EP name

7M03202 Journalism

Education area

7M03 Social sciences, Journalism and information

Training direction

7M032 Journalism and information

Group of educational programs

M067 Journalism and reporting studies

The goal

High-quality training of professional personnel for the scientific and educational areas of higher educational institutions capable of:- critically evaluate and interpret the latest achievements of the theory and practice of journalism;- develop and apply new ideas in the information system within the contexts under study;- solve professional and other problems in new and unfamiliar contexts;- bear social and ethical responsibility for the results of professional and scientific activities;- to plan and carry out public performances using the skills of oratory.

Language of instruction

russian, kazakh, english

Volume of credits

120

Academic degree awarded

 Master

Learning outcomes

1. To analyze current problems and prospects for the development of journalism, based on the economic and political mechanisms of their functioning, legal and ethical regulation.
2. To coordinate the process of creating journalistic texts in demand by society and industry, to predict the preferences of the audience.
3. Evaluate journalistic texts of various styles and genres, as well as its potential appeal to the audience.
4. Edit the media text, taking into account its structure, semantics, pragmatics, stylistics, rhetoric, linguistic-formatted features, modality.
5. Design scenarios for the implementation of research projects based on information and methodologies for its study. 
6. To build trajectories of professional improvements.
7. Develop requirements for the selection and implementation of a particular content, prepare for broadcast / release a finished product.
8. To design information and software products that help holistically solve journalism problems using digital media.
9. Keep in touch with professional communities, experts, analysts, competitors, partners, newsmakers.
10. Develop interactive forms of seminar / laboratory classes and apply them in the educational process.
11. Based on analytical information, develop a media concept, an organization’s development plan, determine a media product development strategy.
12. Use social and multicultural differences to solve problems in professional journalistic activities, taking into account the norms of tolerance and impartiality in reporting on events.

Information for applicants

https://welcome.kaznu.kz/kz/education_programs/magistracy/speciality/1373

Academic activities

Academic mobility:

• Harriman Institute of Columbia University (USA);
• Oklahoma State University (USA);
• George Mason University (USA);
• University of Michigan (USA);
• American University;
• University of London (Great Britain);
• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika (Poland);
• University of Adam Mickiewicz (Poland);
• Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong);
• Istanbul University (Turkey);
• Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov (Moscow, Russia);

Scientific activities

Scientific school or scientific directions of the Department, (research projects)

Training of students is carried out in the framework of the scientific schools of the founders of digital media, analytical journalism in Kazakhstan: M. K. Barmankulov, N. Omasheva, Z. G. Ibraeva, S. H. Barlybaeva, Sultanbaeva and scientific schools in the field of artificial Intelligence and big data Telemtayeva M. M., T. N. Biyarova , N. T. Danayevа, U. A. Tukeeva.

The scientific potential of the department is represented by highly qualified specialists: professors, associate professors, invited foreign professors, employees of the media field, mathematical cybernetics and information systems, which allows for the training of undergraduates. The teaching staff is represented by domestic and invited foreign specialists with extensive practical and research experience.

International activities

Scientific projects of the MES RK:

Scientific and methodological foundations of the development and implementation of information and communication technologies in the educational system

Methods and mathematical models of evaluation of scientific and innovative projects

Development of methods and algorithms for optimization tasks in intelligent automatic control and management systems.

"The national idea "Mangilik el": the development of high humanitarian technologies in the formation of a New Kazakh patriotism".

Quality assurance (Accreditation, rating, work with employers)

Availability of OP accreditation:

• International accreditation
• National accreditation
• Name of the accreditation body: AQA, FIBAA
• Accreditation period: 2017-2021
• According to the results of the rating of educational programs among the universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan takes the place:
• NAR- 1
• NCAOKO- 2