Master degree program
Regional Studies (Eastern Countries)

Regional Studies (Eastern Countries)

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this EP it is expected that undergraduates will be able to:
1. conduct independent research in scientific problems in the field of regional studies; to critically evaluate life and professional situations from the point of view of psychology, to see the relationship between the behavior and the results of the individual and the collective, the resources and development opportunities;
2. organize and plan research, effectively apply research methods in the study of regional development problems of the countries of the East;
3. explain the interrelations of social and political phenomena, carry out scientific research, evaluate and interpret the political, socio-economic and ethnic processes in the regions of the East;
4. use the methodology of political, sociological, economic and cultural studies in analyzing and forecasting political and socio-economic processes, foreign policy strategies, political, economic and cultural modernization, ethno-political and interfaith conflicts in the Eastern regions, taking into account the civilizational specifics of each region;
5. demonstrate traditional and innovative educational methods and technologies of teaching in English and the language of the relevant region of regional studies;
6. review texts of a scientific nature; translate and annotate from the English language and the language of the core region into Russian / Kazakh scientific articles, monographs;
7. organize practical teaching activities for the implementation of the educational process in higher education institutions, including the teaching of special disciplines, scientific and methodological work on the subject; to develop a methodical portfolio for the implementation of educational activities in the bachelor degree during teaching practice;
8. apply new information technology resources, modern methods of searching, storing and processing information and modeling in professional activities;
9. critically evaluate the existing methods of analysis in relation to the study of the economic structure, economic and foreign policy of the countries of the core region;
10. conduct a critical analysis, assessment and synthesis in substantiating the role of the core region in the global security system and assessing the influence of political culture on the ethnopsychology of the countries of the core region;
11. analyze the course and trends of ethnic, demographic and migration processes, ethno-political and interfaith conflicts in the regions of the East, to predict the prospects for the formation of a free trade area in the core region;
12. formulate problems and tasks, a hypothesis of a scientific problem, choose an appropriate methodology, determine the stages of research on the topic of the thesis, analyze the scientific literature in English and the language of the relevant region.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Regional Studies (Eastern Countries)
Speciality Code
7M03115
Faculty
Oriental Studies

disciplines

Ethnology and Ethnic Processes in the Studying Region
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of the study of ethnology to analyze ethnic processes in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of mastering the discipline, the theory and methodology, nature, problems and prospects of ethnic processes in the countries of the studied region will be studied.

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.

Foreign language for scientific purposes (Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi and Urdu)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply knowledge of a foreign language in the implementation of communication in the scientific field. As a result of mastering the discipline, there will be the ability to master the conceptual turnover and professional terminology in the field of scientific activity.

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.

Modern Processes of Modernization in the Studying Region
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of the study of modernization for the analysis of socio-economic, political and cultural modernization in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, classical and modern theories of modernization, modernization in the countries of the West and the East will be considered.

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.

The Foreign Policy Concept and Strategy for the Studying Region Countries
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of realism, neorealism, liberalism, neoliberalism in the analysis of foreign policy concepts and strategies in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, the stages of evolution, the main directions, foreign policy concepts and strategies of the countries of the region will be considered.

The Political Process and Democratic Transition in the Studying Region Countries
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of the political process and transitology in the analysis of the political process and transformation in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, the main research approaches to the study of the dynamics of regimes and political transition will be considered.

The Structure of the Economy and the Economic Policy of the Studying Region Countries
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze and analyze the functioning of the elements of the structure of the economy and critically evaluate the socio-economic strategy in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia) in retrospect. As a result of studying the discipline, the theory, methodology of macroeconomics, the structure of the economy and socio-economic policy of the countries of the profile region will be considered.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Cross regional political analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply knowledge of modern problems of the theory of cross-regional political analysis in scientific research or applied analytical developments. As a result of mastering the discipline, the logic of theoretical search and scientific discussion in regional studies will be studied in order to apply knowledge in understanding global and regional processes in regional analysis using the methodology of comparative analysis.

Demographic and migration processes in the countries of the studying region
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply the theory of demography and diasporology in the analysis and forecasting of demographic and migration processes in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of mastering the discipline, trends, factors and the nature of demographic and migration processes in the countries of the studied region will be studied.

Eastern Language for International Communication (Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Urdu)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply the skills of conversational speech and translation activities in the specialty in the Oriental language, terminological vocabulary and translation of scientific texts in the Oriental language. As a result of studying the discipline, undergraduates are able to maintain documentation (within the program) within the framework of the requirements accepted in professional and academic communication in the language of the studied region.

Ethno-political and religious conflicts in the studying region
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of ethnopolitical conflictology in the analysis of ethnopolitical and interfaith conflicts in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, ethnopolitical and interfaith conflicts in the countries of the studied region will be considered.

Ethnopsychology and Political Culture of the Studying Region
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of ethnopsychology and cultural studies when comparing ethnopsychology and political culture in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, the theory of ethnopsychology, types and types of political culture in the countries of the East will be considered.

Foreign Language for Academic Language (Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Urdu)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply reading, writing and translation skills from the Oriental language to Kazakh/ Russian and vice versa in professional activities. As a result of studying the discipline, undergraduates are able to translate and annotate scientific articles, monographs, design scientific articles, make a report in the Oriental language on the topic of scientific research.

Foreign language in the field of international relations (Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Urdu)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply knowledge of a foreign language in communication in the business and political spheres. As a result of mastering the discipline, the ability to communicate freely in a foreign language environment, to master the conceptual turnover and professional terminology in the field of international activity will be formed.

Methodological Bases of Research in Regional Studies (Eastern countries)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply the methodology of regional studies in the analysis of regional economic and political processes in the regions of the East. As a result of studying the discipline, the methodology of theoretical schools of international relations, geopolitics, macroeconomic, political science, historical and cultural analysis and modeling of trends and prospects for the development of the region will be considered.

Modern problems of regionalization in the countries of the studied region
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply the theory of integration in the analysis and forecasting of regional integration processes in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of mastering the discipline, trends, factors, nature and problems of integration processes in the countries of the studied region will be studied.

Modern Processes of Modernization in the Studying Region
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of the study of modernization for the analysis of socio-economic, political and cultural modernization in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, classical and modern theories of modernization, modernization in the countries of the West and the East will be considered.

Social and Economical Process in the Studying Region Countries
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of socio-economic processes in the analysis of socio-economic processes in the countries of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of mastering the discipline, the theory and methodology, nature, problems and prospects of socio-economic processes in the countries of the studied region will be studied.

The foreign policy concept and strategy for the studying region countries
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply knowledge of the theory and methodology of realism, neorealism, liberalism, neoliberalism in the analysis of foreign policy concepts and strategies in the countries of the studied region (Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia). As a result of studying the discipline, the stages of evolution, the main directions, foreign policy concepts and strategies of the countries of the region will be considered.

The Studying Region in the Global System of Security
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to critically assess the role of the studied region (Southwest Asia and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, East Asia) in the global security system. As a result of studying the discipline, the theory of global and regional security, traditional and non-traditional security threats, the role of global and regional powers in ensuring the regional security system will be considered.

World complex regional studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply methods of structuring regional space, to assess the impact of internal and structural-spatial factors of a national and regional nature on world politics and international relations. As a result of studying the discipline, the theoretical and methodological foundations of cross-regional political analysis of international relations, regional subsystems and regional order, types of regionalization, methodology of system-structural approaches will be considered.

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