Educational program
Training of masters in the field of environmental management for work in research, design and survey, government organizations, as well as in higher educational institutions capable of developing and managing spatial databases, integrating GIS and geoinformation technologies into the educational process in universities, as well as analyzing, processing and visualize the data of field and laboratory scientific research to solve urgent problems of nature management and environmental protection.
ON1. To classify fundamental and applied problems of management of natural, socio-economic and ecological geosystems of different rank and complexity at the global, regional, local, municipal levels using GIS applications;
ON2. Determine the criteria for the development and implementation of GIS projects to create new areas of significant practical importance in different sectors of the economy;
ON3. Implement the collection, storage and processing of primary information using geoinformation and cartographic methods for a comprehensive study of nature, population and their interaction;
ON4. Develop and design the creation of a DBMS based on primary and secondary geospatial data using programming languages and technologies;
ON5. Apply modern and traditional methods of planning and implementing geographic and geoinformation research in accordance with the tasks set when performing scientific research;
ON6. Use methods of spatial analysis to identify the main problems of nature management, as well as monitor the environment based on the analysis of geoinformation and aerospace materials using GIS;
ON7. Analyze large volumes of cartographic, geoinformation and aerospace data to solve design and survey, production problems, using the methods of geographical analysis;
ON8. Conduct educational, methodological and research work in universities and colleges
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
- History and philosophy of science-3 ECTS
- Pedagogy of Higher education-5 ECTS
- Forecasting of Condition of Natural-Economic System-5 ECTS
- Database Management Systems in Geography-5 ECTS
- GIS and RS in the management of land resources-5 ECTS
- Sustainable development and geospatial management: global and regional strategies-5 ECTS
- Spatial statistics and environmental data analysis-5 ECTS
- Principles of sustainable geospatial planning-5 ECTS
- Innovative Methods of Teaching Geography-5 ECTS
- Research Seminar-1 ECTS
- Dissertation Writing-1 ECTS
СЕМЕСТР 2
- Organization and Planning of Scientific Research-5 ECTS
- Sustainable development of urban areas-5 ECTS
- Sustainable agriculture and food security-5 ECTS
- Pedagogical-4 ECTS
- Foreign Language (professional)-5 ECTS
- Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS
- Psychology of Management-3 ECTS
- Research Seminar-1 ECTS
СЕМЕСТР 3
- Remote sensing-5 ECTS
- Payments for Ecosystems Services-5 ECTS
- Management of Scientific Projects-5 ECTS
- Research-4 ECTS
- Dissertation Writing-1 ECTS
- Visualization and Processing of Spatial Data-5 ECTS
- Open GIS sources and distributed database architecture-5 ECTS
- Risk analysis and management of natural disasters using GIS-5 ECTS
- Digital Modeling by Satellite Images-5 ECTS
- Spatial Data Management-5 ECTS
СЕМЕСТР 4
- Research-4 ECTS
- Scientific Internship-3 ECTS
- Dissertation Writing-10 ECTS
- Publication in the Proceedings of International Conferences-4 ECTS
- Research Seminar-1 ECTS
- Final Attestation-8 ECTS
Employment
Graduates have the opportunity to work in research, design and survey, government organizations, as well as in higher educational institutions that are able to develop and manage spatial databases, integrate GIS and geoinformation technologies into the educational process at universities, as well as analyze, process and visualize field data and laboratory scientific research to solve urgent problems of nature management and environmental protection. The best graduates have the opportunity to enter the master's program. Employment - 95%
Contacts
Address: Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050040, al-Farabi Avenue, 71, Campus of KazNU, Main educational building No. 6 (MEB 6), room: 321, 217, 102.
Contacts: 7(727)3773333, 7(727)3773330; internal numbers: 1488; 1970
E-mail: gulnara.nyusupova@kaznu.edu.kz
