Master degree program
Political Science

Political Science

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

to have a systematic understanding that allows to critically evaluate modern scientific schools, scientific research and theories in the field of political science;
2. to master the methods, techniques and techniques of political science analysis that are applicable to their own research, perform critical analysis and interpret the results obtained on the facts of domestic politics and international relations;
3. to evaluate management processes in public authorities and socio-political organizations, independently plan and solve problems at a professional level, to be ready for self-education and career growth;
4. to find science-based technological solutions to political problems in new and unfamiliar contexts.
5. to carry out political examinations, political diagnostics, to make forecasts of political processes independently, to participate in public expert activity;
6. to develop political and legal documents of a strategic and tactical nature, evaluate plans, projects, situations and possible risks, and the results of work performed within the framework of the tasks set.
7. to provide consulting services and analytical support to political parties, public organizations, business structures, media and other actors of the political process;
8. to carry out educational activities in higher education, to ensure the effectiveness of the educational process on the basis of classical and innovative methods of teaching socio-political disciplines.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Political Science
Speciality Code
7M03110
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

History and philosophy of science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at formation the skills of using methodology, methods, principles of philosophy of science in solving worldview, methodological problems of modern sciences in their professional research activities, the ability to critically analyze, evaluate scientific achievements, generate new ideas in the implementation research, practical problems in the field of professional activity

Modern International Relations and Global Development
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability to clarify the conceptual foundations of international relations, to explore international processes taking place on the world stage, to analyze methods of interstate regulation of the system of international relations, to correlate the processes of international life with the political and socio-economic situation in Kazakhstan, to critically assess the current facts of international relations and world politics.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to apply basic and special knowledge in the field of social sciences in research activities, master the methods of planning, conducting, and processing the results of experimental studies, conduct a scientific discussion using the evidence base obtained as a result of theoretical and practical scientific research, present the results of research work in a speech, report, information review, analytical report and article.

Pedagogy of higher education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the abilities of pedagogical activity in higher education on the basis of knowledge of higher school didactics, theories of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching, design of educational activities of the future lecturer with the use of credit technology of training, implementation of the Bologna process, mastering lecturing, curatorial skills using strategies and methods of training/education and assessment (TLA-strategies) in their professional field.

Political research design
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to choose, design and substantiate research design in accordance with a specific research task, to argue the choice of research methodology (master's thesis), apply general scientific, specific and diversified methods of research of political problems, use qualitative and quantitative, mixed, longitudinal, slice, panel and cohort types of research design.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Psychology of Managment
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at the formation of socio-psychological competence for objective assessment of psychological theories of management, leadership, dynamics of group development, team building, the features of psychology of the masses, crowd, psychological theories of communication, conflict resolution strategies necessary for their professional activities within framework of managerial relationships.

Public Administration
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the forms of interaction between the state and society in the process of public administration, to identify patterns of formation and functioning of government bodies, apply analytical skills for making and executing state management decisions, find adequate answers to the challenges of a dynamic social life.

Public Policy
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to determine the essence and types of Public Policy and management, explain the mechanisms for developing Public Policy, develop a direction of Public Policy, ensure the relationship of policy and management in professional activities, apply business games and other active methods in Public Policy and management, calculate managerial decisions in conflict situations.

War and Peace in the History of Civilization
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at analyzing the main types of civilizations, their features, classifying and comparing wars, critically assessing the consequences of wars for the development of an individual country, a group of countries, and the world community, their connection with the emergence and formation of civilizations, and developing constructive solutions in a conflict environment.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Central Asia in the world politics (in English)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing competencies in the field of political history of the "special geopolitical region of Central Asia", classifying the basic principles of interstate relations in the Central Asian region, identifying the features of political, economic, integration ties of post-Soviet and other Central Asian states and realizing Kazakhstan's national interests in the region.

Devolopment of Local Government in Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing competencies to develop program and target documents for solving issues of local importance, take into account the specifics of interaction between state bodies of local government with local self-government bodies, evaluate the effectiveness of local self-government bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, work with the population to increase the level of their civic participation in self-government bodies.

East in World Politics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to explain the historical dynamics of the emergence of the East-West dichotomy, use the methods of social sciences to study the political process of the countries of the East in the conditions of new global and regional centers, carry out a comparative analysis of political systems and processes within the framework of regional subsystems, carry out an expert assessment and forecasting of political processes in the countries of the East at the present stage.

Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: international experience and Kazakhstan (in English)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to explain diplomacy as a mechanism for implementing foreign policy, analyze the models of diplomacy of foreign countries and ways to implementation the best experience to the conditions of Kazakhstan, develop program-target documents for multilateral and integration diplomacy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Human rights: world experience and Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course examines human rights in the history of political and legal thought, the modern concept of human rights, experiences and trends in the development of the international system of protection of human rights and freedoms, national legislation, institutions and mechanisms to ensure the rights and freedoms of man and citizen in Kazakhstan.

Integration Processes in the Modern World
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline develops the ability to analyze theoretical approaches, levels of political and economic integration processes, identify the features of integration processes in regional, continental and global dimensions, integration ties of post-Soviet states, their basic principles, political determinants, and explore the practice of Kazakhstan as a participant in integration projects.

Interethnic relations in the modern world
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline examines theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of interethnic relations, determines the factors of interethnic tension in the modern world, identifies common patterns and specific features of ethnic policy in different countries, critically evaluates the practice of regulating interethnic conflicts in the near and far abroad and the Kazakh model of interethnic and intercultural interaction.

International Conflicts and Experience of Their Regulating
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to interpret the main theories and concepts of international conflicts, assess the level of tension and to apply in practice constructive technologies for the prevention and resolution of conflicts, develop mapping of international conflict, carry out conflict analysis and expertise.

Political Legitimacy: Practice and Historical Forms
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing skills in interpreting the problems of political legitimation using the latest theories, methodologies, the ability to explain the structure and mechanisms of political legitimation, use new methods of political legitimation, determine the level and threshold of legitimacy in solving professional tasks.

Political Marketing
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to explain the genesis of marketing in Politics, determine theoretical approaches to conducting marketing research in Politics, conduct a search for marketing information of what is happening on the political market, to identify the specifics of marketing activities in the political space, use technologies and marketing tools for marketing research, develop marketing strategies and programs.

Political values and ethnocultural pluralism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to: - to interpret the role of the cultural-symbolic approach in the study of ethno-cultural processes in Kazakhstan; - apply models of cultural and symbolic approach in the formation of the national identity of Kazakhstan; - analyze programs for the development of ethno-national processes in the field of ethno-national policy; - structurize the political values that characterize the formation of a single nation of Kazakhstan; - develop solutions, projects for the prevention and regulation of interethnic conflicts.

Public Service in the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the ability to identify the mechanisms of planning and implementation of the public service, distinguish between tools, methods and means of public service, formulate and solve problems related to public service, explain the essence of the modernization of the civil service in Kazakhstan, apply resource support for the management functions of state structures in accordance with their competence and powers.

Regional and Municipal Management in the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at considering the system of regional and municipal government, its emergence and formation, forms skills to find rational methods of this type of management in world practice, identify the features of regional policy and ensure interaction between the state and local government and self-government in Kazakhstan.

State and interfaith relations in the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to analyze the activities of registered religious associations and centers in Kazakhstan, to support interethnic and interfaith harmony as one of the priority of Public Policy in Kazakhstan, carry out the spiritual education of citizens in the conditions of peace and the consolidation of society, contribute to the prevention and fight against religious extremism and terrorism.

Strategic Planning of the Socio-political Processes in Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at mastering theoretical, methodological, methodological, informational and organizational approaches to strategic planning and the application of strategic planning methods at the macro and micro levels of Kazakhstani society with the condition of ensuring its effectiveness.

The USA and European Union in World Politics (in English)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline sets the abilities to interpret the strategic directions of the US and EU foreign policy, analyze the key political processes that influence the formation of the foreign policy of the US and EU countries, to classify the basic determinants of the foreign policy of developed countries to develop research models, present the results of research on the foreign policy activities of the US and the EU due to Kazakhstan’s policy.

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