6B02201 Philosophy
Goal : Training of competitive specialists, with the award of the academic degree “Bachelor” of humanitarian knowledge with a specialization in the direction of philosophical spheral knowledge and capable of freely interpreting and creatively using basic knowledge in the field of classical and modern philosophy and methodology in professional activities, as well as conducting research, innovation and information and communication activities in the field of philosophy in research units (foundations, centers, etc.), observations, public associations, etc.
Description
The Bachelor's degree program in Philosophy aims to prepare competitive professionals with well-developed critical thinking skills who are capable of analyzing worldview-related, social, and value-based issues in science, education, public administration, and civil society organizations. In the context of global challenges, the mission of the educational program is closely aligned with the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and focuses on developing future graduates' philosophical thinking, research skills, social responsibility, and professional and ethical competencies.
The integration of key SDGs into the program's content defines the following strategic priorities:
Goal 4: Quality Education. Developing critical thinking, philosophical analysis, ethical reasoning, and lifelong learning skills.
Goal 5: Gender Equality. Exploring gender equality, human rights, and social justice from a philosophical perspective.
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities. Analyzing social inequality, justice, and equal opportunities from a philosophical perspective. The program is directly aligned with the university's priority research area, "Global Inequality."
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Examining environmental ethics, consumption culture, and the philosophical foundations of human responsibility toward nature.
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Exploring the philosophy of law, political ethics, human rights, tolerance, and social cohesion.
Educational Program
Training of competitive specialists, with the award of the academic degree “Bachelor” of humanitarian knowledge with a specialization in the direction of philosophical spheral knowledge and capable of freely interpreting and creatively using basic knowledge in the field of classical and modern philosophy and methodology in professional activities, as well as conducting research, innovation and information and communication activities in the field of philosophy in research units (foundations, centers, etc.), observations, public associations, etc.
1.To use in professional activities basic knowledge in the field of logic, ontology and theory of knowledge, social philosophy, history of foreign and domestic philosophy, ethics, aesthetics and philosophical anthropology
2.To characterize welfare processes and the phenomena as pictures of the scientific and ordinary world from a position of methodology of modern philosophy
3.To define a subject of philosophy and its role in the history of human culture in correlation to other forms of spiritual life (religion, science, art, etc.)
4.To estimate the phenomena and processes of financial, economic, political, legal, social and spiritual life of modern society on the basis of philosophical understanding of regularities of functioning and development of the nature and society
5.To interpret welfare and historic facts philosophy meta language
6.To analyze current problems of development of modern society and to represent results in a format of scientific articles and secondary scientific genres (reviews, summaries, bibliographic indexes, etc.)
7.To formulate production tasks and work with large volumes of text information, searching for information through library collections, computer information systems, periodicals
8.To build cross-cultural dialogue on the basis of knowledge and understanding of problems of the person in the modern world, values of world and Kazakhstan culture
9.To carry out planning and the organization of the professional activity within strategy, policy and the organizations are more whole, as well as the implementation of the policy of scientific communication
10.To make management decisions on the basis of the principles of the system social analysis with high degree of autonomy
11.To prove the system of scientific results on the basis of the principles of logical thinking, the theory and practice of the argument and to present them to scientific community and the general public, to defend behind them in scientific discussions
12.To carry out research activity in the field of philosophy on the basis of possession of methods and receptions of the logical analysis, ability to work with scientific texts and semantic designs which are contained in them, to apply basic bases of scientific and methodical and educational and methodical work in professional activity.
Bachelor's Educational Programs
1) Certificate/diploma+appendices(original)
2) Identity card(original and 2 copies)
3) UNT certificate(certificate.testcenter.kz)
4) Documents confirming benefits/quotas(original and copy)
5) 3x4 photos 6pcs.
6) Medical certificate 063/y(copy), 075/y
7) Language Certificate
8) Extract from the statement of the creative/ special exam(if available)
9) Grant award certificate(grant.testcenter.kz )
10) Receipt confirming payment of 50% of tuition fees(for paid tuition)
Curriculum
SEMESTER 1
- Foreign Language — 5 ECTS
- Kazakh (Russian) Language — 5 ECTS
- Physical Training — 2 ECTS
- Al-Farabi and Modernity — 5 ECTS
- Abai's Teaching — 5 ECTS
- Legal Bases of Corruption Control — 5 ECTS
- Fundamentals of Human Life Safety — 5 ECTS
- Ecology and Sustainable Development — 5 ECTS
- Introduction to Inclusion — 5 ECTS
- Entrepreneurship — 5 ECTS
- Scientific Research Methods — 5 ECTS
- Basics of Financial Literacy — 5 ECTS
- History of Philosophy of the Ancient East — 6 ECTS
- Logics — 5 ECTS
SEMESTER 2
- Foreign Language — 5 ECTS
- Physical Training — 2 ECTS
- Kazakh (Russian) Language — 5 ECTS
- Sociology — 2 ECTS
- Psychology — 2 ECTS
- Culture — 2 ECTS
- Political Science — 2 ECTS
- Нistory of Kazakhstan — 5 ECTS
- History of Antique Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Academic — 2 ECTS
SEMESTER 3
- Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Physical Training — 2 ECTS
- Latin: the Basics of Philosophical Terminology — 5 ECTS
- Rhetoric — 5 ECTS
- Turkic Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- European Medieval Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Islamic Philosophy: Tradition and Modernity — 5 ECTS
SEMESTER 4
- Physical Training — 2 ECTS
- Kazakh Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Information and Communication Technologies — 5 ECTS
- Ontology and Metaphysics — 6 ECTS
- Philosophy of the Renaissance and New Times — 6 ECTS
- Industrial — 4 ECTS
SEMESTER 5
- Critical Thinking — 5 ECTS
- Arabic Language 1 — 5 ECTS
- Existentialism — 5 ECTS
- Phenomenology — 5 ECTS
- Media and Society — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Contemporary Society — 5 ECTS
- German Classical Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Epistemology — 5 ECTS
- Arabic Language 2 — 5 ECTS
SEMESTER 6
- Turkish Language — 5 ECTS
- Abai and Shakarim — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Conscience — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Business — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of the mid-XIX - first half of the XX century — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Human and Society — 6 ECTS
- Philosophy of music and theatre — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Marxism and Modernity — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy in Non Philosophical Forms — 5 ECTS
- Industrial — 4 ECTS
SEMESTER 7
- Philosophy of the XXth – XXIst centuries — 6 ECTS
- Ethics — 5 ECTS
- History of Russian Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Aesthetics — 5 ECTS
- Postmodernism — 5 ECTS
- Non-classical Logic — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Language — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Time — 5 ECTS
- Philosophical Comparative Studies — 5 ECTS
- Philosophical Foundations of Classical Education — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Religion — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of History and Political Philosophy — 5 ECTS
- Philosophy of Culture — 5 ECTS
SEMESTER 8
- Final Attestation — 8 ECTS
- Industrial — 8 ECTS
- Pre-Graduation — 8 ECTS
Employment
Bachelor of Philosophy educational program is preparing for the following types of professional activities:
- Researcher at academic and research organizations;
- a teacher of philosophical disciplines in educational institutions and institutions of secondary and secondary special vocational education;
- Analyst, expert in the editorial offices of mass media, museums and libraries, government bodies, public organizations and commercial structures;
- Specialist of scientific, educational and social funds.
Key employers for the future employment of graduates are:
1. Research units (foundations, centers, etc.) in organizations with various types of ownership
2. Secondary and secondary specialized education organizations
3. Vocational education organizations
4. Organizations providing educational support services
5. Professional organizations and other public associations
6. News agencies
7. State institutions (akimats, ministries and departments, etc.)
The educational program is relevant for the following areas of professional activity and employment:
1. Research and experimental development in the field of social sciences and humanities,
2. Basic and general secondary education, vocational education, specialized secondary education, as well as other types of education not included in other categories;
3. Activities of professional organizations and public associations
4. The activities of news agencies.
Research institutes and organizations of secondary and vocational education, public and cultural centers, government agencies and the media are in need of specialists in the field of philosophy. The social relevance of the educational program of the specialty philosophy is determined by the orientation towards teaching free, reflective thinking, able to withstand various forms of propaganda, fanaticism, inequality and intolerance.
Contacts
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, CHAIR OF PHILOSOPHY
Masanchi 39/47, LC 4, offiсe 413.
Contact Phone: + (727)377 33 33 (2129)
Е-mail: Kuranbek.aset@edu.kaznu.kz