Master degree program
Philosophy

Philosophy

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Arts

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Graduates of this program will be capable:
1.interpret, analyze and to critically evaluate the latest scientific concepts and theories in the field of modern philosophy and theories of values, within a research context;
2.carry out research activity, observing all principles of the academic ethics, and understanding of personal responsibility for the purposes, means, results of scientific work, including assessment of its quality;
3.to formulate problems, goals and objectives of scientific research in the context of modern philosophy on the basis of an independent choice of methodology in accordance with the nature of the object and the specifics of the scientific direction and to implement scientific research on the basis of the developed plan;
4.to interpret the phenomena of socio-cultural reality to solve urgent problems of social practice on the basis of deep systemic knowledge of fundamental and modern concepts of world and domestic philosophy;
5.plan and carry out fundamental and applied research projects on the basis of knowledge of methods of the analysis of social and individual reality and its conversion;
6.integrate scientific knowledge of humanitarian profiles into practice of educational process, cope with difficult questions and take out judgments on the basis of incomplete or limited information taking into account ethical and social responsibility for application of these judgments and knowledge;
7.carry out expert and analytical work on a profile of the specialty and present its results in the form of the reports issued according to the available requirements;
8.carry out organizational and coordination and information work in the different public, commercial and government organizations and funds on the basis of practical use the gained profound knowledge in the field of methodology of socio-humanistic researches;
9.practically to use the gained conceptual and methodological knowledge in the field of philosophy in the organization of research and project works and adoption of independent management decisions;
10.project and carry out the professional, scientific and scientific and pedagogical activity, on the basis of philosophical judgment of modern educational processes;
11.apply fundamental and modern knowledge and methodology of philosophical researches in pedagogical activity of the higher school with use of the innovation and information technologies;
12.represent results of independent scientific research in the selected area in the form of the presentation, reports, article and the thesis for specialists and nonspecialists.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Philosophy
Speciality Code
7M02201
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • 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 discipline is aimed at formation the skills of using methodology, methods, principles of philosophy of science in solving worldview, methodological problems of modern sciences in their professional research activities, the ability to critically analyze, evaluate scientific achievements, generate new ideas in the implementation research, practical problems in the field of professional activity.

Modern Kazakh philosophy
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to characterize and interpret the main ideas, the most important directions of modern Kazakh philosophy and determine its specifics. The discipline forms knowledge about the origins, stages of development and the current level of national philosophy and gives a holistic view of modern Kazakh philosophy as a spiritual phenomenon and the basis of modernization processes in the public consciousness.

Modern problems of philosophy
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing undergraduates' competence in matters of modern philosophy, the ability to use knowledge of modern problems of philosophy in their professional activities, as well as to analyze social phenomena based on knowledge of the latest concepts and approaches in philosophy, to apply knowledge in the field of modern philosophy to develop and argue their own worldview positions in professional activities

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • 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.

Philosophy of Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability to use in professional activity knowledge of traditional and modern problems of philosophy of education on the basis of an in-depth understanding of the current state of foreign and domestic philosophical and educational thought, its problems and prospects, universal philosophical and educational competencies that provide an effective solution to a wide range of social and personal problems in the field of educational activities.

Philosophy of Power
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability to systematize the main aspects of the phenomenon of power in the context of the main socio-political concepts, to analyze the essence and nature of the phenomenon of power in the context of modern society and in the process of forming the most important components of civil society. The course provides a philosophical interpretation of power as a unique social phenomenon, a necessary and reasonable regulator of social relations and human behavior.

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 Ideal of Knowledge in Historical and Philosophical Discourse
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop in undergraduates an in-depth understanding of the problems of epistemology and the formation of the ideal of knowledge in various types of rationality. The discipline reconstructs the features of the ideal of knowledge in various periods of the history of philosophy, focuses on the problems of cross-cultural interaction between Western and Eastern civilizations, intercivilizational dialogue in the process of development of philosophical knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Comparative analysis of modern European and Kazakhstani digital theories and practices: convergence and divergence
  • Type of control - Аудит
  • Description -

Contemporary Global Civilization: Socio-Philosophical Analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability to interpret globalization as an interdisciplinary subject, describe the prospects for global development, global relations and communications in modern society, carry out a philosophical analysis and comparison of historical and cultural forms of globalization, various concepts of globalization, as well as current manifestations of globalization in Kazakhstani society and culture through the definition of dynamics global development and global relations.

Contemporary Philosophy of Language
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to apply in professional activity knowledge of philosophical and theoretical and methodological problems of linguistic philosophy in the context of historical-philosophical, scientific development and modern transformation of ideas about language as a semiotic, cognitive system, the sphere of communications, methodological, anthropological, cultural-philosophical, linguistic, postmodern analysis, as well as within philosophical and interdisciplinary reflection on the problem of language.

Innovative Methods and Practices of Teaching Philosophy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop skills in teaching philosophical disciplines using the latest technologies and active teaching methods, as well as the use of innovative approaches to the design and organization of the educational process. The course reveals the specifics of philosophical knowledge in the context of modern educational approaches and in the conditions of transformation of modern Kazakhstani education.

Innovative methods of teaching philosophy in the context of “Ruhani Zhangyru”
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the skills of organizing the educational process and the implementation of pedagogical activities in master's students in the context of the transformation of modern Kazakhstani education and the modernization of public consciousness. The course forms in undergraduates the ability to apply in-depth ideas about the specifics of innovative processes in modern education and practical skills in using methods of enhancing the educational process in their professional activities.

Myth and Society
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of teaching the discipline is to master the basic classical and modern concepts of the phenomenon of myth; acquiring holistic ideas about the history of the philosophy of myth, about its manifestations in such social spheres as culture, science, politics, etc., as well as identifying the features of modern myth-consciousness and myth-making in society.

Myth, politics and state
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to determine the main sources of the formation of political mythology, analyze the content and mechanisms of its functioning, including the definition of the myth-making role of the media in modern conditions, with the development of new information communication channels and modern network systems. This course as a whole examines the main sources of the formation of political mythology.

Nietzsche and Philosophy of Postmodernism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course is aimed at developing the ability to explain Nietzsche's philosophical views and their implications in postmodern discourse, to analyze the phenomena of modern philosophy based on an in-depth understanding of the specifics of Nietzsche's philosophy of life as laying the foundations of postmodernism. This course examines the socio-cultural and theoretical "conditions of postmodernity", the transformation of premodern and postmodern philosophy.

Philosiphy of Economy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of teaching the discipline is mastering the master's students knowledge about the main problems of economic development, economy, rhythms of economic life, in the context of social methodology; formation of skills for independent analysis of the social situation. It includes the philosophy of economy, property, goods and money, economic policy, principles of distribution, consumer choice in society, the economic nature of bureaucracy, and economic ethics.

Philosophical Problems of Axiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the ability to determine the main content of axiological concepts, the range of problems and the place of axiology in the context of the historical development of philosophy, to demonstrate a holistic systemic understanding of axiology as a special form of philosophical reflection, problems and approaches in philosophical axiology in the context of urgent problems of modern philosophy and culture.

Philosophy of Postmodernism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline is aimed at developing the skills of system analysis of the philosophy of postmodernism as a special form of philosophical reflection and culture, the main directions of postmodernism in the context of urgent problems of modern philosophy, interpretation of the main content of postmodern attitudes and research tools in various fields of socio-humanitarian knowledge, cultural studies, and social philosophy. The ontological, space-time transformations of postmodern philosophy are revealed.

Philosophy of Law: history and modernity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of teaching the discipline is to develop the skills of undergraduates to apply in their professional activities in-depth ideas about the content of modern philosophical concepts of law, explanations of ontological, epistemological and axiological problems of law as a special spiritual phenomenon and a specific form of social relations. The course as a whole is devoted to the consideration of the main political and legal theories of our time.

Philosophy of Management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability of philosophical generalization and substantiation of ideas about the essence and main stages of the management process, its methods, as well as the social and cognitive role of management in modern society, the use of traditional philosophical and methodological approaches to understanding various directions of conceptualization of management and the development of behavioral and ethical the code of the effective functioning of the organization.

Philosophy of Management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline forms the ability of philosophical generalization and substantiation of ideas about the essence and main stages of the management process, its methods, as well as the social and cognitive role of management in modern society, the use of traditional philosophical and methodological approaches to understanding various directions of conceptualization of management and the development of behavioral and ethical the code of the effective functioning of the organization.

Philosophy of Pragmatism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - This course examines in-depth the origins and trends of further development of pragmatism. The goal of teaching the discipline is to develop the ability to systematize the basic concepts of the philosophy of pragmatism in an ethical, axiological and ideological context, to compare the arguments of various directions of pragmatism and evaluate them, as well as to identify the connection with the current problems of modern society.

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