Name of the educational Program

7M02216 Turkology

The field of education

7М002 Arts and Humanities

Training areas

7М022 Humanities

Classification of education

M054 Turkology

Purpose of the Educational Program

The purpose of the educational program is high-quality training of professional personnel for the scientific and educational sphere of higher educational institutions capable of:

- critically assess and interpret the latest achievements of the theory and methodology of Turkic studies;

- independently carry out research work in Turkic studies by integrating knowledge of related scientific fields;

- to interpret the results of one's own scientific research in the field of Turkic studies and communicate them to both specialists and non-specialists;

- to ensure the effectiveness of the educational process on the basis of classical and innovative teaching methods in the field of Turkic studies;

- to plan and publish personal and interdisciplinary scientific results in both domestic and foreign ranking journals.

-implementation of the educational program is aimed at shaping the personality of a specialist capable of:

demonstrate developing knowledge and understanding gained at the higher education level, which is the basis or opportunity for the original development or application of ideas, often in the context of scientific research;

-apply knowledge, understanding and problem-solving ability in new or unfamiliar situations in contexts and within broader (or interdisciplinary) areas related to the field of study;

-integrate knowledge, deal with complexities and make judgments based on incomplete or limited information, taking into account ethical and social responsibility for applying these judgments and knowledge;

Teaching language

Kazakh, Russian, English

Labor input

120 academic credits

Awarded degree

M.A.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this educational program, undergraduates are expected to be able to:

1. -apply topical problems and prospects for the development of Turkology as a field of knowledge, its interdisciplinary ties, synthesize Turkic and interdisciplinary knowledge to solve educational, theoretical and methodological problems;

- systematically evaluate various studies in the field of Turkic studies, analyze handwritten materials of the Kypchak, Oguz and Karluk language groups, using modern research methods;

- to carry out scientific design using modern methods of researching monuments of the ancient and medieval periods, material and non-material culture of the Turkic peoples included and applying to be included in the UNESCO list;

- to isolate, formulate urgent problems of Turkic studies, solve it on the basis of scientific research methods, by attracting new archival materials and manuscripts;

-model and design studies of the Turkic language groups, interpret the obtained scientific results, through field research;

- to apply the theories of modern Turkic studies, to express and substantiate their position on the research results, to put forward, argue and solve scientific problems using ancient and medieval manuscript materials;

- to formulate the problems and tasks of scientific research in the field of Turkic studies, to choose the appropriate methodology, to define and classify the historical stages of the development of the nomadic civilization;

- to build the trajectory of the relevance of the master's study, clearly define the setting of the goal and objectives, substantiate the research methodology; evaluate and interpret the scientific results obtained.

-develop and create educational and research interdisciplinary scientific projects, develop an implementation plan, reasonably predict scientific results and conclusions.

- systematically present programs for planning, organizing and practical implementation of educational activities for certain types of training sessions (laboratory, practical and seminars) in Turkic studies in higher education institutions; apply traditional and innovative educational methods and technologies for teaching Turkic disciplines.

-Generate innovative ideas, put forward independent hypotheses, build trajectories of professional improvement.   

- to develop their own scientific research on the linguistic, literary and historical characteristics of the Turkic peoples; draw up the main conclusions on the research project, present the results of the research (in the form of reports, articles, with the involvement of modern research methods of Turkology); be fluent in the linguistic parameters of professional competence.

Information for applicants

https://welcome.kaznu.kz/en/education_programs/magistracy/speciality/2225

Academic activities

The academic activity of the EP is carried out in the field of research activities:

-study of scientific and methodological literature;

-study and generalization of innovative pedagogical experience in teaching Turkic studies;

-conducting scientific experiments with the introduction of their results into the educational process;

- carrying out scientific research in specialized disciplines in various scientific and scientific-production institutions;

-knowledge of the algorithm of research activities;

- ability to creatively use the achievements of the humanities and generalize the results of research

Scientific activity

For the implementation of the educational program at the faculty there are

-cabinets, laboratories

-Center of Azerbaijan Culture and History

Scientific directions of the Department of Turkology:

Turkic literature, history, and history of Turkic countries; comparative historical aspect of the Turkic languages; modern Turkish language and literature, Shagatai language.

The Department of Turkology employs highly qualified specialists researching linguistics and Turkic studies, the problems of history, linguistic Turkic studies, ethnolinguistics, the comparative history of Turkic languages, the theory of lexicography, the study of Turkish as a second foreign language, the theory of translation studies and other topical problems.

The teachers of the department are actively conducting research in various fields of ancient and medieval Turkic studies, combining theoretical and practical aspects. The development of undergraduates is facilitated by the circles of the faculty under the guidance of the teaching staff of the department. Undergraduates get the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained in theoretical studies in the practice of scientific research, the process and results of which are then discussed in circle classes. 

International activity

Within the framework of external academic mobility, students study at foreign universities during a semester or a year.

- University of Michigan (USA);

- American University; 

- University of London (Great Britain);

- Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika (Poland);

- University of Adam Mickiewicz (Poland);

- Ankara Üniversitesi (Turkey);

- Istanbul University (Turkey);

- Hacettepe Üniversitesi (Turkey)

- Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov (Moscow, Russia);

- St. Petersburg State University (Russia); 

- Novosibirsk State University (Russia).

Quality assurance (Accreditation, rating, work with employers)

Availability of EP accreditation:

International accreditation - FIBAA

National accreditation - IAAR, NKAAA 

Accreditation validity period: From 24.11.2017 to 31.12.2022

According to the results of the rating of educational programs among the universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it takes the following place:

IAAR-1

NKAOKA- 2

Recognized accreditation agencies

Institute for accreditation, certification and quality assurance - ACQUIN

Employers are:

Higher educational institutions of Kazakhstan, in which there are departments, faculties, centers and departments related to the study of Turkology. Consulate of the Republic of Turkey in Almaty, Consulate of Uzbekistan in Almaty, Consulate of Azerbaijan in Almaty, Kazakh-Turkish lyceums, Rare fund of the national library, Central State Archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan, KISS