Master degree program
Natural and Technogenic Risks

Natural and Technogenic Risks

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

LO-1. Interpret modern theoretical knowledge and basic regulatory and methodological materials on ensuring environmental safety, optimization and rational use of natural resources for use in scientific research and practice;
LO-2. Plan scientific research on the regional study of engineering geological processes and phenomena for their mapping and forecasting using modern methods and technologies;
LO-3. Manage the processes of processing and analysis of engineering-geological information and other factual materials, using advanced domestic and foreign experience and methods of conducting scientific research and solving modern problems of natural-technogenic processes;
LO-4 Monitor compliance with technological regimes of environmental facilities, analyzing the collected data and using modern methodology of geoecology and geodynamics and regulations;
LO-5. Monitor the state of the environment using interdisciplinary methodology, system analysis of natural-technogenic systems and innovative technologies;
LO-6. Develop innovative scientific projects on the use of artificial intelligence and the use of modern IT technologies and computer graphics for government agencies and environmental structures;
LO-7. Coordinate and organize the work of analytical services for environmental monitoring and their exchange within the framework of cooperation with border countries to assess and make management decisions;
LO-8. Participate in the implementation of research projects and work with national and international databases based on knowledge of scientific research methodology and environmental regulations;
LO-9. Ensure the integration of psychological and pedagogical knowledge and knowledge in the subject area based on system analysis, mechanisms and principles of integration and modern digital learning technologies;
LO-10. Maintain and develop the educational environment and organizational culture, observing the principles of academic honesty and integrity based on knowledge of pedagogical management, developmental psychology, strategies and mechanisms for promoting global and national values among youth and in society.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Natural and Technogenic Risks
Speciality Code
7M05210
Faculty
Geography and Environmental Sciences

disciplines

3D modeling of natural-technogenic systems
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the formation of the ability to apply the methods and algorithms of visualization in GIS geodata for three-dimensional modeling of the PTS. The discipline studies the theoretical foundations and competencies of three-dimensional modeling, analysis of quantitative relationships and patterns of development of PTS, algorithm for constructing spatial data of PTS, types of three-dimensional models of PTS, tools for working with three-dimensional models, the principle of using three-dimensional models.

Assessment of the condition and sustainability of natural-technogenic systems
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply methods of assessing the state and sustainability of ecosystems and their components under various types of natural and man-made risks. The discipline studies the theoretical foundations and methods of assessing the state of ecosystems and their components; determining the damage from the negative consequences of human intervention in natural processes; choosing the best option for economic use of the territory and its resources.

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.

Global Changes and Geographical Forecast
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to substantiate global changes in the world as a whole to determine the consequences and ways to solve them. The discipline studies general ideas about the causes of climate change, consequences and ways to solve them; the physical nature of past, present and future changes in the world; drawing up prognostic models for the near and long term.

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 be considered on the basis of historical dynamics and in a historically changing socio - cultural context. Introduces the problems of the phenomenon of Science, which is a subject of special philosophical analysis, forms knowledge about the history and theory of Science, the laws of the development of Science and the structure of scientific knowledge, the features of science as a specialty and social institution, the role of Science in the development of society.

Main directions of optimization of nature management
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to analyze regional natural resource and environmental economics theoretical potential for conducting state monitoring of natural resources and determining the principles of rational environmental management The discipline studies the history of environmental management; natural resources and their classification; resource cycle; the general state of natural resources of Kazakhstan; principles of rational environmental management; principles of formation of fees for resources; methods of monitoring and management of natural resources

Mapping of environmental risks of natural and technogenic systems in Kazakhstan
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to use innovative technologies for the implementation of cartographic aspects in regional, scientific and applied projects. The discipline studies the methods of mapping ecological risks in the geosystems of Kazakhstan, the factors of their emergence, the use of innovative GIS-modeling technologies, the development of data DZ, the development of prognosis, the development of monitoring PTS, the development of PTS.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: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 - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is the formation of the ability of pedagogical activity through the knowledge of higher education didactics, theories of upbringing and education management, analysis, and self-assessment of teaching activities. The course covers the educational activity design of specialists, Bologna process implementation, acquiring a lecturer, and curatorial skills by TLA-strategies.

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.

Regional and local natural and technogenic systems
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to integrate the theoretical knowledge obtained to solve the problems of natural and man-made systems of regional and local character. The discipline studies the problems of PTS in Kazakhstan, especially the functioning, the impact of anthropogenic factors on natural systems, man-made and environmental risks of regional and local nature, methods of design, modeling and forecasting, forecasting, forecasting.

System analysis of natural-technogenic processes
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply methodology, theoretical concepts of analysis of the structures of natural-technogenic systems to determine the patterns of development and factors of their formation. The discipline studies the basic concepts of analysis of geosystem structures, geographical factors in the formation of the geometry of spatial structures of geosystems; canonical mathematical models of geosystems; application of analysis of morphological structures of geosystems in the study of dynamics natural environment and risk assessment.

Data for 2022-2025 years

disciplines

Ecological forecasting of natural-technogenic systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to formulate the ability to determine the direction of the fight against environmental pollution, improve production to minimize undesirable environmental consequences, rationalize nature management. The course studies the mechanisms of pollutant concentration in the natural environment, the features of their occurrence, the influence of technogenic factors on them, the impact of natural and economic processes, the principles of environmental forecasting, and ways to solve forecast problems.

Forecasting emergencies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to increase readiness for skillful and adequate actions in conditions of threat and the emergence of dangers in emergency situations, military operations or as a result of these actions. The discipline studies the organizational and legal foundations of management activities; regulatory levels of permissible negative impacts on humans and the environment; levels of hazards in the environment; mechanisms of impact of hazards on humans; dangerous, extremely dangerous areas, areas of acceptable risk.

Geoinformation support for system analysis of natural and technogenic systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to substantiate the identification of diverse types of connections between natural and technogenic systems and their reduction into a single theoretical picture for the application of a geoinformation basis. The course studies the cause of disturbance of natural landscapes, the formation of natural-technogenic systems, the essence of a systematic approach, identifying sources of environmental impact, methods for studying a natural-technical system, a probabilistic-statistical approach, modeling and mapping methods.

Management of natural and technogenic risks
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline - the formation of theoretical and methodological basis for risk assessment of objects and processes of the technosphere for the development of systems of management. The course examines the basics of system analysis, risk modeling and processes; development and implementation of systems risk management; use of software products that provide analysis, assessment and risk management.

Methodological aspects of the ecological-geomorphological system of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to identify the role of relief between nature and human economic activity in order to predict its consequences and the current state of the natural environment. The discipline studies: characteristics of relief and relief-forming processes, origin, age, internal and external environment of their formation and development, assessment and forecast of the development of relief and relief-forming processes, etc.

Methodological aspects of the geological and geomorphological system of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to develop methodological aspects of geological and geomorphological systems. The discipline studies the modern geological and geomorphological systems of Kazakhstan, the principles and methods for assessing dangerous endogenous and exogenous processes, the use of modern methods of processing and interpreting complex geological and geomorphological data; method of processing and analysis of actual material, modeling of tectonic and geomorphological systems; principles of mapping of geoprocesses, monitoring of geosystems.

Modern problems of natural-technogenic systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the origin of modern tectonic deformations, their influence on the formation of natural processes. The discipline studies deep geodynamics, the expression of processes at the present stage, the structure of the zone of dynamic influence of faults, human impact on the geological environment, planning measures to reduce the risk of natural disasters, a quantitative approach to studying processes and phenomena, the method of geodynamic zoning

Modern problems of seismology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to analyze current problems of seismology to conduct global monitoring and forecasting of seismic events using the latest methods and technologies. The discipline studies: current research and modern challenges: the impact of climate change on seismic activity, the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the analysis of seismic data, as well as seismic risks in the urban environment.

Monitoring and evaluation of natural and technogenic systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of a methodological basis for risk assessment of objects and processes of the technosphere for the development of their management systems. The course studies the basics of system analysis, risk and process modeling; development and implementation of systems risk management; use of software products that provide analysis, assessment and risk management.

Problems of environmental risks in hydro-climatic systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline:to form the theoretical and methodological foundations of scientific research on hydroclimatic systems related to anthropogenic activity. The discipline studies the global problems of the hydroclimatic system, extreme weather conditions, the impact of climate on water resources; adaptation planning, development of environmental measures, monitoring, forecasting and assessment of climate risks, water resources management, solving social problems

Problems of modern geodynamics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of discipline: to form theoretical and methodological bases of scientific researches of Aero-and hydrodynamic processes connected with anthropogenic activity. The discipline studies the global problems of mankind related to the state of the water and air shells of the Earth, General methodological problems of science, modern methods of obtaining and analyzing data, as well as the forecast of the climate system in the future

Regional and local natural and technogenic systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to integrate the theoretical knowledge obtained to solve the problems of natural and man-made systems of regional and local character. The discipline studies the problems of PTS in Kazakhstan, especially the functioning, the impact of anthropogenic factors on natural systems, man-made and environmental risks of regional and local nature, methods of design, modeling and forecasting, forecasting, forecasting.

Territorial development and problems of agglomeration management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability spatial analysis of urban agglomerations to address issues of management and territorial development based on justification of social and environmental risks. The discipline studies the territorial development of urban areas and delimitation methods, the possibilities of using big data and geoinformation technologies; analysis of indices of socio-economic development of urban agglomerations, features of the formation, development and management of agglomerations at the present stage.

Data for 2022-2025 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 2022-2025 years