Master degree program
Islamic Studies

Islamic Studies

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Arts

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1) explain the nature and specificity of Islamic studies and assess religious and Islamic phenomena, as well as substantiate the role of Islamic studies in modern integration processes;
2) to design various situations for the application of professional skills using the concept of world and Kazakh Islamic studies, to know their main representatives, schools and directions;
3) formulate and solve problems arising in the course of research activities;
4) compare the general and specific features in religious concepts of both antiquity and modernity, as well as formulate the main paradigms of Islamic teaching;
5) review Islamic studies, religious studies, philosophical, socio-political and scientific literature on the basis of a scientific analysis of trends in the social, economic, spiritual and cultural development of society;
6) evaluate from the standpoint of academic Islamic studies the phenomenon of Islamic experience in various national traditions;
7) create educational and research projects in the field of teaching methods of Islamic studies, the history of Kazakh and foreign Islamic studies;
8) review and submit materials about Islam to the media, government organizations of various profiles, public organizations, commercial and non-commercial structures.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Islamic Studies
Speciality Code
7M02205
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Classical texts of usul ad-din
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at the in-depth study of classical texts of Islam, including the work of Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi "Kitabut Tawhid", which is important for Sunni Islam. In the process of studying them, knowledge in the field of three aspects of the Maturidi faith will expand and deepen, namely: (Ilahiyat, Nubuuat, Samiyat).

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to acquire and improve competencies by international standards of foreign language education and to communicate in an intercultural, professional, and scientific environment. A master's student must integrate new information, understand the organization of languages, interact in society, and defend his point of view.

Hadith methodology
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to understand the methodology of hadith. The content of this discipline is: general principles of hadith compilation, its structure, theoretical and practical aspects, types of hadith, methods of identifying reliable and unreliable hadith, the problem of isnad and other methodological aspects of hadith studies.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: Understanding of modern philosophy as a system of scientific knowledge, including worldview in rational-theoretical comprehension. The discipline includes aspects of the evolution and development of scientific thinking, historical moments, the contribution of scientists and scientific schools to the formation of science, and ethical and social aspects of scientific activity.

Methodology of Islamic Studies
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course provides the development of skills in conducting expert examinations and processing their results, familiarity with and analysis of court proceedings, and mastering the methods of conducting Islamic expert examinations. The course covers: the methodological foundations of the science of Islam, the basics and differences of theoretical approaches to the interpretation of Islam, the features and specifics of the examination of constituent documents, the examination of Islamic educational programmes and religious topics in the media.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the subject is to form the ability to plan and conduct scientific research in the field of philology based on knowledge of the theoretical and methodological bases of organizing research activity. The training course forms the research culture of the future specialist. The subject is aimed at studying the methodology of scientific research, modern methods used in philology.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: To provide pedagogical theories and practical strategies for effective teaching in higher education, fostering critical thinking, and academic success. The course explores instructional methods, curriculum design, assessment techniques, and classroom management strategies preparing educators to create inclusive and stimulating learning environments.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Formation of knowledge about the fundamental concepts of management psychology for the practical application of the most critical aspects of management in professional interaction. Basic principles of management psychology, personality in management interactions, management of personality behavior, modern ideas, psychology of managing group phenomena, motivation, and practical reflection.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Contemporary Research of Fiqh
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline builds understanding of the contemporary study of human rights belonging to the individual and the problems of the responsibilities required of the individual. For example, the unprecedented problems of artificial insemination, transplantation, gender reassignment, etc. As well as modern Shariah studies of the relationships governing civil and property relations in public life, including such things as trade, borrowing, lending, renting, and mortgaging.

General Provisions in Shariah
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline develops the ability to understand the provisions in the Shariah. Its contents are the general principles of the Shariah, their theoretical and practical aspects, types, methods, foundations, conditions for their application, reasons, historical stages, background, development and perspectives of the general principles of the Shariah. This course focuses on several principles of Shariah and explains each of them.

Legal Aspects of Islamic Economics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The study of the discipline provides an opportunity to acquire knowledge of Islamic law related to trade and other monetary relations between people. Issues covered include: trade and types of contracts, terms of use, borrowing and lending issues, appointing a representative for economic contracts, opening partnerships, mudaraba and other topics related to Islamic economic rights.

Marriage and Family Relations in Shariah
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline examines the family rights of men and women in the Islamic Sharia. The course provides knowledge of the following issues: the law of matchmaking, the conditions and laws of marriage, the duties and requirements of a fiduciary, types of divorce, the rights of children and issues relating to women (hayz, nifas and idda).

Modern actual problems of Islam
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The subject is aimed at studying the current problems of Islam in accordance with classical religious texts, the ability to assess emerging phenomena, to concretize the role of scientific achievements, technology in solving religious problems, to acquaint with the activities of the world scientific centers of Fiqh, to master the functions of fatwa departments in religious administrations, mastering the principles of giving order to judgments, modern problems.

Problems of Mugamalat in Islam
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the problems of mughamalat in Islam. Its content includes the study of various types of agreements, such as trade, surety, lease, donation, representation, debt and partnership; types and conditions of contracts; conclusions on the implementation, continuation and completion of agreements. The types of agreements that are permitted and prohibited by the Islamic Sharia will also be considered.

slamic Studies Research Methods
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This course is aimed at the study of scientific approaches to the interpretation of verses and hadiths of the Quran, Sunnah. In the process of its study the following aspects are considered: ways and conditions of transferring sentences on the meaning of finality, concepts (common sense) and other approaches, provisions of madhhabs and movements, hadith of Prophet Muhammad as a source of truth, ways of reaching them (sahih, hasan, dagif).

The goals of Sharia (Makasid al-Sharia)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course is aimed at studying the purpose of Sharia law, its types, revealing their relationship with the rules of Usul al-Fiqh, Sharia regulations that are aimed at protecting human life, dignity, honor, property and other rights. The article reveals the correct use of the Sharia goal in solving modern problems of society and people.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.

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