Educational program

The target of the educational program is to prepare highly qualified competitive scientific and pedagogical personnel in the field of economics who possess the skills of system analysis and methodological literacy, which are necessary for solving theoretical and applied economic problems in both academic and analytical fields of activity.

LO 1. To conduct academic, research, and methodological activities using modern educational technologies, building an educational process aimed at forming the socialization of individuals based on national and universal values, and ensuring the comprehensive development of students.
LO 2. Compare and explain statistical, tax and financial statements to develop budgets, strategic, tactical and operational plans of enterprises, institutions, organizations to determine the competitive advantages and forms of regional and international business and to forecast the world markets, demand and supply responses to price changes caused by fluctuations in the exchange rate of the national currency.
LO 3. To choose the optimal directions and projects of the company's investment activity, adapt and diversify it to determine and predict the economic consequences of the design and investment decisions made, applying the basic regulatory patterns of creation and principles of functioning of economic and financial security systems of business entities. To develop and implement innovative products and services to improve the company's position in the domestic market.
LO 4. Identify the main trends in the development of the world and national economy and analyze the consequences of management decisions, participate in the preparation and implementation of commercial, investment, production policy measures of the organization (company) in the field of foreign trade and international business. To critically evaluate the nature of cyclicity as a general configuration of economic dynamics and the mechanism of "origin" of economic crises.
LO 5. Develop, implement, adjust and modernize analytical methods to adopt effective strategies and improve the competitiveness and financial stability of the enterprise, the ability to navigate in various socio-economic, political and emergency situations. Calculate the economic and technical indicators of business projects used by the enterprise in a particular sector of the economy and contribute to the achievement of the goal corresponding to the mission of the economic entity.
LO 6. Assess the statistical data to explain the growth or decline of the economy, using economic and mathematical models. Analyze and generalize the statistical sample on the main macroeconomic indicators to build a linear function for predicting the state of the Republic of Kazakhstan and/or the region, evaluating the developed growth model on the hypotheses of reliability and unreliability of statistical data to achieve adequacy in model.
LO 7. Estimate the investment activity of enterprise to determine the return on investment, payback periods and risks of investment projects, to determine the factors that can affect the actual results of investment and adjust their effect. Develop and implement a plan of post-investment monitoring activities to achieve this goal, the tasks of increasing the total net income of companies.
LO 8. Analyze, systematize and use various sources of information and materials for financial and economic calculations, independently apply the methods of processing documents and scientific reports, the accumulation of information in the registers of synthetic and analytical accounting, generate statistical, tax and financial statements. To use the data of quantitative and qualitative observations to identify laws of functioning of economic systems of different levels.
LO 9. Generalize and critically evaluate, correctly apply the results obtained by domestic and foreign researchers, give definition to various economic phenomena, know, identify and conduct research on current scientific socio-economic problems of the domestic and world economy, to justify the theoretical, methodological and practical significance of the chosen topic of scientific research in order to expand existing and obtain new knowledge.
LO 10. Compare the developed economic-mathematical and/or econometric models of the forecast for economic growth/decline of the country or sales of goods of the enterprise to determine methods and measures to improve the overall financial and economic condition and develop a roadmap to eliminate threats and risks, strengthen weaknesses and optimally use the benefits, as well as human resources and material resources.
LO 11. Substantiate based on the analysis the strategy of business entities behavior in various segments of the domestic and foreign markets (including foreign economic) for the long, medium and short term. Analyze political and economic problems in assessing specific economic situations and microeconomic tendencies, suggest ways to solve them and evaluate the expected results; justify the use of new technologies.
LO 12. Substantiate your point of view on the implementation or application of the forecast model in oral and written forms to solve problems to improve the economic activity of the enterprise. Show respect for students and teachers, observe the democratic style of team leadership, comply with the norms of social, professional ethics, and business communication. Demonstrate sociability, tolerance, oratorical skills, and law-abiding.

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 management-3 ECTS
Microeconomic Analysis-5 ECTS
Macroeconomic Modeling-5 ECTS
Applied Microeconomic Policy-5 ECTS
Theory of Innovations and Innovative Behavior of the Enterprises-5 ECTS
Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)-5 ECTS
Methods of research in economics-5 ECTS
Research Seminar-1 ECTS
Dissertation Writing-1 ECTS

СЕМЕСТР 2

History and philosophy of science-3 ECTS
Pedagogy of higher education-5 ECTS
Pedagogical-4 ECTS
Shadow Economy : An Institutional Approach-5 ECTS
Spatial Economy-5 ECTS
Economic security of firms-5 ECTS
Applied Econometrics of Time Series-5 ECTS
Research Seminar-1 ECTS
Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS

СЕМЕСТР 3

Modern Concepts of Economic siences-5 ECTS
Theory of Industrial Organization-5 ECTS
Research-4 ECTS
Investment project modeling-5 ECTS
Risk Management-5 ECTS
Theory and Contracts-5 ECTS
Fundamentals of business analytics in Python-5 ECTS
Data analysis and visualization with SQL and Tableau-5 ECTS
Dissertation Writing-1 ECTS
Innovative Development of Business-5 ECTS

СЕМЕСТР 4

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

Employment

The program is developed on the basis of the competence-based model of training, which provides for the needs of the labor market and the requirements of employers. This model is a description of the key competencies of graduates, their level of preparedness and readiness to perform specific professional functions. Training is planned in the following areas of professional activity: 1. economic, foreign economic, accounting, financial, marketing and analytical services of business structures of various organizational and legal forms of management; 2. specialized foreign trade associations, intermediary foreign trade firms, international corporations, investment, banking and insurance organizations; 3. chambers of commerce; state and local authorities; foreign economic associations under the ministries, business cooperation associations, regional foreign trade associations; 4. academic and industry research organizations; 5. institutions of higher and vocational education. Training in the field of professional activity includes the following activities, professions, and qualification levels (to paint the types of activities in accordance with the professional standard): - Deputy Director for Economic Affairs; - Teacher; - JRE; - The Economist - Merchandiser, purchasing manager, logistics - analyst - Specialist laboratory assistant - laboratory researcher (in the field of economics), laboratory analyst, - Assistant in university. For the future employment of graduates of the program, key employers are: 1. Financial institutions: NBK and second-tier banks 2. Educational institutions: universities, colleges, schools 3. State institutions: akimat, tax, ministry, etc. 4. Scientific research institutes: institutes under the MES RK 5. Large companies and SMEs in Kazakhstan: the top 50 largest companies in Kazakhstan 6. Insurance agencies 7. International companies with branches in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Contacts

Department of "Economics": 377-33-33 (12-47)

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