Bachelor courses
Speciality Code:
6B02203
Speciality Name:
Religious Studies
Faculty:
Philosophy and Political Science
Qualification:
- First Stage of Higher Education - Bachelor of Humanities
- Model of graduating student
- Mandatory disciplines
- Elective disciplines
- Professional
1. to formulate problems of theoretical significance in the field of religious studies, to analyze and systematize knowledge about religion and religious theories;
2. to freely interpret and creatively use scientific, historical and religious studies knowledge to summarize the success factors of the Kazakhstan development model on the way to the established state - the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3. use modern linguistic methods and techniques in scientific research to solve the problems of communication in the multilingual and multicultural society of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the international arena of religious issues;
4. substantiate social and ethical values based on social and legal norms and tolerance to various religious and confessional traditions;
5. to compare theoretical religious knowledge, methods of religious studies in practice;
6. generalize the information of the logical analysis of reasoning and professional argumentation in the field of religious studies, set goals and choose ways to achieve it;
7. interact with colleagues, work in a team, tolerantly perceiving social, ethnic, confessional and cultural differences;
8. solve standard tasks of professional activity based on information and bibliographic culture using information and communication technologies and taking into account the basic requirements of information security;
9. to carry out research activities in the composition of scientific groups whose work affects theological problems;
10. develop algorithms for scientific research to justify the choice of research methods in the field of study of religion;
11. to generate and build in a clear form the content and specific features of the religious complex from the position corresponding to the profile of the training of religious scholars;
12. to predict the future based on the knowledge gained as a result of training
2. to freely interpret and creatively use scientific, historical and religious studies knowledge to summarize the success factors of the Kazakhstan development model on the way to the established state - the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3. use modern linguistic methods and techniques in scientific research to solve the problems of communication in the multilingual and multicultural society of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the international arena of religious issues;
4. substantiate social and ethical values based on social and legal norms and tolerance to various religious and confessional traditions;
5. to compare theoretical religious knowledge, methods of religious studies in practice;
6. generalize the information of the logical analysis of reasoning and professional argumentation in the field of religious studies, set goals and choose ways to achieve it;
7. interact with colleagues, work in a team, tolerantly perceiving social, ethnic, confessional and cultural differences;
8. solve standard tasks of professional activity based on information and bibliographic culture using information and communication technologies and taking into account the basic requirements of information security;
9. to carry out research activities in the composition of scientific groups whose work affects theological problems;
10. develop algorithms for scientific research to justify the choice of research methods in the field of study of religion;
11. to generate and build in a clear form the content and specific features of the religious complex from the position corresponding to the profile of the training of religious scholars;
12. to predict the future based on the knowledge gained as a result of training
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Military Training
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: MC
- Description: Military Training
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Module of socio-political knowledge (Sociology/ Political science/ Culture/ Psychology)
- Number of credits: 8
- Type of control: RK + Exam (100)
- Description: Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.
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Нistory of Kazakhstan
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [РК1+MT+РК2+ ГЭК] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to give objective knowledge about the main stages in the development of the history of Kazakhstan from ancient times to the present. Expected learning outcomes: 1) demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the main stages in the development of the history of Kazakhstan; 2) to correlate the phenomena and events of the historical past with the general paradigm of the world-historical development of human society through critical analysis; 3) to possess the skills of analytical and axiological analysis in the study of historical processes and phenomena of modern Kazakhstan; 4) be able to objectively and comprehensively comprehend the immanent features of the modern Kazakh model of development; 5) Systematize and give a critical assessment of historical phenomena and processes in the history of Kazakhstan. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: Ancient people and the formation of a nomadic civilization, Turkic civilization and the Great Steppe, Kazakhstan in modern times (XVIII - early XX centuries), Kazakhstan as part of the Soviet administrative-command system, Kazakhstan in the world community (1991-2022).
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Introduction to Language Course (Arabic / Latin)
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: High-quality preparation of professional (educational) practice consists in the acquisition by students of religious studies of primary professional skills, including primary skills of research activities, organizational and managerial activities based on understanding the religious sphere of society, skills of work in the field of education, science, culture, public administration.
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Foreign Language
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Purpose: to form the improvement of knowledge of foreign language communicative competence. The main methods of speech skills and foreign language communication skills are considered as a basis for the development of communicative competence; implementation of acquired speech skills in the process of searching, selecting and using material in English.
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Information and Communication Technologies
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: During the study of the discipline, students will learn following aspects: ICT role in key sectors of development of society. Standards in the field of ICT. Introduction to computer systems. Architecture of computer systems. Software. Operating systems. Human-computer interaction. Database systems. Networks and telecommunications. Cyber safety. Internet technologies.
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History of Religion
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Differentiate the hierarchy of world religions using rational methods. To characterize the development stages in specifics of world religions. Analyze the facts of source studies. To model the nature of the general scientific approach in explaining the religious worldview, understanding the role and place of religion in the evolution.
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Methodology and methodology of qualification work
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: High-quality training of a specialist involves the formation of the ability to collect and interpret significant data for qualified preparation and writing a final qualifying work. To use the methods of scientific research in the thesis, the main tasks for the final qualification work.
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Methods of Missionary Work
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Demonstrate the ability of scientific reasoning, conducting scientific discussion and polemics about the methods and methodology of missionary activity, characterize the history of the Christian mission and catechesis, the continuity of the mission and catechesis, their specifics, "entering the church", periodization, paradigms in the history of the Christian mission.
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Fundamentals of Religious Studies
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form a general idea of the specialty of religious studies, the mission and professional activities of a religious scholar as a specialist; analyze and compare the main theories in religious studies; evaluate the features of verbal religious behavior in socially oriented communication.
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Legal regulation of the religious sphere
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Understand the basics of the theory and interpretations of the legal regulation of the religious sphere; substantiate and use knowledge of the legislation on religion in the Republic of Kazakhstan in practice; identify problematic areas of legal regulation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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Practical Course of Foreign Language (Arabicic/ Latin)
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: To carry out a comprehensive analysis of the basic ideas about the importance of the Arabic and Latin languages, about the main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activities. Knowledge the grammatical system and use the methodology of other humanities.
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Psychology of Religion
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: To characterize knowledge on the psychology of religion as a science, its historical development and methodological understanding of the problems of a religious and unbelieving person, Analyze the principles of psychocorrectional work with destructively dependent people; be aware of the requirements for a psychologist who carries out psychocorrectional measures.
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Religious Antropology
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Carry out a comprehensive analysis of the most important theoretical and methodological problems of religious anthropology as one of the main directions of religious studies, differentiate the stages of the basic concepts of religious anthropology, analyze the specifics of religious anthropology, its main aspects, levels.
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Religious Aesthetics
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The discipline is directed to form the ability of a person's mobility in the modern world, critical thinking of the subject area of religious aesthetics, the history of aesthetic thought. Use the methods of religious aesthetics, values that contribute to person's knowledge and the development of moral qualities.
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Religious Ethics
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The discipline is directed to form the ability to operate with fundamental ethical concepts, to assess moral and religious relationships between people, to the facts of reality, historical events, and their critical understanding. To characterize issues of morality from religious and traditional points of view.
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Modern Religious Movements and Cults
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Solve professional problems in an academic context based on the generally recognized conceptual knowledge of religious studies; methodological setting for understanding the specifics of modern non-traditional religions, identifying the causes of the emergence, development, functioning, determination of its elements, structure, place in a number of other religious and worldview systems.
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Sociology of Religion
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form an idea of the functioning of religion in society, structure, elements of the religious complex, typology of religious organizations, the modern religious situation, trends in the development of modern religions. Main aspects: social patterns of origin, functioning; religion as a sociocultural system and social institution; sociological studies of current problems of the religiosity of society; connection of religion in the development of various branches of sociological knowledge
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Philosophy
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Purpose: to form a systematic understanding of philosophy and its main problems and methods in the context of future professional activities. The main content of ontology and metaphysics is considered in the context of the historical development of philosophy; the importance of key worldview concepts in the modern world.
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Philosophy of Religion
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Differentiate the hierarchy of concepts of the religious form of consciousness as an original spiritual phenomenon in the history of human culture in its specifics, functions and normative behavioral characteristics, develop a substantiated, scientific worldview position in matters of religion, provide logical argumentation, substantiation and evidence of religious conclusions
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Culturology
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Aim of discipline is to form a bachelor's understanding of the specifics of the development of national culture in the context of world culture and civilization, need to preserve the cultural code of the Kazakh people, ability to pursue in independent professional activity a strategy of preserving the cultural heritage.
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Political Science
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The academic discipline “Political science” forms knowledge of the laws and laws of world politics and modern political processes, explaining the essence and content of the policy of national states, on the basis of ensuring national security and the realization of national interests.
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Psychology
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of studying the discipline is to provide scientifically grounded training of highly qualified specialists on the basis of studying the fundamental concepts of psychology management, creating the necessary prerequisites for theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important management problems related to the process of professional development.
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Sociology
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The course presents general questions of theory and history of sociology, methodology and methods of sociological research, special sociological theories. This course is aimed at shaping the sociological imagination of students, basic ideas about the subject and methods of sociological research, topical problems and sociology branches.
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Kazakh (Russian) Language
- Number of credits: 5
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description:
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Physical Training
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: РК(с оценкой)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is the formation of social and personal competencies of students, ensuring the targeted use of the appropriate means of physical culture and sports for preservation, preparation for professional activities. As a result of studying the discipline, the graduate should know the role of physical culture in human development.
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Module of socio-political knowledge (Culture)
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: RK1+RK2 (100)
- Description: Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.
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Module of socio-political knowledge (Political science)
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: RK1+RK2 (100)
- Description: Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.
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Module of socio-political knowledge (Psychology)
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: RK1+RK2 (100)
- Description: Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.
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Module of socio-political knowledge (Sociology)
- Number of credits: 2
- Type of control: RK1+RK2 (100)
- Description: Aim оf discipline: to develop the ability to explain and interpret subject knowledge in all fields of science, shaping of the discipline. Sociology and sociological perspectives, social structure, form of policy, organizational structure, institutions, the legal and organizational rules, content, purpose, value, policy, concept and essence of culture, semiotics of culture, psychology of personality, psychology of interpersonal communication will be studied.
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Al-Farabi and Modernity
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Aim of the discipline: to form students' ideas about the scientific and philosophical heritage of the great Turkic thinker Abu Nasr al-Farabi in developing the world and national culture. Learning outcomes: explain the main philosophical contents al-Farabi's heritage and his influence on the formation of Turkic philosophy; influence European Renaissance.
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Bible as Literary Monument and Sacred Text
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Interpret the content and specific features of the corpus of prophetic books of the Old Testament, critically analyze biblical texts in terms of their content, sources, structure, genres, historical and cultural background, authorship, dating, language and the most important theological provisions. critically evaluate various religious texts, sermons.
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Research in the humanities
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline: to form scientific and methodological skills of research, writing and editing a scientific article, updating and developing knowledge in the field of academic writing; integrate interdisciplinary knowledge; to systematize the conceptual and methodological approaches to the study of scientific hypotheses, provisions.
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History of religious studies in the world
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Interpret the content, specific features of the main origins of the formation and direction of development of world religious studies. To reveal the specifics of the methodology of religious studies. Conduct a critical comparative analysis of historical and methodological trends in the history of religious studies.
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Source in religious studies
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The course is aimed at studying the theoretical and methodological problems of source studies and the main stages in the development of a conceptual study of primary sources. Classification, analysis of historical sources, annals, legislative sources, acts and records management materials; statistical sources. Critical assessment of sources.
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Quran as Literary Monument and Sacred Text
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: To carry out a source study analysis of linguistic facts on the basis of the following disciplines: Arabic language, cultural studies, history of Islam, Arabic literature. Differentiate the hierarchy of the Qur'anic language system using the structure, the specifics of the Qur'anic Arabic language in a historical retrospective.
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Scientific Research Methods
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Objective - to develop skills in cognitive activity in the field of science. To use methods of scientific research for understanding and assimilating information. To be able to describe the object of research. To master methods of search, processing of scientific information, systematization, analysis, synthesis to obtain an objective content of scientific knowledge. To apply analytical and practical research methods and argumentation systems for justification, assertion, evaluation.
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Field Research in Religious studies
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Apply your knowledge and understanding through the demonstration of the formation and substantiation of arguments and problem solving within the framework of the practical, theoretical and methodological foundations of field research in the field of religious studies, the specifics of field research in the field religious studies
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Legal Bases of Corruption Control
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The goal of the discipline is to form a responsible attitude and the ability to demonstrate in practice the application of the principles and norms of anti-corruption legislation in order to prevent corruption offenses, to form intolerance towards corruption, an anti-corruption culture in everyday life and at the workplace, civil liability. The following will be studied: anti-corruption legislation, the system and activities of anti-corruption subjects, causes and conditions conducive to corruption, anti-corruption policy, international experience in combating corruption.
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Practice of texts transaltion by specialty (Arabic/ Latin)
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: To carry out at a professional level the translation and interpretation of religious texts. Use modern linguistic methods and techniques in scientific research of language and speech (analysis of historical and cultural information, conversion analysis, component analysis, analysis of logical relationships between sentences, etc.).
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Entrepreneurship
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Purpose: to form basic knowledge in the field of theory and practice of creating your own business, necessary for the formation of: an economic way of thinking. The internal and external environment of business entrepreneurship are considered; state regulation and the role of the state for the business environment
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Religious Evaluation
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The discipline is aimed at training researchers, analysts in the field of religious studies, focused on the project form of work, systemic thinking, teamwork, self-development. Possession of the methodological foundations of expert activity, the methods used in expert activity, expert systems, the technology for processing the results of an examination.
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Religious situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The discipline is aimed at developing the skills of analyzing the religious situation in modern Kazakhstani society on the basis of theoretical and practical approaches of religious studies. The ability to compare with the religious situation and the experience of solving religious issues in the near and far abroad.
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Modern religious theories
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Form the issues of modern theories of religion, the problems of emergence religions, the problems of studying world and national religions in different historical eras, the consequences of new religious cults (sects), the role of religion in the modern world, Characterize the theoretical, socio-historical prerequisites for the emergence religious studies.
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Comparative Theology
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: To carry out a comprehensive analysis of the features of the development of Christianity, its dogmas and church life. Differentiate the teachings of Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, ecumenism as a product of Protestantism. To carry out source analysis of methodology, source study. Assess the Western confessions in the Russian theological tradition.
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Theological problems of the Muslim faith
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose of the discipline is to form students' systematic and deep knowledge in the field of Muslim doctrine and the ability to professionally consider theological problems within the framework of Islamic dogma; to systematize the process of origin and development of Muslim dogma; analyze the tenets of Islam.
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Abais Teaching
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The goal of the discipline is to form in future specialists the ability to self-knowledge, the use of Abai's doctrine as the basis of spirituality and intellectuality of modern Kazakhstan, the application of their professional knowledge, understanding and abilities through the prism of humanism and education in order to strengthen the unity of the country and civil solidarity of society.The following will be studied: the concept of the teachings of Abai; sources of teaching; components of Abai's doctrine; categories of Abai's doctrine; measuring instruments of the teachings of Abai; the essence and meaning of Abai’s doctrine.
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Ecology and Human Life Safety
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The goal of the discipline is to form a number of key competencies based on modern environmental management concepts that implement the principles of harmonious optimization of the conditions for human interaction with nature, including in the process of tourist and recreational activities.The following will be studied: the principles of sustainable development, conservation and reproduction of natural resources to ensure the safety of human life, methods for assessing and minimizing risks, protecting against dangers, including during travel, measures to eliminate the consequences of accidents, anthropogenic disasters, natural disasters, environmental protection and rational environmental management.
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Professional (educational) practice
- Type of control: Защита практики
- Description: The purpose of the practice is to form the ability to apply in the field in practice their knowledge and skills formed during the development of the discipline "Geodesy", as close as possible to the production conditions of land management. As a result of the internship the student will be able to: 1. use surveying tools; 2. make verification of theodolites, levels, total stations and their installation in the working position; 3. lay theodolite course; 4. make leveling; 5. perform total station survey; 6. to produce laboratory processing of field measurements; 7. make a plan, longitudinal and transverse profiles and other necessary drawings. The practice of geodesy refers to a cycle of training practices. During the practice, the following types of geodetic works will be done: verification of theodolites, levels, total stations and their installation in the working position: centering, horizonting; measurements by theodolite, level, total station; laying of the traverse along the boundary of land use and checking the admissibility of measurement errors; in excess of measurement errors, repeated measurements are made; leveling and checking the admissibility of measurement errors; surveying and manufacturing plan.
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Pre-Diploma
- Type of control: Защита практики
- Description: TThe objective is form the ability to consolidate the theoretical knowledge, analytical and managerial skills, collecting material for the diploma work. The following will be studied: analysis of enterprises' performance effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of enterprises, list of partners, agreements, contracts, arrangement of meetings, negotiations, recruitment of personnel, team work.
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Professional (production) practice
- Type of control: Защита практики
- Description: The purpose of the practice is to form professional knowledge in the field of the chosen specialty, to consolidate the theoretical knowledge obtained in the disciplines of the directions and special disciplines of the program, to master the necessary professional competencies in the chosen direction of specialized training. The practice is designed to create conditions for the formation of practical competencies.