisciplinary approaches and skills in the application of discursive analysis methods, the theory of speech acts, sociolinguistics of interactions, ethnography of communication, and pragmatics. During the course study, students will have the ability to:: - identify and propose a description of the linguistic features of various texts and types of oral speech; - in the works of interdisciplinary nature compare the sequence of social interactions and structures of the narrative; - - to systematize the forms and functions of the language, the internal connections of written texts and colloquial speech of the language community; - use interdisciplinary approaches and skills in the application of the linguistic, social, ethno-communicative, and other theories in the implementation of independent research and discussion of their results in the professional community. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: Methods of discursive analysis. Forms and functions of the language, internal communication of written texts and colloquial speech of the language community. Social interactions. Narrative structures. Theory of speech acts. Theories of sociolinguistics. Ethnography communication. Theory of pragmatics.

Discursive practices of the Eastern text in the modern context
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to identify the linguistic features of various texts and types of oral speech, a sequence of social interactions and narrative structures. The training course forms interdisciplinary approaches and skills in the application of discursive analysis methods, the theory of speech acts, sociolinguistics of interactions, ethnography of communication, and pragmatics.

East Language for the Research Purposes
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - he purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the lexical and grammatical features of the scientific language of the studied language; apply information technology in practice to generalize scientific information, build new scientific facts in the context of general knowledge in the studied oriental language; present the results of scientific research in the form of scientific articles and reports in the native and oriental languages. The discipline is aimed at studying the differentiation of the scientific vocabulary of the language being studied in the areas (historical, philological, socio-cultural); the main grammatical problems characteristic of scientific and professional speech in the studied oriental language; epistemological, cognitive and communicative function of the scientific style; features of the academic and popular science sub-styles of the language being studied.

Eastern language for cognitive and communicative purposes
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to superimpose the structure of the Eastern language under study on the expanding cognitive and communicative horizons of researchers. Maintaining Eastern language skills and expanding lexical and semantic dimensions to the level of fluent expression of profound theoretical concepts requires constant practical and analytical training using various-materials, discussions with experts and the scientific community, which is the content of the proposed course.

Intellectual History of the Orient
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze and interpret the social and intellectual context of Eastern societies, questions of cognition, genesis and development of sciences, ideas, creative activity of society, social history. The training course forms the skills of interpretation and assessment of the specifics of Eastern thinking.

Language and Identity in the East: Discourse Analysis(in English)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to form the ability to determine and interpret the mutual influences of language and identity by the method of discourse analysis. The ability to construct in an accessible form a holistic view of cultural, linguistic, social processes, phenomena occurring in Eastern societies, affecting ethnic, mental, humanitarian, religious aspects of life of the peoples of the East in the performed scientific and popular science materials.

Methodology for studying Eastern texts
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to formulate hypotheses and tasks of studying Eastern texts, to choose the latest scientific research methods for conducting basic research in the field of Oriental studies. During the course study, students will have the ability to formulate hypotheses and tasks of studying the proposed written sources and test them, apply the theoretical and methodological principles of oriental sciences in the analysis of specific texts in different genres.

Modernization of Spiritual and Material Culture of Eastern Societies (in English)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to systematize and interpret the processes of cultural modernization of the East. The training course forms the skills of a scientific historical and cultural analysis of ideas and artifacts, a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding the source-study base on topical issues.

The Methodology of Eastern Written Sources Study
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to formulate hypotheses and tasks of studying written sources, to choose the latest scientific research methods for conducting basic research in the field of Oriental studies. During the course study, students will have the ability to: - formulate hypotheses and tasks of studying the proposed written sources and test them; - apply the theoretical and methodological principles of oriental sciences in the analysis of specific texts in different genres; - use specific methods of source research to work with sources significant for the history of national science and culture and for Eastern countries; - conduct an effective search for specialized literature in Eastern and Western languages in the field of source study to create their own research base; - prepare scientific reviews, annotations, to make abstracts and bibliographies on the subject of the research. - systematize bibliographic descriptions, main bibliographic sources in Western and Eastern languages and create search engines using modern technical means. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: Source study as a special method of cognition of the real world. Methods of source study and interdisciplinary aspects. Structure of the source study. Historical conditions for the emerging of the source. The problem of authorship of the source. The author's text, work and its functioning in the sociocultural community. The functioning of the work in culture. Source interpretation and content analysis.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

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