Master degree program
History and Geography

History and Geography

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Pedagogical Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1 Develop innovative educational methods and technologies for teaching historical and geographical disciplines;
ON2 Apply differentiated learning technologies, GIS technologies; information and computer technology;
ON3 Design the content of educational programs of higher professional education;
ON4 Develop teaching materials on environmental education; on teaching methods in small schools
ON5 Conduct an expert assessment of educational activities in educational institutions;
ON6 Apply methods of historical and geographical disciplines to develop historical maps;
ON7 Introduce the results of scientific research in the field of local history, historical geography, multilingual education in the educational process;
ON8 Create maps, tourist programs, excursion routes around the sacred objects of Central Asia;

Program passport

Speciality Name
History and Geography
Speciality Code
7M01602
Faculty
History

disciplines

Central Asia in the context of historical geography
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the main aspects of the historical geography of Central Asia. The course forms the ability to master a number of important concepts: spatial, temporal and event coordinates of the historical process; territorial nomenclature, physiographic nomenclature of Central Asia, analyze the ethnic and demographic nomenclature of Central Asia.

Communication in the field of 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 understand and evaluate the communicative context of the educational process. The course forms a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding the positive interaction of subjects of education, the choice of educational services; it is aimed at studying: the influence of communications on the educational process, the integration of personal communication resources, new communication technologies, the development of social communications and communication practices.

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.

Geography of Population and Labour Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the distribution of labor resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regional differences in their composition and use. The discipline is aimed at developing undergraduate skills in analyzing the distribution of productive forces, revealing the influence of general and regional features of demographic, migration, ethnic processes, population resettlement processes on the labor market.

GIS in historical and geographical research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline - Formation of skills in GIS programs and related software; formation of general ideas about the basic methodological principles of the organization of geographic information systems, the scope of their application in geography and history, development prospects, methods of functioning and use of geographic information technologies in modern society in solving various scientific and technical problems.

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.

Methodology of Teaching in Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to organize interactive forms of classes, develop methodological support, assessment tools, and form the student’s educational motives. During the course, to develop in master's students the ability to: design the educational environment of the university and evaluate its quality; choose technologies and teaching methods at the university, including methods of control and evaluation.

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 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 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.

Sacral Geography of Central Asia
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to describe various objects of sacred geography of Central Asia, to determine their meaning in the spiritual and material culture of the peoples of the region, to interpret ethnographic data, to create a map of sacred objects of Central Asia, to develop a program to travel to sacred places of Central Asia.

Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Geography
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to understand the meanings of geographical science, to evaluate the achievements and unsolved problems of the newest directions of modern world geography. The course forms the basis of scientific understanding of the evolution of views on the essence of geography and its modern structure, the basic principles and approaches of the methodology of geography, the system of research methods, patterns of territorial differentiation of geographical aspects of the interaction of nature and society.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Biographical method in historical research
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to use the biographical method in historical research, to determine the essence and mechanisms of the biographical method in historical research; substantiate and analyze theoretical and specific historical problems of attracting a special body of sources - documents of personal origin, determine the essence and mechanisms of the biographical method in historical research, conduct research using the biographical method.

Cartographic studies of Central Asia in the XIX century
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is to form an idea of the cartographic works carried out in the Russian Empire in Central Asia, the accumulation of historical and geographical information and the formation of the cartography tradition in Central Asia.Analysis of the history of the formation of cartographic studies of Central Asia in the XIX century, historical and geographical literature on the problem of the course.

Central Asia in the context of historical geography
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the main aspects of the historical geography of Central Asia. The course forms the ability to master a number of important concepts: spatial, temporal and event coordinates of the historical process; territorial nomenclature, physiographic nomenclature of Central Asia, analyze the ethnic and demographic nomenclature of Central Asia.

Communication in the field of education
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to understand and evaluate the communicative context of the educational process. The course forms a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding the positive interaction of subjects of education, the choice of educational services; it is aimed at studying: the influence of communications on the educational process, the integration of personal communication resources, new communication technologies, the development of social communications and communication practices.

Economical and Social Geography of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the nature and economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a complex structural complex. The development of the discipline is aimed at acquiring theoretical knowledge and practical skills in assessing the natural resource potential, conducting an assessment of human potential, analyzing the features of the sectoral structure of the Republic of Kazakhstan, studying regional features of economic and geographical development, analyzing foreign economic relations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Geography of the population and labor resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the distribution of labor resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regional differences in their composition and use. The discipline is aimed at developing undergraduate skills in analyzing the distribution of productive forces, revealing the influence of general and regional features of demographic, migration, ethnic processes, population resettlement processes on the labor market.

Historical geography of Kazakhstan cities and development of means of communication (mid- XIX century – early XX century)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is a comprehensive study of the historical and geographical features of the cities of Kazakhstan of the late XIX - early XX centuries and the development of means of communication, to analyze the general historical and geographical position of the cities of Kazakhstan of the late XIX - early XX centuries, the dynamics of the development of cities and settlements on the territory of Kazakhstan within the framework of urban and communication research, determine the socio-economic features of the cities of Kazakhstan.

Innovative Methods of Teaching Geography
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to introduce, develop and use innovative techniques and methods in the process of teaching students. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis for understanding the advanced and modern innovative teacher tools, innovative teaching methods, differentiated learning technologies, the use of GIS technologies in the study and teaching of geographical disciplines.

Methodology for conducting excursions
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: training and formation of personnel of the tourist and excursion organization, preparation of guides for the qualitative development of the excursion, mastering the methodology and technique of its conduct, understanding the essence of the excursion, classification, stages of preparation, all its components.

Modern problems of studying and teaching historical geography
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to analyze the main stages of history, institutions, approaches, methods and features of teaching modern historical geography, as well as to master the techniques and skills of research work in the field of historical geography, spatial thinking skills and the ability to apply it in analytical works of both historical and general humanitarian profile.

New directionsin foreign historiography
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to acquaint undergraduates with the peculiarities of modern historical knowledge, the requirements placed on it in the light of modern interdisciplinary research; with methodological tools of various foreign scientific schools and directions; with the history of ideas and modern trends in historiography; form a holistic view of the main trends in the development of Western historical science of the XX-beg. XXI centuries., On the modern theories and concepts in historical science and the main achievements of foreign historiography in the study of the key problems of world civilization development. During the study of course, students should be competent in: - qualified to use modern literature, containing the main provisions of the new trends in foreign historiography of the XX-XXI centuries; - analyze and summarize the results of scientific research based on modern interdisciplinary approaches; - critically analyze, compare various foreign philosophical and historical concepts of the 20th century. and methodological approaches to the problems of their representatives; - effectively use modern science-based techniques, methods and means of teaching history, including technical training tools, information and computer technologies. - qualified to evaluate and use the methods of information retrieval and analytical and synthetic activities in solving subject problems; categorical apparatus, scientific literature, etc. - carry out comparative – typological, comparative, systemic and structural analysis of analytical data. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: - The history of Western historical science of the XX century - the beginning of the XXI century and, first of all, to the current formed within its framework, known as the “new historical science”. - theoretical and methodological ideas and specific research practices of individual scientists, groups of historians and national historical schools

Sacral Geography of Central Asia
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to describe various objects of sacred geography of Central Asia, to determine their meaning in the spiritual and material culture of the peoples of the region, to interpret ethnographic data, to create a map of sacred objects of Central Asia, to develop a program to travel to sacred places of Central Asia.

Theoretical and methodological foundations of gender studies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline aims to develop students' understanding of the theoretical and methodological bases of gender studies, the main provisions of gender theory, and the methodology of gender studies. It also seeks to enhance master's students' skills in gender analysis of social reality, critical thinking, and sensitivity to gender issues in society.

Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Geography
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to give an idea of geography as an integral system of interaction between natural and social sciences, its modern theoretical and methodological foundations, with the formulation of modern theoretical problems, to form the ability to systematize scientific methods for studying the history of the development of geographical sciences, methodological foundations and theoretical problems of geography and approaches to them decision in historical retrospect.

Theoretical and methodological problems of source study and historiography
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form among undergraduates a system of knowledge about theoretical and methodological problems and trends in the development of historiography and source studies, as well as about the main approaches to the study of historical and historiographic sources; study comprehensively the history of the development of historical knowledge, leading schools and trends in historiography, theoretical, methodological and specific historical views of their representatives; be able to distinguish between scientific approaches, classification of historical sources, their main types and methods of working with them.

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