Master degree program
Land Management

Land Management

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Engineering Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1. to collect, process, analyze and systematize the initial data and scientific and technical information on the research topic, the choice of methods and means of solving problems, the development of projects and schemes of land management, land use planning;
ON2. apply modern methods of land management and economic mechanisms of rational use and protection of land for the rational distribution and use of land resources in different sectors of the economy, based on land legislation and sections of other branches of law relating to land, as real estate, ownership and use of natural resources, environmental component of nature, etc.
ON3. to develop work plans and programs for research and technical development, to organize the preparation of tasks for performers; to prepare tasks for the development of projects and schemes of territorial, landscape planning, urban planning and land management; thematic models of forecasting, planning and management of land resources and real estate;
ON4. apply methods: landscape design and planning in land management, taking into account environmental aspects; remote sensing for data collection for the development of land management projects for the rational use and protection of land;
ON5. to develop projects of inter-farm and on-farm land management with economic feasibility with the requirements of environmental and land legislation, organize land records to carry out activities on land management, to ensure the safe conduct of operations;
ON6. to develop projects and schemes of rational use and protection of lands of administrative-territorial formations, land users and landowners and to carry out explanatory works on rational and effective land use, on protection of lands before any audience and to scientifically prove the decisions made by it on land management;
ON7. conduct monitoring, inventory and evaluation of land and real estate on the basis of technical,economic and socio-environmental analysis of the effectiveness of projects and schemes of land management in accordance with standards, specifications and regulations, to create a geodatabase for the automated systems of designing and management of land resources;
ON8. conduct monitoring studies of natural and land resources and other objects on the basis of remote sensing methods and geoinformation technologies for land management purposes, use for research purposes methods of economic and mathematical modeling and forecasting for territorial planning, development of agriculture, rural areas

Program passport

Speciality Name
Land Management
Speciality Code
7M07304
Faculty
Geography and Environmental Sciences

disciplines

Actual problems of land management and cadastre
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to identify problems and ways to solve the main tasks of land management and cadastre, taking into account modern issues of land use and land relations. The discipline is aimed at studying the current state of development of land relations in the world and Kazakhstan, complex problems of land use and land cadastre.

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.

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.

Land -information systems in land resources management
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to organize the processing and storage of land cadastral digital information. The discipline is aimed at studying the creation of databases on the state of land resources, information support and support for programs for the rational use of land resources, optimal planning for the development of territories.

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:is to train masters in conducting scientific research, carrying out scientific and methodological work, socializing young students and their participation in the corporate governance system of Organization of higher and postgraduate education (OHPE). Undergraduates learn to interact with OHPE stakeholders, participate in research projects in the field of traditional and new media, formulate research tasks, build hypotheses, as well as conduct research and data collection to analyze and obtain results.

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.

Planning and organization of rational use of lands and their protection
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to improve the organization and planning of the rational use of land and their protection. The discipline is aimed at studying ways to improve planning for the rational use of land, a system of environmental measures to protect land from negative impacts, assessing the environmental, economic and social effectiveness of planning measures

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

Economic and Mathematical Modeling optimization of territorial organization
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use methods of economic and mathematical modeling to optimize the territorial organization of agricultural production, taking into account the agroecological properties of the earth. The following will be studied: organizational and territorial conditions that contribute to increasing the yield of agricultural crops, improving soil fertility; optimal plans of production resources associated with the land, contributing to the achievement of production volumes at minimum cost of labor and money.

Geoecological Support of Land Use Planning
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to solve practical problems in the field of land management design on the basis of geoecological approach. The discipline is aimed at the study of: methodology, regulatory framework and principles of design and survey works; the main tasks and sequence of land management design; sanitary-hygienic and micro-climatic factors in the design of facilities, environmental rehabilitation of natural areas in cities and agglomerations, reclamation of disturbed lands.

Improvement of the legislative base in land management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to improve land legislation in part to address the issues of territorial planning and the organization of rational use of land and their protection. The discipline studies: the establishment of the order of land management and the development of land management documentation, coordination of the activities of state bodies of executive power, local self-government bodies; control of land management activities.

Landscape-Ecological Design of Land Use
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of the organization of landscape and ecological design of land use, taking into account environmental indicators of the environment. The discipline is aimed at the study of: the principles of regulatory and legislative framework of landscape and environmental design; EIA for the design of space, zoning of urban areas, the design of urban landscape and natural and recreational facilities; integrated environmental-economic and landscape-ecological approach in conducting land management activities.

Modern organization of the territory of agro-formations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the structure of fertility and design the distribution of agro-industrial units. The discipline is focused on the study: land management activities on the use of the territory depending on its features; land improvement projects; organization of territories under the influence of external natural and anthropogenic factors, creation of agro-landscapes and their components with the account of the mode of use.

Processing and analysis of land management information based on GIS
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use geoinformation technologies to improve the efficiency of processing, analyzing information from land management and cartographic documents. The discipline is aimed at applying: the skills of collecting, storing and manipulating spatial and attributive data in order to improve selectivity, the use of GIS to improve the efficiency of processing and analyzing information; the possibilities of applied programs in land management design, software in solving land management problems.

Sustainable development of rural areas
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form land management solutions by integrating fundamental and applied knowledge in the field of sustainable development of rural areas. The discipline is aimed at studying land management solutions by integrating fundamental and applied knowledge in the field of sustainable development of rural areas and organizing the territory of agro-formations for the implementation and achievement of sustainable development goals.

Theoretical and Methodological Basis of Land Use Regulation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to develop theoretical and methodological foundations of ecological and economic justification of the organization of rational use of land. The discipline is aimed at the study of: theoretical and methodological foundations of an effective system of state land management and the formation of cost-effective and environmentally safe land use; development of land relations and land use practices to improve land and property relations.

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 - Research Practice

Data for 2021-2024 years