Master degree program
Psychology

Psychology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Demonstrate conceptual knowledge and understanding of modern theoretical, methodological and applied approaches in psychological activities in the fields of education, business, health, military and specialized services (А1)
2. Present scientific theories within the framework of modern approaches in various fields of psychology that allow you to master research, scientific and pedagogical, managerial, expert, teaching and practical activities (А2)
3. To develop theoretical and methodological models of psychodiagnostics, including models for diagnosing life problems of people in need of corrective actions; develop, select and implement forms, methods and programs of corrective and rehabilitation measures appropriate to the problems in various fields (С1)
4. Make psychodiagnostic, expert, medical and psychological conclusions and recommendations on the use of diagnostic data in psychological activities in various fields of application (С2)
5. Apply the skills of organizing psychological counseling in the field of social, educational, political and business activities; individual counseling in the field of interpersonal relations, career guidance and career planning, personal growth (С3)
6. To organize the work of personnel of the psychological service of higher educational institutions, research psychological centers, institutions of state and non-state profile, ministries and departments, industry sectors, military and law enforcement agencies; to improve the methodological tools of the psychological service of these institutions (В1)
7. Integrate knowledge, skills and abilities to solve practical psychological problems in the field of education, determine the needs for psychological training in the system of higher and additional education (В2)
8. Implement system design of educational material, design of training sessions, organization of communication and interaction in training groups, psychological assessment and monitoring of the effectiveness of training (B3)
9. Formulate problems and tasks, choose appropriate methods and monitoring when conducting psychoprophylactic, psychocorrective, counseling, rehabilitation work with different categories of clients (В4)
10. Develop and implement a program of psychological research based on the application of General professional knowledge and skills in order to identify opportunities for using innovative psychological technologies in various spheres of life (В5)
11. Perform psychological assessment and expertise of social, political, economic, and organizational projects in terms of their psychological components and consequences (В6);
12. To build effective professional communication and leadership within professional teams (doctors, social workers, teachers, military personnel, Emergency workers) (D1).

Program passport

Speciality Name
Psychology
Speciality Code
7M03125
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

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.

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.

Neuropsychology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies in the field of neuropsychological approach to practical psychological activity. Ideas are given about the close dialectical connection of mental processes and the brain, about the inseparable unity of the structure and functions of the brain; methodology and techniques of neuropsychological research; the possibility of applying knowledge on neuropsychology in various fields of practical activity.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a specialist’s research culture, research competence, as well as the theoretical, methodological and practical foundations for organizing research activities in the conditions of the development of science and the implementation of industrial and innovative development programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; fundamentals of methodology and methods of scientific research, logic and structure of pedagogical research, scientific apparatus and research planning

Organizational and ethical aspects of psychological activity
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The main purpose: to form a systematic understanding of the ethical and organizational aspects of psychologists' work and psychological services. The course covers ethical dilemmas and ways to resolve them, risk assessment and management in psychologist-client relationships, work with special groups, and the psychologist's relationships with colleagues and employers. It also studies supervision, management, and other organizational issues related to the psychologist's professional activity.

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.

Psychological counseling and psychotherapy of family and child
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: professional training for counseling and psychotherapeutic activities. The course systematizes the basic principles and approaches to counseling and psychotherapy of family and child, methods and techniques of counseling and psychotherapeutic activities; the main phenomena and problems are considered in the logic of the deployment of life phases of personal and family development.

Psychological expertise
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: professional training for the expert activity of a practical psychologist and the formation of instrumental competencies for participation in the expert process in various systems (forensic-psychiatric, administrative-legal, military, social, political, and so on). The course is aimed at studying the theoretical and methodological foundations, the main types and methods of expert activity; the legal side of the activity and legal responsibility of the psychologist.

Psychological training
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to ensure the development of the theory, technology and methodology of various types of trainings, preparation and implementation of training programs. It gives an idea of the procedures, rules and methods of work of the training group, the conceptual foundations and technologies of the organization of training programs; the necessary skills of a psychologist-trainer. The history of the emergence of training groups, their typology, the theory of group dynamics, and ethical requirements for a coach are studied.

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.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Art therapy technologies
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of professional competencies in the application of basic art therapeutic technologies and methods to solve correctional, developmental, psychotherapeutic and preventive tasks of a psychologist. They are being studied the methodology, methods, history and current state, directions of art therapy and the specifics of the use of art therapy technologies and techniques in different age periods of an individual's development are studied, taking into account problems and requests.

Body-oriented psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: the formation of professional subject competencies of psychocorrective and psychotherapeutic activities of a psychologist through the development and application of body-oriented methods and techniques. The theoretical positions and foundations of body-oriented psychotherapy are studied; diagnostics and body reading; features of Reich's somatic vegetotherapy and the neo-Reichian direction; creation and use of resource trance states; use of techniques of body-oriented psychotherapy when working with psychosomatic patients.

Classical and modern psychotechnologies of correction and personality development
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a system of ideas about the theoretical foundations of psychological development and correction of personality, working out the skills necessary to solve professional tasks related to the provision of appropriate psychological assistance. The course provides an overview of the main methodological approaches to psychotechnologies of correction and development of personality, classifications of psychotechnologies, the main laws of the process of psychological correction and the specifics of their impact on personality.

Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: practical preparation for psychotherapy based on a cognitive behavioral approach. The theoretical foundations of the cognitive behavioral approach are studied; the specifics of the problems solved by methods of cognitive behavioral therapy (anxiety and depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions, eating disorders, phobias, and other forms of mental health disorders); techniques and techniques of the cognitive behavioral approach of psychotherapy.

Computational Modeling of Social Behavior
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to understand, apply computer modeling in the analysis of social behavior, important aspects of models in psychology; a clear understanding of computer modeling of social behavior. Computer models providing accurate formalism of social processes are revealed; features of modeling social behavior, forecasting system behavior, virtual combinations of internal and external behavior parameters.

Computer modeling and statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional psychological thinking through the development of practical skills in the application of computer modeling methods and statistical methods of data processing. The course provides for the study of ways to increase the "purity" of the experiment by increasing the accuracy of recording the results and eliminating errors in processing the source data.

Diagnosis and assessment of an individual's mental development
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: preparation for the diagnostic direction of the psychologist's work, the formation of diagnostic and evaluation competencies. The content of the discipline covers a range of issues related to the study of the basic theories and methods of diagnostic research and assessment of the mental development of an individual in modern psychological science and practice.

History, Condition and Development Tendency of Modern Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for mastering the theoretical and practical foundations of the development of psychological thought. Qualitative changes in the development of psychological ideas, the history of the emergence of a particular psychological concept, common and distinctive features in the development of psychology in different eras, various scientific concepts and theories, achievements of the past and modern psychological thought are revealed.

Methodology, methods and experiment in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to master the methodology, theory, organization of psychological research, including experiment, as a special form of research practice. The course is aimed at familiarization with the methodological foundations of psychological science, the formation of skills in planning psychological research, obtaining and processing empirical data; obtaining, interpreting and presenting experimental data.

Modern methods of statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to contribute to the formation of competence in the analysis of research results by statistical methods and possession of a variety of methodological arsenal of statistical science. The main stages and directions of the development of statistics as a science are studied; rules, methods and techniques of statistical analysis of information, valid methods of quantitative and qualitative data processing, features of automatic application of standard formulas.

Practical psychology of industrial activity, business and services
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for providing psychological assistance in the fields of production, business and services, including as part of the psychological services of organizations of various profiles. The periodization of human development as a subject of labor, the typology of professional personality crises, the phenomenon of stress in professional activity, the problem of professional adaptation of personality and practical aspects of the activities of psychological services of various organizations are studied.

Psychological service in law enforcement, military and penitentiary systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to form a readiness to carry out professional psychological activities in the fields of legal, penitentiary and military psychology. Are being considered the basics of legal and military psychology, the specifics of the work of the psychological service in the penitentiary system, psychological support for solving personnel and operational issues, practical aspects of the application of psychology in the penitentiary system, psychologically justified ways of positive activation of individuals and groups.

Psychology of crisis and extreme situations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: preparation for the provision of professional psychological assistance in crisis and extreme situations. The psychological features and patterns of events and actions occurring in the emergency zone, psychological mechanisms of formation of acute and prolonged stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, life crises, classification of mental states arising from the action of negative factors of crisis and extreme situations are considered.

Psychotherapy and psychological rehabilitation of individuals and groups
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of a set of professional competencies that allow mastering the methodology and methods of psychotherapy and psychological rehabilitation of an individual and a group. The discipline is aimed at practical preparation for the use of psychotechnical and procedural organizational techniques of individual and group psychotherapy and rehabilitation.

Research Methods and Experiment in Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to form the ability to understand the role of research work in the practical activity of a specialist, to master and consolidate the basic concepts of scientific research, to form an idea of the methods and logic of scientific knowledge, search, accumulation, processing of scientific information and registration of research results. The methodological foundations of psychological research, classification and characteristics of empirical methods, procedure and organization of psychological experiment are revealed.

Theoretical Methodological Basis of Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to understand, critically analyze and apply professional methodological knowledge, research methods, understand research problems, and solve methodological dilemmas in modern psychology. The discipline allows you to learn the categorical structure, explanatory principles and approaches, key problems and the specifics of psychological cognition itself; it teaches you to apply universal criteria to assess the quality of psychological theory.

Theory and practice of psychoanalysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: professional training for counseling and psychotherapy based on classical psychoanalysis. The course focuses on the formation of systematic ideas about the psychoanalytic method and its modifications; the basics of understanding and interpretation of the individual unconscious, expressed in various symbolic systems; the ability to apply the psychoanalytic method in the practice of psychological counseling and psychotherapy.

Transactional analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: improving professional competencies that allow solving psychological problems based on a transactional approach. They are being studied the conceptual provisions of the modern transactional approach are studied: theories of personality, theory of communication and social interaction; Ego states of personality; parallel, overlapping and hidden transactions of social interaction; methods and techniques of transactional analysis; psychotherapeutic practices used in transactional analysis.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

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.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита НИР
  • 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.

Teaching Internship
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The main purpose of discipline is the formation of practical and educational skills for conducting lectures and seminars, creatively apply scientific and theoretical knowledge and practical skills in teaching activities obtained in the study of pedagogy, psychology, special disciplines. During the study of course, they should be competent in: - demonstrate the necessary knowledge of how to organize various types of classes (lectures, laboratory, seminar, IWST), - compilation of educational and methodological documentation and organization of educational work with students; - possess techniques and methods for the practical implementation of theoretical knowledge acquired in the field of pedagogy, psychology and vocational training.-

Data for 2021-2024 years