PhD program
Modernization of Political Systems

Modernization of Political Systems

QUALIFICATION

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

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Investigate the history of the development of political thought, the political system and its institutions, mechanisms of power implementation and governance;
2. Utilize scientific methodological and source-based materials, classical and postmodernist developments in political science concepts;
3. Conduct interdisciplinary research to substantiate well-considered, new scientific results in studies;
4. Provide recommendations during the implementation of applied research in the field of political science in accordance with modern societal demands based on critical assessment of political processes in Kazakhstani society, using contemporary methodology and innovative information processing methods;
5. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the direction of political science, provide an objective assessment and examination if necessary;
6. Present the obtained research results to the scientific community, public through public speeches at conferences, dialogues, and expert platforms;
7. Use conceptual and cognitive methodologies in the study of global challenges in political science;
8. Conduct a comparative analytical review and content analysis of scientific sources, information internet resources for critical assessment, systematic generalization, and its application in the scientific and educational space.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Modernization of Political Systems
Speciality Code
8D03108
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline develops the competence of doctoral students in presenting the results of scientific activity in writing. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will be able to present the results of scientific research taking into account the requirements of the international scientific community; will acquire the skills of setting a productive research question and developing methodological tools, developing the skills of searching and selecting scientific literature, will acquire the skills of critical reading and reasoned discussion; will prepare a scientific article for publication in a peer-reviewed publication.

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.

Political reforms in Kazakhstan
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline provides a holistic, systematic analysis of the process of political reforms in Kazakhstan. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will acquire the skills to identify the features of political reforms in Kazakhstan, to understand the meanings and tasks of political reform in Kazakhstan, to determine the stages of political reforms in Kazakhstan, to construct models of political reforms in various spheres.

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This discipline forms the skills of mastering the main methods of scientific research in the study of the modernization of political systems, which include general logical methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, abstraction, and ascent from the abstract to the concrete, a combination of historical and logical analysis), empirical methods (use of statistics, content analysis, survey, interviewing, focus groups) and theoretical methods (institutional, normative, functional, systemic structural-functional, behaviorist, socio-psychological method, comparative, historical).

The state and modernization of the political system
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline examines the role and functions of the state as a leading subject of modernization of the political system in the context of globalization. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will master the competence of determining the features of the development of states, taking into account the modernization processes in the modern world, as well as the features of the modernization of the political system of modern Kazakhstan.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Contemporary ethnopolitics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline studies the theoretical and methodological foundations of the phenomenon of ethnicity and its functions in political processes. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student acquires the skills of revealing the content of the main concepts of the ethnopolitical process and revealing the nature of ethnopolitical processes in the context of the tasks of national and state construction in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Democratization in the modern world
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline studies the peculiarities of the formation of the basic principles and practices of the functioning of democracy in diverse societies of the modern world at the regional and global levels. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will acquire the skills to study the basic theories of democracy, formulate mechanisms for resolving contradictions that arise during the formation of democratic processes in the modern world.

National security and sovereignty of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This discipline is designed to form the ability to determine the relationship and interaction of national security and sovereignty of Kazakhstan in the context of the transformation of the world order. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will be able to form conceptual approaches to the main stages of the implementation of the concept of national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan; to determine the main directions of foreign policy activities aimed at strengthening the country's sovereignty.

Transformation of the ideological space
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline reveals the nature, content, and consequences of the processes of transformation of the ideological space. As a result of studying the discipline, the doctoral student will be competent in a clear understanding and evaluation of the definition of "ideological space" and the ways of its transformation will be able to analyze the dynamics of the ideological space and justify the transformational potential of the main subjects of the ideological space.

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