Master degree program
History

History

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Arts

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1 Carry out research activities in the professional field of national, world history of historical demography, history of cultural heritage, demonstrate deep knowledge of the current state and trends in the development of scientific knowledge in the field of methods and tools of historical research;;
ON2 To create prospects for the application of new approaches that have emerged in the “new historical science” (microhistorical, macrohistorical historical and anthropological, etc.) and ways of constructing interdisciplinary approaches in modern science and applying a heuristic research model;
ON3Analyze the evolution and transformation of historical research methods and distinguish strategies for applying interdisciplinary methods to related social and humanitarian disciplines (history of mentality, anthropology, psychology, philology, linguistics);
ON4 Demonstrate a systematic understanding of modern research practices based on modern interdisciplinary approaches and analyze the evolution of interdisciplinary methods and the prospects for their application within areas of historical knowledge;
ON5 Analyze and compare scientific approaches and major trends in the field of national and world history and interpret the essence of new approaches to the study of the fundamental problems of the socio-economic, political, constitutional and legal development of foreign countries;
ON6 To formulate the principles of research of ethnic, ethno cultural and demographic processes of the national state and integrate the knowledge gained and explain the features of the scientific concept of use in the cognitive and professional activities of the historical demography of Kazakhstan;
ON7 Plan research, including familiarization with the subject of research, justification of the goal, research objectives and methods of historical research and the use of specific logical and mathematical methods, social and humanitarian, as well as natural sciences;
ON8 Master the research procedures and methods of integration into the world educational system of original scientific research as hermeneutic, intuitive-personal, truth layers;
ON9 To critically analyze and adapt the cultural heritage, taking into account their historical, political, social, economic, demographic, ethnic, cultural, religious features in the modern educational system;
ON 10 Integrate the knowledge gained for the development of historical science and the solution of standard scientific and professional tasks, differentiate the problems associated with the study and systematization of the main historical tasks, research methods;
ON11 Apply expert and analytical skills for the preparation and processing of information to ensure the practical activity of analytical and research centers, public and state organizations and the media;
ON12 Use the skills to master the technology of establishing professional contacts and development of professional communication, including in English, Turkish and other languages, and determine the prospects and opportunities for the development and transformation of social and humanitarian knowledge in foreign and domestic historical science.

Program passport

Speciality Name
History
Speciality Code
7M02210
Faculty
History

disciplines

Actual problems of Fatherland History
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the course is the formation of abilities to analyze new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of national history, including the change of research strategies and historiographic innovations. The course will explore the epistemological roots of modern cognitive paradigms, interdisciplinary approaches to the problems of oral historiography, historical geography, social and economic history.

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 purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Innovation to study of World History fundamental problems
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - When studying this cruise, new conceptual approaches to the key problems of world history are analyzed, the criteria and variants of periodization of history, the problem of continuity and discontinuity in the transition from antiquity to medievalism, revolutionary and evolutionary paths from traditional to industrial society, political theories and alternative ideologies of the new recent times, the national liberation movement and the collapse of colonial empires, analyzed centrifugal and centripetal trends in the world.

Interdisciplinary approaches to modern historical science
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to understand and evaluate the communicative context of the educational process. The course forms a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding the positive interaction of subjects of education, the choice of educational services; it is aimed at studying: the influence of communications on the educational process, the integration of personal communication resources, new communication technologies, the development of social communications and communication practices.

Introduction to Public History
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline is aimed to study issues related to determine specific examples of how the historical past is challenged and used in the modern world.Discipline is aimed at exploring various ways of representing history through the broadcast, print media, museum expositions, tourist tours, commercial practices, selection criteria and ways of preserving cultural heritage in archives and book depositories.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline to form the ability to apply practical skills in the organization and planning of scientific research. The discipline studies: forms and methods of planning, organization and design of scientific articles and dissertations; forms of summarizing the results of scientific research in presentations, speeches, projects, articles.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

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.

Theoretical and methodical problems of sources study and historiography
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form the ability to understand the features of the subject, tasks, methods of microhistory, to synthesize the opinions existing in modern historical science about the possibility of combining micro- and macro-research practices. The course studies the problematic field of microhistorical research direction, the problems and conceptual apparatus of microhistory, the main stages of the origin and development of microhistory in different national historiographic schools.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Actual problems of the formation of the Kazakh Khanate
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The appearance on the political arena and in East Dasht-i-Kipchak of national Kazakh state was the first legitimate result of political, social, ethnic, cultural, spiritual and governmental processes from ancient times to the XV century. Secondly all the historical trends and initiatives in the region directly connected with the history of the Kazakh Khanate. However, studying the history of States on the territory of Kazakhstan to the formation of the Kazakh khanate, the students will determine the principles of succession and continuity of state tradition. Actual problems of the Kazakh khanate: theoretical problems source, historiographical, political, ethnic background, origin of the Kazakh khans, the process of formation and periodization of history of the Kazakh khanate. Will consider the problem of the origin of the ethnonym "Kazakh".

Cross-Cultural Encounters in Ancient and Mediaeval Central Asia
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course is aimed at understanding the nature and forms of cross-cultural encounters in ancient and mediaeval Central Asia. The study of the course will allow to get knowledge and competences on the methodological, historical and cultural aspects of the cross-cultural encounters, such as concepts of the space, dialogue, the “Other”, (imaginative) geography and mapping of the region, key narratives, cross-religious interaction and its symbolical representation in the art and artifacts. The issues of contemporary intercultural interactions, programmes and activities of UNESCO in the field will also be covered by the course.

Demografic and migration policy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - While studying the discipline, master students will study the following aspects: to determine the basis of demographic and migration processes effectiveness in politics, the value of indicators related to making forecasts related to human processes in society. The course covers the subject, the basic principles of demographic and immigration policy, management of human demographic behavior, modern ideas about the population according to its characteristics and values in politics.

Demographic history of the independent Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Course goal - to formulate a scientific understanding of the demographic and migration policies, current problems of modern state, the ability to use the results in a scientific study of demographic and migration changes during the national census and global unregulated migrations. During the course to formulate master students will get following abilities: 1. understand the current state of the theory and practice of demographic and migration processes in politics; 2. to analyze the methodological problems and peculiarities of the scientific research of the main indicators of demographic and migration processes in politics; 3. to use and describe the demographic research methods and migration processes in order to improve the efficiency of managing the political process.

Ethno-geosymbolism of the nomadic culture of the peoples of Central Asia
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This course includes the study of the ethno-, political and cultural genesis problems of the Kazakh people as the Turkic world part history, including the processes of ethno-cultural synthesis, the stages of the traditional worldview formation in the context of new data from interdisciplinary research.

European Union Strategy for Central Asia
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course is taught by one of the leading international actors actively present in Central Asia - the European Union. The purpose of this discipline is to study the growing dynamics of bilateral relations between the European Union and Central Asia, the EU-Central Asia strategy, which includes a whole set of goals and values, the characteristics of the countries of Central Asia and individual approaches to each of them, with elements of regional cooperation.

Genesis of Traditional Islam in Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to reveal the phases and factors of the emergence of local Islam as a synthesis of the general Islamic principles with the Turkic ethno-culture and to build a logically harmonious system of arguments in favor of the legitimacy of the local Muslim tradition, drawing on the latest findings of historical and oriental science, to form an ability to assess different religious trends and justify the national model of Islam.

History and cultural ties peoples of Central Asia(cross-disciplinary approach)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - When studying the discipline, undergraduates will study the following aspects: determining the significance of the historical and cultural interrelations of the peoples of Central Asia based on a cross-disciplinary approach. The course covers the basic principles of the historical and cultural interrelations of the peoples of Central Asia, the management of the demographic behavior of the population on the basis of a cross-disciplinary approach, modern ideas about the population by characteristics and values

History and culture of Byzantium
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course "History and culture of Byzantium" aims to study the history and culture of the Byzantine state and the peculiarities of the development of the Greek cultural tradition within the historical period of the Middle Ages. The object of studying this course is the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire, a medieval Christian state that has been developing for more than a thousand years since the last centuries of the existence of the Eastern Roman Empire and until the conquest by the Turks in 1453.

History of European Colonial Empires
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This course covers the main theoretical problems and narratives of the history of the formation of the colonial empires of Europe, which began with the development of the New World. When studying the course, the definition of the essence of historical concepts as “colonialism”, “colonial empire”, “colonial policy”, “colony” and “metropolis” is considered, the history of large colonial empires like British, French, Russian and Dutch is traced.

History of youth policy in a totalitarian system
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The article examines the history of youth policy and its implementation in Kazakhstan under the totalitarian system of 1917-1991. About the circumstances of youth policy, which at the beginning of the twentieth century was strangled by youth organizations created in the National direction, and in the Soviet period remained under the cover of the totalitarian system. The life and activities of prominent figures of the first youth organizations of Kazakhstan, the merits and exploits of ardent youth in society.

Human Population of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Course goal - to formulate the ability to use knowledge and research skills in solving demographic problems and migration characteristics of the population for conducting sociological researches and population demographic components. During the course to formulate master students will get following abilities: 1. to understand the current state of theory and practice of applying the 2009 census indicators and the current 2019 indicators to study the characteristics of the population; 2. to analyze the methodological problems and peculiarities of the scientific research of the main statistical indicators of population censuses and current indicators; 3. to describe and use information about age and sex composition and family status; level of education; racial, linguistic, ethnic, religious composition of Kazakhstan population in order to improve the demographic process management.

Huns in the History and Civilization of Eurasia
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to describe and analyze a specific factual history associated with the history of the Huns in Eurasia, which determined the course of the Great Migration of Nations, the course forms the basic foundation for mastering knowledge of the history of the early Middle Ages. Also, the everyday life of the Huns is considered in the light of written sources and archaeological data, an image of the ruler of the Huns Attila from contemporaries to the present day, military art and arming the Huns.

Modern trends in the study of empires
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - While studying the discipline, master degree students will study the following aspects: the terms “imperial”, “national” and “regional” discourses when working with sources on the history of empires and national movements; analyze and critically evaluate modern scientific and journalistic works on the history of empires and nationalism; state the results of your research and defend your point of view in discussions.

Steppe Civilization in the World Historical Space
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - When studying the discipline, master’s students will study the following aspects: the definition of historical types of civilization, development and change of types of civilizations in accordance with the historical process. The course covers the subject, the main theories of civilization, and the definition of the Steppe civilization. In addition, the main research schools that study these issues will be studied.

The History and Fate of the Kazakh Intelligentsia (XV – early XXI centuries)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - When studying the discipline, master’s students will be familiarized with the following aspects: scientific analysis of the role and activities of historical personalities in history, classification of historical personality types, analysis of modern ideas about historical personalities and their role and place in world and national history.

The history of national movements in Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline of the History of national movements in Kazakhstan covers the period from the second half-century of HYIII mid 80-ies of the XX century. On the basis of new views on the part of the course examines national liberation movement for freedom and independence of the people, the causes of the uprising and the important historic role at the present stage. Graduates will possess the knowledge for the development of skills of analysis, world development, develop a specific immunity to a simplified interpretation of history as a field of realization of those or other world laws, on the basis of historical knowledge develop skills of social orientation in the context of the dynamic changes of our time.

The role and place of personalities in the history and culture of the peoples of Central Asia (cross-disciplinary approach)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - When studying the discipline, undergraduates will study the following aspects: determining the significance of the historical and cultural interrelations of the peoples of Central Asia based on a cross-disciplinary approach. The course covers the basic principles of the historical and cultural interrelations of the peoples of Central Asia, the management of the demographic behavior of the population on the basis of a cross-disciplinary approach, modern ideas about the population by characteristics and values.

Topical issues of the nationa lhistory
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - When studying the course, undergraduates will master the following aspects: defining the role of tradition in studying national history, identifying the basic principles of studying national history, a detailed study of the specifics of historical periods in the national history of Kazakhstan. The course focuses on the subject, methodology in the study of national history, modern trends and schools in the world historical science.

Totalitarian socialism in Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Embodied the utopian idea of a Communist society, which In 1917 grupillo to power in sostavitelnitsej government. In this regard, while learning specific stages of the repressive policy. Especially, the consequences of violent politics in a totalitarian regime, various economic reforms and ways of their implementation, and violent policy pursued in the autonomy.

Turkic factor in the study ancient and medieval history of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This course includes the study of the ethno-, political and cultural genesis problems of the Kazakh people as the Turkic world part history, including the processes of ethno-cultural synthesis, the stages of the traditional worldview formation in the context of new data from interdisciplinary research. The subject of the course reflects new trends in the formation of the educational trajectory of master's training, aimed at strengthening the students’ research paradigm.

Visual history of Central Asia (XIX-XX)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This course includes the study of the following issues: theoretical foundations of visual research, the visual as text, the main types of visual sources (paintings, art paintings, maps, posters), the formation of photographic art in the Russian Empire and the regions of Central Asia, the diversity of the empire in visual images, the specificity of the visual descriptions of the empire, visualization of political culture, images of Soviet power in the 1920s-1930s. in visual sources.

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