Magistracy
Speciality Code:
7M03110
Speciality Name:
Political Science
Faculty:
Philosophy and Political Science
Qualification:
- Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences
- Model of graduating student
- Mandatory disciplines
- Elective disciplines
- Professional
to have a systematic understanding that allows to critically evaluate modern scientific schools, scientific research and theories in the field of political science;
2. to master the methods, techniques and techniques of political science analysis that are applicable to their own research, perform critical analysis and interpret the results obtained on the facts of domestic politics and international relations;
3. to evaluate management processes in public authorities and socio-political organizations, independently plan and solve problems at a professional level, to be ready for self-education and career growth;
4. to find science-based technological solutions to political problems in new and unfamiliar contexts.
5. to carry out political examinations, political diagnostics, to make forecasts of political processes independently, to participate in public expert activity;
6. to develop political and legal documents of a strategic and tactical nature, evaluate plans, projects, situations and possible risks, and the results of work performed within the framework of the tasks set.
7. to provide consulting services and analytical support to political parties, public organizations, business structures, media and other actors of the political process;
8. to carry out educational activities in higher education, to ensure the effectiveness of the educational process on the basis of classical and innovative methods of teaching socio-political disciplines.
2. to master the methods, techniques and techniques of political science analysis that are applicable to their own research, perform critical analysis and interpret the results obtained on the facts of domestic politics and international relations;
3. to evaluate management processes in public authorities and socio-political organizations, independently plan and solve problems at a professional level, to be ready for self-education and career growth;
4. to find science-based technological solutions to political problems in new and unfamiliar contexts.
5. to carry out political examinations, political diagnostics, to make forecasts of political processes independently, to participate in public expert activity;
6. to develop political and legal documents of a strategic and tactical nature, evaluate plans, projects, situations and possible risks, and the results of work performed within the framework of the tasks set.
7. to provide consulting services and analytical support to political parties, public organizations, business structures, media and other actors of the political process;
8. to carry out educational activities in higher education, to ensure the effectiveness of the educational process on the basis of classical and innovative methods of teaching socio-political disciplines.
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Public Policy
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -determine the essence and types of Public Policy and management, explain the mechanisms for developing Public Policy; -develop a direction of Public Policy; - ensure the relationship of policy and management in professional activities; - apply business games and other active methods in Public Policy and management; - calculate managerial decisions in conflict situations.
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Public Administration
- Number of credits: 9
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the forms of interaction between the state and society in the process of public administration; - to identify patterns of formation and functioning of government bodies; -analyze various sources of information for research; - apply analytical skills for making and executing state management decisions; - find adequate answers to the challenges of a dynamic social life.
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Political research design
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: - choose, design and substantiate research design in accordance with a specific research task. - to argue the choice of research methodology (master's thesis); - apply general scientific, specific and diversified methods of research of political problems; - use qualitative and quantitative, mixed, longitudinal, slice, panel and cohort types of research design.
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Foreign Language (professional)
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The purpose is to acquire and improve competencies by international standards of foreign language education and to communicate in an intercultural, professional, and scientific environment. A master's student must integrate new information, understand the organization of languages, interact in society, and defend his point of view.
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History and philosophy of science
- Number of credits: 3
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: TThe discipline is aimed at formation the skills of using methodology, methods, principles of philosophy of science in solving worldview, methodological problems of modern sciences in their professional research activities, the ability to critically analyze, evaluate scientific achievements, generate new ideas in the implementation research, practical problems in the field of professional activity
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Research Organization and Planning
- Number of credits: 6
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The course is aimed at formation of the abilities to apply the basic and special knowledge on social science to plan and conduct empirical research, to process the data, to discuss the findings; to conduct scholarly debate, to methodologically substantiate and present the research results in the format of conference talk, report, policy paper and article.
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Pedagogy of higher education
- Number of credits: 3
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The discipline forms the abilities of pedagogical activity in higher education on the basis of knowledge of higher school didactics, theories of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching, design of educational activities of the future lecturer with the use of credit technology of training, implementation of the Bologna process, mastering lecturing, curatorial skills using strategies and methods of training/education and assessment (TLA-strategies) in their professional field
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Psychology of Managment
- Number of credits: 3
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: The discipline is aimed at the formation of socio-psychological competence for objective assessment of psychological theories of management, leadership, dynamics of group development, team building, the features of psychology of the masses, crowd, psychological theories of communication, conflict resolution strategies necessary for their professional activities within framework of managerial relationships.
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Psychology of management
- Number of credits: 3
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Formation of knowledge about the fundamental concepts of management psychology for the practical application of the most critical aspects of management in professional interaction. Basic principles of management psychology, personality in management interactions, management of personality behavior, modern ideas, psychology of managing group phenomena, motivation, and practical reflection.
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Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: Foreign Experience and Kazakhstan
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -explain diplomacy as a mechanism for implementing foreign policy; - identify challenges to the global process and national security; -analyze the models of diplomacy of foreign countries and ways to implementation the best experience to the conditions of Kazakhstan; - develop program-target documents for multilateral and integration diplomacy; - evaluate and predict the effectiveness of the activities of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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East in World Politics
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -explain the historical dynamics of the emergence of the East-West dichotomy; -use the methods of social sciences to study the political process of the countries of the East in the conditions of new global and regional centers; -carry out a comparative analysis of political systems and processes within the framework of regional subsystems; - carry out an expert assessment and forecasting of political processes in the countries of the East at the present stage.
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Public Service in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the ability to: -identify the mechanisms of planning and implementation of the public service; -distinguish between tools, methods and means of public service; - formulate and solve problems related to public service; -explain the essence of the modernization of the civil service in Kazakhstan; - apply resource support for the management functions of state structures in accordance with their competence and powers.
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State and interfaith relations in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: - analyze the activities of registered religious associations and centers in Kazakhstan; - to support interethnic and interfaith harmony as one of the priority of Public Policy in Kazakhstan; - carry out the spiritual education of citizens in the conditions of peace and the consolidation of society; - contribute to the prevention and fight against religious extremism and terrorism.
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Political values and ethnocultural pluralism
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: - to interpret the role of the cultural-symbolic approach in the study of ethno-cultural processes in Kazakhstan; - apply models of cultural and symbolic approach in the formation of the national identity of Kazakhstan; - analyze programs for the development of ethno-national processes in the field of ethno-national policy; - structurize the political values that characterize the formation of a single nation of Kazakhstan; - develop solutions, projects for the prevention and regulation of interethnic conflicts.
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Political Marketing
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -explain the genesis of marketing in Politics; -determine theoretical approaches to conducting marketing research in Politics; - conduct a search for marketing information of what is happening on the political market; - to identify the specifics of marketing activities in the political space; -use technologies and marketing tools for marketing research, -Develop marketing strategies and programs.
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The USA and European Union in World Politics
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -interpret the strategic directions of the US and EU foreign policy; -analyze the key political processes that influence the formation of the foreign policy of the US and EU countries; - to classify the basic determinants of the foreign policy of developed countries to develop research models; - present the results of research on the foreign policy activities of the US and the EU due to Kazakhstan’s policy.
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International Conflicts and Experience of Their Regulating
- Type of control: [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
- Description: Discipline sets the abilities to: -interpret the main theories and concepts of international conflicts; -classify the factors and types of international conflicts; -assess the level of tension and dynamics of international conflicts; - to apply in practice constructive technologies for the prevention and resolution of conflicts; -develop mapping of international conflict, carry out conflict analysis and expertise.
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Pedagogical
- Type of control: Защита практики
- Description: Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.
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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.