Master degree program
Hydrology

Hydrology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1. Develop educational and research projects in the field of management and assessment of water resources;
ON2. To assess the state of water resources, the regime and quality of water of natural and artificial reservoirs;
ON3. Carry out teaching activities in disciplines in the field of hydrology and earth sciences, using modern information technologies;
ON4. Make hydrometeorological forecasts based on natural, processed databases for analysis of scientific research;
ON5. Make decisions at all levels of the water resources management system in accordance with international and state regulatory documents;
ON6. Use theories and methods of constructive hydrology in the field of natural water management;
ON7. Give recommendations on projects, measures to protect the population, facilities and territories in the areas served, prepare the necessary expert opinions;
ON8. Demonstrate originality and creativity in a team when carrying out scientific research activities

Program passport

Speciality Name
Hydrology
Speciality Code
7M05206
Faculty
Geography and Environmental Sciences

disciplines

Actual problems in hydroecology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to analyze current problems in hydroecology that affect hydrological systems and ecosystems of water bodies for effective management of water basins, including conservation of biodiversity and improvement of living conditions.

Ameliorative hydrology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to analyze the study of water resources from the point of view of their use for land reclamation or improvement of environmental conditions and the implementation of water management measures to increase soil fertility

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.

Integrated Management of Water Resources
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose create ability to define methodology of the integrated water resources management for ensuring rational environmental management and environmental protection. The discipline is aimed at assessment of international initiatives in the sphere water resources management, principles integrated by management of water resources, introduction transition strategy to IWRM in Kazakhstan.

Integrated water resources management
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to define the methodology and practice of integrated water resources management and improve the efficiency of water use to ensure systematic training of specialists in the field of environmental management and environmental protection.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to develop the competencies of effective independent research work, its organization and planning among undergraduates. The discipline is focused on the formation of undergraduates' knowledge on the organization of scientific and technological activities in the modern world, the ability to conduct independent research in the subject area, master the skills of scientometrics, writing scientific articles, projects, patenting research results.

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.

Soil moisture and ameliorative hydrology
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of discipline is to form ability of knowledge soil moisture, influence soil on the irrigation system of melioration and hydrology. The discipline is aimed at the application of the assessment of meliorative hydrology, soil erosion and their use in professional activities to carry out organizational and economic activities.

The Problems of Transboundary Water Resources
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to study and describe specific transboundary water bodies in various physical and geographical conditions on the territory of Kazakhstan, CIS countries and large watercourses and reservoirs of the world, rules for the joint use of transboundary rivers and existing agreements between states

Winter Mode of Rivers
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose create ability to estimate hydrological characteristics of stream in the conditions of features winter period – freezing, freeze-up and openings of the rivers. The discipline is aimed at the short analysis of classifications of the rivers by the winter mode, types of freezing of rivers, intensity of ice formation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Climate risks for water resources
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Study the impact of climate change on the availability, quality, and management of water resources, as well as methods of adaptation and reduction of climate risks necessary for sustainable management of water resources and ensuring regional environmental sustainability.

Complex Utilization and Security of Water Resources
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose create ability to determine methods with complex use of water resources and studying of the main documents by their protection. The discipline is aimed at the application of associations of water users and their participation in water management, schemes for the integrated use and protection of water resources.

Ecological problems of hydrology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose. Create ability to analyze complex of knowledge both the main global and regional environmental problems of water objects. Will be studied: Interference of the environment and anthropogenic influence, hydro-environmental problems of reservoirs, the system of the ecological legislation, role of ecological basin in preservation of water ecosystems.

Evaluation of the Accuracy of Hydrological Calculations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Brief contents of the course: Types of errors(random and systematic errors) taking into account the errors of initial data in hydrological calculations, the errors of the hydrological calculations for group analysis of the hydrological characteristics, Estimation of accuracy of hydrological calculations in case of insufficiency of the observation data.

Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose create ability to define features of hydrological mode of lakes and reservoirs as water objects of land, and main directions of hydrological researches lakes - reservoirs. The discipline is aimed to calculate morphometric characteristics of the lake (reservoir), classification of lakes by origin, morphometric characteristics of reservoirs.

Hydrology of Urbanized Territories
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose is to develop the ability to understand various aspects of urban hydrology, water management. Discipline formation skills in urban hydrology, addresses the issues of risk assessment of storm waters. The training course focuses on following topics: overview storm water system design, flood control, case studies of urban runoff.

Impact of climate change on watershed management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is to develop the ability to analyze climate changes that have a significant impact on watershed management for effective watershed management in the face of climate change

Management of Water Quality
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline purpose create ability to define sources and types of pollution of water objects, methods of assessment water quality. The discipline is aimed at studying qualitative composition of sewage and modes of their assignment; methods of protection of water resources against pollution, assessment of harmful substances in the water reservoir.

Modeling of hyroecological processes
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of discipline is to form the ability define the basic concepts and principles of modeling and meaning of geoinformation models. The discipline is aimed at studying modeling of hydroecological processes of rivers and reservoirs, determining types of models, the principles of modeling system, physical validity of hydrological models.

Modern digital technologies in hydrology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply modern digital technologies in hydrology. The discipline is aimed at the application of computational software and technology for solving hydrological problems, processing and visualization of arrays of hydrological data to assess the hydrological characteristics of water bodies

Soil Moisture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of a graduate student to explore and determine the water regime of the soil associated with the movement and use of moisture, the distribution of moisture in the soil in order to protect the environment, increase productivity, and efficient use of water resources.

The Problems of Mudflows and Protection Against Them
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to make prompt and timely decisions to prevent and reduce mudflow hazard and mudflow risk. The discipline is aimed at studying the problems of forecasting and modeling mudflows of various genesis, as well as methods for protecting and preventing mudflows.

The Problems of Transboundary Water Resources
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose discipline is to form the ability to analyze characteristics of transboundary water resources in various regions and countries, to assess potential and prospects for the development. Discipline is aimed studying general principles and tasks of water resources management, water demand based on water consumption rationing, legal and organizational.

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