Biology
Educational program code
7М05101
Language of instruction
Kazakh, Russian, English
Learning level
Graduate
Duration of study
2 years
Objectives of the educational program
- Preparation of masters in the scientific field, development of students' personal qualitiesand formation of general cultural and professional competencies (projective, investigative, communicative, managerial, critical andexpert, pedagogical) competences, skills development, and application of the acquired knowledge in science and teaching activities.
- History and philosophy of science
- Foreign language (professional)
- Pedagogy of higher education
- Management psychology
- Research culture and scientific ethics
- Teaching practice
- Modern problems of General biology
- Gene fund and plant breeding
- Methods of teaching biology in highereducation
- Bioecology of the Kazakhstan boreal zone
- Soil biology
- Research practice
- Modern research methods
- Physicochemical methods of research in biology
- Organization and planning of scientific research
- Biological statistics
- Informatization and computerization of scientific research
- Methods for the search and analysis of scientific information in Biology
- Evolutionary morphology and phylogeny of animals
- Animal Ethology
- Introduction and acclimatization of plants
- Botanical resources of Kazakhstan
- Modern problems of plant physiology
- Modern problems of human and animal physiology
- Research work for the Master’ degree including an internship andMaster's thesis
- Preparation and defense of Master's Thesis
Learning outcomes and competencies
- Be competent in professional communication and cross-cultural communication; uses linguistic and informational-communicative competencies in pedagogical and scientific research activities;
- possess modern educational technologies professionally and be able to design and organize the educational process inbiological disciplines;
- knows the main achievements and trends in the development of modern biology and demonstrate knowledge at a professionallevel;
- plans and conducts research work that leads to a certain contribution to the solution of current problems in biology;
- demonstrates critical thinking in analysis of existing concepts, theories and approaches to understand the biological processesand phenomenacollects scientific information and interpret the results, taking into account research ethics;
- applies scientific methods of cognition in professional and scientific activities to solve modern problems of biology, takinginto account interdisciplinary relationships possesses the skills of independent work necessary to continue studying in the doctoral program.