Master's degree educational programs

Persons entering the master’s degree or residency:
when applying to organizations of university and postgraduate education:
1) an application addressed to the head of the organization of higher and postgraduate education in any form;
2) document on higher education (original);
3) certificate of completion of the internship (for admission to residency);
4) identity document (required for personal identification);
5) six photographs 3x4 centimeters in size;
6) a medical certificate in the f

Curriculum

СЕМЕСТР 1

• Foreign Language (professional)-5 ECTS
• Psychology of Managment-3 ECTS
• Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)-5 ECTS
• Public Policy-5 ECTS
• Public Service in the Republic of Kazakhstan-5 ECTS
• Political Marketing-5 ECTS
• East in World Politics-5 ECTS
• The USA and European Union in World Politics (in English)-5 ECTS
• Research Seminar-1 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-1 ECTS

СЕМЕСТР 2

• Pedagogical-4 ECTS
• Research Seminar-1 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS
• History and philosophy of science-3 ECTS
• Pedagogy of higher education-5 ECTS
• War and Peace in the History of Civilization-5 ECTS
• Modern International Relations and Global Development-5 ECTS
• Human rights: world experience and Kazakhstan-5 ECTS
• Central Asia in the world politics (in English)-5 ECTS

СЕМЕСТР 3

• Public Administration-5 ECTS
• Research-4 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-1 ECTS
• Political Research Design-5 ECTS
• Strategic Planning of the Socio-political Processes in Kazakhstan-5 ECTS
• Regional and Municipal Management in the Republic of Kazakhstan-5 ECTS
• Devolopment of Local Government in Kazakhstan-5 ECTS
• Foreign Policy and Diplomacy: international experience and Kazakhstan (in English)-5 ECTS
• State and interfaith relations in the Republic of Kazakhstan-5 ECTS
• Interethnic relations in the modern world-5 ECTS
• International Conflicts and Experience of Their Regulating-5 ECTS
• Integration Processes in the Modern World-5 ECTS
• Political Legitimacy: Practice and Historical Forms-5 ECTS

СЕМЕСТР 4

• Scientific Internship-3 ECTS
• Research Seminar-1 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-10 ECTS
• Publication in the Proceedings of International Conferences-4 ECTS
• Final Attestation-8 ECTS
• Research-4 ECTS

Employment

Educational program 7M03110 – Politology Provide training of competitive specialists for public policy, research and educational activities in higher education institutions in accordance with international academic standards, the latest achievements of political science and related scientific fields. The spheres of professional activity of master candidates of the scientific and pedagogical direction are: - Government bodies and administrations of the district, city, oblast and republican levels (Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Parliament, Government, ministries, departments and their structures, maslikhats, akimats); - political parties, socio-political organizations and movements, non-governmental organizations; - socio-political, socio-economic, socio-cultural, marketing and analytical services and funds; - analytical and research centers and institutes; - Agencies involved in campaign organization, political advice and forecasting, information and PR agencies, media; - institutions of higher, secondary vocational education. Graduate EP is preparing for innovation and management, analytical, coordination, research, educational (pedagogical), information-analytical, expert-consulting, project activities in the field of politics. A graduate of this SP can hold the following positions: - Specialist in domestic and foreign policy and international relations; - political marketer; - political journalist; - political analyst; - expert; - image maker; - political technologist; - specialist in public relations; - political consultant; - political manager; - teacher of social and political disciplines in higher and secondary vocational schools.