PhD program
Ecology

Ecology

QUALIFICATION

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

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. use statistical methods for systemic analysis of the environment, identify of trends, connections and patterns;
2. to justify the economic feasibility of using environmentally friendly technologies for various industries;
3. to carry out scientific experiments on various methods for sample collection and laboratory measurements in ecology of living organisms and environmental protection;
4. systematize and interpret scientific theories and concepts of the latest trends in the field of environmental protection for use in the educational process;
5. differentiated use of modern information technologies to ensure environmental safety;
6. calculate environmental and man-made risks using new software products and mathematical methods to ensure environmental safety of production;
7. promote innovative technological, social and cultural sustainable development of society within the academic and professional context;
8. develop programs for effective management of natural resources and environmental stabilization;
9. to predict the direction of ecosystem development under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors for further prevention of environmental pollution;
10. to carry out original research based on the synthesis of new ideas, the results of which will be published in peer-reviewed journals for further promotion of scientific research;
11. to set tasks, to develop design and technologies of field research in solving specific problems of fundamental ecology;
12. to present scientific applied results to a wide scientific community and employers.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Ecology
Speciality Code
8D05207
Faculty
Geography and Environmental Sciences

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form professional competence and expand the communicative competence associated with analytical textual activity; to develop the skills of pragmatic thinking in doctoral students, the ability to analyze and correctly select the desired form of representation, depending on the goals and conditions of communication. The objectives of the discipline are to introduce the features of academic genres (annotation, abstract, analytical review, as well as messages about a scientific event (conference)); to determine the main goals of analytical text processing; to teach to analyze texts on professional topics. Studying the course will allow doctoral students to carry out professional activities related to searching for information in scientific databases, analyzing and referencing texts, working with various genres of academic writing; performing a comparative analysis of the scientific text in Russian and English to develop the ability to overcome socio-cultural difficulties caused by ignorance of the specifics of the English-language scientific style.

Bioenergy of living organisms
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Introduction to doctoral students with modern theoretical knowledge and scientific achievements of energy conversion in living systems, the structural and functional organization of cell membranes, the main energy-storing and energy-consuming processes and reactions occurring inside cells and associated with the vital functions of the body. Forming an idea about the possibilities of applying the acquired knowledge of the bioenergy of living organisms in professional activities, which is an integral stage in the development of professional skills and competencies of students in accordance with the requirements of the educational program.

Scientific Research Methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of this discipline is to master the basics of the methodology of scientific research, consideration of different levels of scientific knowledge. Study of the stages of conducting research, including the selection of the direction of research, staging of scientific and technical problems, conducting theoretical and experimental research, recommendations for formalization of the formulation The course is also aimed at reviewing the basics of inventive work, patent search and sample plan for a PhD dissertation

System Analysis in Ecology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of teaching the discipline is to form the ability to process environmental information on the basis of system analysis methods, to model and predict changes in natural and natural-man-made ecosystems of varying degrees of complexity. In the study of the discipline are considered: recommendations of system analysis for the choice of a model or system of models for modeling the natural environment

Data for 2023-2026 years

disciplines

Ecological and economic management of natural resources
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of teaching the discipline - to form the ability to plan and organize work on the implementation of environmental measures, to count their economic efficiency, to carry out the procedure of environmental management. In the study of the discipline are considered: environmental management system; methods assessment of natural resource potential; economic efficiency of environmental protection measures.

Environmentally Clean Technologies in Production
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of teaching the discipline is to form the ability to identify environmental problems associated with the production of various types of products and to be able to solve them through the use of environmentally friendly and resource-saving technologies. In the study of the discipline are considered: features of the organization of low-waste or non-waste production, innovative technologies for the use of renewable and inexhaustible natural resources, estimation of waste-free production by raw materials and energy balances.

Natural and urbanized ecosystems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to assess and apply modern concepts of urban environmental planning and design, environmental management in an urban setting. When studying the discipline, the following topics will be considered: Patterns of functioning of ecological systems in urban environments; Concepts of ecological urban planning according to the strategy of sustainable development of mankind; Natural and anthropogenic ecological processes in urban complexes and possible ways of their regulation and other.

Strategy of Environmental Security
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the mechanisms of formation of an effective state environmental policy in Kazakhstan, to assess the current state of environmental safety. When studying the discipline, the following topics will be considered: The functions of state environmental safety authorities; Methods of system management of geoprocesses; Legal support of environmental safety and other.

Data for 2023-2026 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 2023-2026 years