Master degree program
Economics (PFUR)

Economics (PFUR)

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Economic Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1.
use the methods of analytical activity to consider the economies, the nuances of the work of various organizational and legal configurations, the state; explore and predict the formation of socio-economic actions in the world, in the sphere, based on their monitoring; discover and use the relationship of economic and legal phenomena in the work; use the key patterns of formation and the basis for the functioning of the concepts of economic security of subjects.

ON2.
argue the strategy of providing economic security for companies and institutions;
to assess the nature of cyclicality as well as the general form of economic dynamics and the system of "maturing" of economic decline;
compare statistical and economic documentation with the aim of implementing research of strategic, and timely projects of organizations to establish competitive positive aspects;

ON3.
create suitable trends in the company's investment work, diversify it, in order to simulate economic results;
to assess key directions in shaping the international and state economy and to study the results of the adopted administrative conclusions, to take part in organizing and conducting commercial, investment, and production policies of the company in the field of foreign trade and international business;

ON4.
explore statistical and economic documentation to explain changes in the economy in a complete or single area, using the economic-mathematical model;
evaluate the investment work of the company using static and dynamic methods of evaluating investments in order to adopt effective strategies and increase competitiveness;
calculate economic indicators that determine the work of subjects on the basis of standard methods and a functioning regulatory framework;

ON5.
Explore, classify and apply various lists of data sources in order to carry out financial and economic calculations, without the help of others, use paper processing methods, accumulate data in synthetic and analytical accounting registers, create statistical, tax and financial reports;
apply methods of assessing and modeling economic indicators that determine the position and the formation of the economic concepts under consideration;

ON6.
To summarize and skeptically evaluate the results acquired by Russian and foreign scientists, to detect and carry out the study of important academic difficulties, to argue the abstract and factual importance of the chosen problem of academic study; compare and compare the created modifications of the monitoring according to the financial increase of the state or the sale of the company's product in order to establish ways to improve;

ON7.
argue on the basis of consideration the strategy of action of subjects of economic work in different sectors of the internal and external markets at the long-term, medium-term and short-term stages; apply single abstract models to tasks of a specific plan; to use models for the purpose of scenario modeling of the formation of economies of a metropolis and region and the execution of empirical estimates according to this information;

ON8.
to distinguish between multifunctional and possible properties of economic resources and the conditions required for the actions of the economic activity; explore the dynamics of economic characteristics and adapt them to the current state of the economy and the effectiveness of the introduction of the latest technical and technological processes; illustrate skills with informative resources, educational and reference literature in accordance with national and economic security;

ON9.
to classify the rapid economic information required to make correct administrative conclusions as a household, and also by company to counter threats and dangers; reveal the similarities and differences of investments in small companies and in the shares of companies; select attractive investments in the course of financing; evaluate labor to attract investments for the formation of the company;

ON10.
use the technology of preparing initial information to perform an econometric analysis; use modern industrial resources and informative technological processes to resolve analytical and research problems; select instrument resources for processing economic information in accordance with the established problem, study the results of calculations and justify the acquired conclusions;

ON11.
to apply in the actual work a variety of activities in accordance with the stimulation of attracting investments and to establish an indicator of investment attractiveness; use a variety of combinations to clarify the progress of contracting, to compare a variety of institutional structures; explain political and economic difficulties when considering certain situations and macroeconomic orientations, present methods for their resolution and evaluate the results; to explore and argue the country's economic policy.

ON12.
apply knowledge of the economic security of the company, explore the conditions of economic existence; to argue their own point of view on improving the economic capital of an economic entity in oral and written configurations in Kazakh, Russian and foreign languages in order to resolve the problems of professional work; manage the team in the field of commerce, capturing the social, religious differences and the historical heritage of the country.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Economics (PFUR)
Speciality Code
7M04103
Faculty
High School of Economics and Business

disciplines

Applied Econometrics of Time Series
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to use econometric models and application software packages in solving problems of econometric modeling. The discipline aims to study the methods of time series analysis in economics and their application for forecasting and evaluating economic phenomena.

Economic security of firms
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of the ability to use the principles/tools/methods of organizing and managing economic systems to analyze risks/challenges in the company. The course studies definitions and threats, risk analysis, and financial security management. The course helps undergraduates deepen their knowledge of business security mechanisms and tools, as well as develop skills in risk analysis and development of protection strategies.

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 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.

Methods of research in economics
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to use the methods of planning and organizing scientific research, building the structure of a scientific project. The discipline is a course that introduces undergraduates to the main research methods used in economics. This course aims to develop skills in conducting empirical research and analyzing economic data.

Modern Concepts of Economic siences
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to use theories/methodologies of economic analysis to identify the fundamental problems of economic theory. The discipline is a course that introduces undergraduates to key modern theories and concepts in the field of economics. The discipline focuses on the latest research and developments in economics.

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.

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.

Theory of Industrial Organization
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the formation of competencies necessary for the application of theoretical models, the results of research from various sources on the theory of industrial organization. The discipline is aimed at developing undergraduates' understanding of the organizational principles of the functioning of production, analyzing production processes and systems, methods of optimizing production, quality management and improving productivity.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Applied Microeconomic Policy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to use the knowledge of theoretical and applied microeconomic analysis of the enterprise. The discipline studies the impact of public policy on the microeconomic behaviour and performance of individual business entities. The course is based on the principles of microeconomic theory to determine the best policy decisions and activities.

Conjuncture of the World Commodity Markets
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the formation of the ability to use methods of analysis of world commodity markets and their forecasting. During the study of the discipline master’s students will learn following aspects: the study of factors and indicators that determine and characterize the situation in the global commodity market. Particular attention in the study of the subject will be paid to the structure of the world market and the classification of world markets by industry, by the stage of processing of goods, the degree of knowledge-intensive goods, the level of the competitive environment.

Corporate Finance
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze and evaluate the financial activities of corporations. The discipline is aimed at studying: features of income and expenses, financial result, cash flows, fixed and working capital, forms and methods of execution of financial plans of corporations.

Customs and tariff regulation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to understand the main directions of development in the field of customs and tariff regulation, the goals and tools of customs regulation. The training course forms a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding and types of customs payments, applying non-tariff regulation methods, determining the country of origin of goods, the concept and types of customs benefits. Discipline is aimed at studying modern approaches in the field of customs and tariff regulation.

Data analysis and visualization with SQL and Tableau
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of the ability to use SQL, Tableau tools for data processing, creating predictive models. The discipline is aimed at studying the concept of relational databases; use of SQL for transformations to database data; substantiation of the choice of the method of analysis in solving a specific problem; formation of aggregated queries for summary views and analysis, data visualization using Tableau

Econometrics (advanced level)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop the ability to apply theoretical and practical skills in using statistical methods to measure relationships between economic variables. The discipline studies mathematical models and methods of statistical analysis, empirical dependencies of economic variables, the structure, parameters, and problems of the econometric model, and econometric methods in scientific research to solve practical problems.

Fundamentals of business analytics in Python
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to study the basic structures of the Python language for data analysis and the development of new software products. The discipline includes the basic concepts of Python programming to apply statistical methods to analyze data and extract useful information. During the course, undergraduates will work with different types of data, solve I/O and integer arithmetic problems, and master the Python standard library.

Innovative Development of Business
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of the ability to use the methods of planning and organizing innovative business activities, and managing the main forms of financing. The discipline is aimed at familiarizing undergraduates with the basic principles and methods of business development through innovation. The discipline helps undergraduates develop the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully manage and develop a business in today's competitive environment.

International Currency and Credit Relation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description -

International Trade
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to teach students to understand the theories, history and institutions of the world economy. The course examines such issues as classical and neoclassical theory of international trade, theory of tariffs, theory of regional economic integration, the theory of foreign direct investment and international production, the factors that determine exchange rates as well as the goals and instruments of macroeconomic policy in an open economy. The practical component of the course is that it develops students ' skills of using theoretical structures for a deep understanding of the processes taking place in the modern global economy and open national economies, primarily in Kazakhstan. The course offers the following topics: Introduction to the international economy, Classical theories of international trade Neoclassical theories of international trade, Alternative theories of international trade, International trade policy, Regional economic integration, International movement of factors of production and multinational corporations, Balance of payments as a reflection of foreign economic operations of the country, Exchange rates and foreign exchange markets, Balance of payments and exchange rate, The factors that determine exchange rates, Macroeconomic policy in an open economy

Investment project modeling
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of the ability to use the methods of economic evaluation of investments in the justification of innovative projects. The discipline is designed to teach undergraduates the methods and tools used to evaluate and analyze investment projects, and make decisions under risk and uncertainty.

Macroeconomic Modeling
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of a holistic view of advanced macroeconomic models and methods of macroeconomic analysis. The discipline includes developing formal mathematical models that allow you to explore the macroeconomic system and predict its future growth. Within the framework of this discipline, undergraduates acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the analysis and modeling of macroeconomic phenomena and processes.

Macroeconomics (advanced level)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description -

Microeconomic Analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of complex knowledge about the behaviour of economic agents and skills of microeconomic analysis. Microeconomic analysis is a more advanced and deeper level of study of economic theory and analysis. The discipline is aimed at familiarizing undergraduates with more complex models and theoretical concepts, as well as applying them to the analysis of empirical complex economic problems.

Microeconomics (advanced)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Microeconomics (advanced)

Risk Management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the course: studying the essence and concept of risk, types and classification of risks based on theoretical and practical material, acquiring knowledge in the field of risk management. The course examines the concept of risks in economic activity, risk-forming factors, principles of risk analysis, risk management methods, ways to reduce risk, accounting for risks in project financing, organization of risk management.

Shadow Economy : An Institutional Approach
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to determine the reasons for the development of shadow activities, and to develop recommendations for combating economic crime. The discipline studies economic activities that take place outside the official sphere and are not reflected in official statistics. The institutional approach allows us to consider the shadow economy from the point of view of institutional factors that determine its functioning and influence its development.

Spatial Economy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the formation of undergraduates' solid knowledge about economic prerequisites, and models of spatial economics for scenario forecasting. As part of the discipline, undergraduates study the theory of spatial economics: the study of basic concepts, models and approaches to the analysis of economic activity in different regions, regional development, spatial analysis of regional policy and planning data.

Theory and Contracts
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of the ability to use the main methods of modelling and analyzing situations in the field of asymmetric contractual relations. The discipline includes basic economic problems in the field of contract theory. Undergraduates will distinguish the necessary research methods based on the tasks of a particular type of contract and evaluate the results, analyze and comprehend them taking into account the available data.

Theory and Practice of the International Business Communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description -

Theory of Innovations and Innovative Behavior of the Enterprises
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is the formation of the ability to use the basic principles and approaches to the analysis of the innovative behavior of economic agents. Undergraduates study management and innovation in the business sector. The discipline aims to develop an understanding of the concepts, theories and practices related to innovation and the innovative behavior of enterprises.

World experience of implementing information systems in t company management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description -

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