Master degree program
World Economy (PFUR)

World Economy (PFUR)

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Economic Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

Upon completion of this educational program it is expected that students will be able to:
ON1 Formulate arguments and reasonably solve modern problems of studying the problems of customs and tariff regulation of international trade, corporate finance, international project management with the use of information technology.
ON2 Put into practice knowledge in the field of the world economy, international entrepreneurship, customs regulation, competitiveness of firms in world markets and tools of micro-macroeconomic analysis and econometrics in future professional activities.
ON3 Put into practice knowledge in the field of the world economy, international entrepreneurship, customs regulation, competitiveness of firms in world markets and tools of micro-macroeconomic analysis and econometrics in future professional activities.
ON4 Analyze the principles and characteristics of the development of international trade, corporate finance and entrepreneurship, the activities and conditions of trade markets; be able to draw up a scientific and expert opinion in the form of analytical notes, reports for companies, government and trade and financial structures.
ON5 Identify the global problems of mankind, analyze and evaluate the relationship between the global challenges and the development of the global economy, formulate and defend their own scientific judgments in the form of articles and presentations.
ON6 Interpret knowledge in the field of history and philosophy of science, methodology, organization and planning of scientific research, international business communication for the future professional activities.
ON7 Use various methods and tools of scientific knowledge for micro-macroeconomic analysis, comparison and assessment of global problems and contradictions in the global economy, in global commodity and financial markets.
ON8 Identify the main problems and justify the competitiveness of firms in the global commodity and financial markets, be able to conduct business negotiations to make effective decisions.
ON9 Develop analytical reports, scientific articles and presentations on topical issues of international trade, international monetary and financial relations, use the world experience in implementing information systems in company management.
ON10 Analyze and evaluate competitiveness of companies, corporate finance and be able to make recommendations to government agencies, companies and financial institutions.
ON11 Generate new ideas develop a methodological portfolio for carrying out training activities in undergraduate studies during teaching practice, using interactive teaching methods of modern media tools and technologies.
ON12 Defend their own scientific opinion, be able to work in a team, present their own scientific research in the form of articles, project reports, have positive communicative skills and professionally speak a foreign language in future practical activities.

Program passport

Speciality Name
World Economy (PFUR)
Speciality Code
7M04133
Faculty
International Relations

disciplines

Economic Aspects of Global Problems of Humanity
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to explain the main problems and contradictions of the world economy, to reveal the impact of the economic and technogenic activities of mankind on the aggravation of global problems. The course will cover: the contradictions of the global economy; social and economic consequences of global problems; benefits and costs of globalization.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 3
  • 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.

International Economic Integration
  • 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 problems and trends of modern integration processes, evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of international economic integration. The discipline studies: prerequisites for international and regional integration; content, forms and goals of creating integration associations; features of economic interaction in the main integration associations of Europe, America, Asia and Africa.

International Entrepreneurship
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to identify problems, analyze competitive environment and interaction of subjects of international business. The course will cover: features and strategies of international entrepreneurship; the role and place of national, international and private actors in international business; international experience of entrepreneurship and the possibility of its application in Kazakhstan.

International Macroeconomics
  • 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 indicators of macroeconomics, to substantiate the relationship of economic sectors in the national economy. The course will cover: macroeconomic indicators of an open economy; interconnections of economic sectors; the impact of the exchange rate on the balance of payments and the country's economy; major trends in the global economy.

Methodology of Economic Research
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply various methods and tools of research, to formulate and justify the goal, objectives, object, subject, novelty of research, to draw independent conclusions and suggestions. The course will cover: existing concepts and approaches in the study of economic processes; methodological principles of research; databases for high-quality bibliographic, historiographic review.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The main purpose of course: to form the ability to apply practical skills of organization and planning of scientific research of modern problems and theories of the world economy. During the study of the discipline master program students will learn following aspects: research development directions; methods of planning, organizing and processing scientific articles and thesis; ways and forms of summarizing the results in scientific research in presentations, speeches, projects, articles.

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.

The competitiveness of firms
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline's purpose is to develop the ability to explain the main factors of a company's competitiveness and to substantiate the interdependence between product quality, scientific and technical progress, and cost reduction strategy. The discipline studies the activities of firms in a competitive world market, the problems of product quality, cost reduction, and transport costs, and the principles of increasing a company's competitiveness.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

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 Fina
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to systematically analyze the essence, the role of corporate finance in the global economy, to use the experience of the functioning of financial centers in practical activities. During the study of the discipline master programstudents will learn following aspects: concept, types and mechanism of circulation of corporatel finance; explores the rules and features of currency and financial transactions; activity of subjects of international financial transactions.

Customs and Customs Law
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to understand and apply the norms of customs law and customs in international trade. The discipline is aimed at studying: norms, rules, principles and features of customs and customs law of different countries, methods of customs regulation of foreign economic activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad.

Customs Tariff Regulation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline’s purpose is to develop the ability to apply the norms of customs law and customs affairs in international trade and to update the role of customs in the global economy. The discipline studies the elements, features, rules, and methods of customs regulation in Kazakhstan and abroad and the legal mechanisms of tariff and non-tariff regulation in different countries.

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.

International Finance
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability systematically analyze the essence, role of international finance in the world economy, to use the experience of the functioning of financial centers in practical activities. The discipline is aimed at studying: the concept, types and mechanism of circulation of international finance; rules and features of currency and financial transactions; activities of subjects of international financial transactions.

International monetary relations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the essence, the role of international monetary relations, the role and activities of international financial and credit organizations. During the study of the discipline, master program students will master and apply theoretical knowledge and practical skills in analyzing international monetary relations in professional activities.

International Taxation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the tax systems of the countries of the world, to generalize and apply the world experience of taxation, ways to solve the problem of double taxation between countries. The discipline will study: principles, features and mechanisms of international taxation; differences between national and international taxation; the influence of various factors on international taxation.

International trade
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to theoretically analyze the structure, features, and rules of world trade. The discipline studies theories and factors, rules and features of international trade in goods and services; the role and activities of the WTO and other international organizations in regulating world trade; problems and trends of modern international trade.

International Trade of Goods and Services
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability theoretically analyze problems of structure, features, rules for regulating world trade, world commodity markets. Within the framework of the discipline, the basic principles and features of international trade in goods and services, the role and activities of the WTO, the environment, features of the functioning of world commodity markets, rules, forms and mechanisms of international trade will be studied.

Macroeconomics (advanced level)
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline's purpose is to develop the ability to apply the tools and principles of macroeconomic analysis to substantiate, evaluate, and forecast economic processes. It studies economic growth, inflation, unemployment, and other macroeconomic indicators, the balance of payments, exchange rate, and monetary policy, as well as features of the country's domestic and foreign economic policy.

Management of International Projects
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the use of international project management techniques related to investments in various countries. The discipline is aimed at studying: the theory and practice of managing international projects, methods of managing a specific project.

Microeconomics (advanced level
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline's purpose is to develop the ability to theoretically and appliedly analyze the behavior of individual economic units and the activities of consumers and firms in a market economy. The discipline explores the theories of prices, supply and demand, consumer and producer behavior characteristics, and the type of market.

Risk Management in Iinternational Trade
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to disclose the concept, factors and causes of risks in international trade, methods and ways of managing risks in a competitive environment. The course will cover: the essence, causes and occurrence of risks in international trade, features and types of risks; risk management for risk management in international trade.

The Competitiveness of Firms
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to explain the main factors of the company's competitiveness, to substantiate the interdependence between product quality, scientific and technical progress, cost reduction strategy. The discipline will analyze: the activities of firms in a competitive world market, the problems of product quality, cost reduction, transport costs, the principles of increasing the competitiveness of the company.

The International Insurance and Risk Management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to carry out a theoretical analysis of the goals, objectives, forms and methods of insurance and risk management in international business. The course will cover: the essence, nature and causes of entrepreneurial risks; types of risks and methods of their management; features of international insurance and risk hedging in international business.

The World Energy and Commodity Markets
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to analyze the conjuncture, structure and mechanism of pricing in commodity and resource markets. The discipline will study: the impact of world energy markets on the economies of countries, the production and export of goods and energy carriers, pricing features, market conditions and the role of Kazakhstan in the commodity and energy markets.

Theory and practice of international business communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline aims to develop the ability to analyze and apply the theory and practice of international business communication and effectively use negotiation strategies and tactics. The discipline studies theoretical approaches and practical techniques of international business communication, types and strategies of international business communication, and various tactics and tools used in international business negotiations.

Theory and Practice of International Investment
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to apply theoretical knowledge and practical skills of international investment. The course will cover: theoretical and practical aspects of international investment, problems, patterns, rules of international investment, the structure and activities of TNCs, sources of international investment.

World experience in implementing information systems in company management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of theoretical analysis, synthesis, generalization and practical application of world experience in implementing information systems in company management. During the study of the discipline master program students will conduct a theoretical analysis and practical application of world experience in implementing information systems in company management.

World experience in implementing management information systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to theoretically analyze, synthesize, generalize and practically apply global experience in implementing information systems in company management. The course will cover: concept, types, features, role of management information systems; as well as global experience in the use of management information systems in companies.

World Financial Crises
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability to reveal the essence and impact of global financial crises on the global economy. The course will cover: the causes and factors of financial crises, the nature and cyclicality of crises, the mechanism, regularities and forms of manifestation of the global financial crisis, the consequences of the impact of the global financial crisis on the economies of the world.

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