7M05101 Biology

The program is aimed at training highly qualified biologists with professional and personal competencies, research and analytical skills, basic knowledge in the field of general biology, ecology, biomedicine, biotechnology, which will enable them to effectively implement and apply their knowledge and skills in research and environmental protection, medical, sanitary-epidemiological, agricultural, educational institutions and industrial enterprises.

РО 1. Improve the level of scientific biological research through the widespread use of modern methods of processing, biometrics and interpretation of scientific data in the field of botany, zoology, cell biology, embryology, molecular biology, bioengineering;
РО 2. Systematize, develop and plan, critically evaluate scientific research and theory in the field of biology, biotechnology, ecology, medicine, education and solve problems at a professional level;
РО 3. Carry out interdisciplinary research in the field of biology, chemistry, physics, ICT, medicine, agriculture to create new drugs, strains of microorganisms, varieties of agricultural plants and animals, GMOs;
РО 4. Implement scientific and scientific-technical programs and projects in the field of biology and related fields of activity for solving practical problems of medicine, agriculture, ecology, biotechnology;
РО 5. Design and carry out comprehensive research based on the scientific worldview, mastered research technologies in the field of biology and biotechnology, using modern computer technology, software products for implementation of independent biological research;
РО 6. Build research activities based on the principles of bioethics, guaranteeing the scientific reliability of the results, conservation and protection of biodiversity, human rights and health;
РО 7. Develop a scheme of the experimental stages of semi-production and carry out the technological processes used in the fields of biotechnology and biology on their basis;
РО 8. Review and evaluate scientific products in the field of biology and related fields, such as ecology, medicine, agriculture, biotechnology.

SEMESTER 1

• Pedagogy of Higher Education-3 ECTS
• History and Philosophy of Science-3 ECTS
• Research Seminar-1 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS
• Organization and Planning of Scientific Researches-6 ECTS
• Functional phytocenology-6 ECTS
• Cell aging and anti-aging-6 ECTS
• Mechanisms of the tumor process-6 ECTS

SEMESTER 2

• Epigenetics and factors of humoral regulation-9 ECTS
• Regulation of gene expression and mechanisms of action of hormones.-9 ECTS
• Pedagogical-5 ECTS
• Psychology of management-3 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-3 ECTS
• Research Seminar-1 ECTS
• Theoretical Biology-6 ECTS
• Foreign language (professional)-6 ECTS

SEMESTER 3

• Modern Problems of Tissue Biology-9 ECTS
• Embryology of Human and Animal-9 ECTS
• Research Practice-8 ECTS
• Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS
• Cell biology and cell technologies-9 ECTS
• Biophysical monitoring of ecosystems and chronobiology-9 ECTS
• Molecular mechanisms of regulation of body function and cardiovascular system-9 ECTS
• Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Science-9 ECTS
• Comparative morphology and embryology of animals-9 ECTS
• Urban floristry and green architecture-9 ECTS
• Phytoindication-9 ECTS
• Molecular diagnostics-9 ECTS
• Technologies in genetics-9 ECTS
• Modern botanical and biophysical research methods-9 ECTS
• Problems of taxonomy, phylogeny of vertebrates and evolutionary biology-9 ECTS

SEMESTER 4

• Dissertation Writing-7 ECTS
• Publication in the Proceedings of International Conferences-4 ECTS
• Final Attestation-8 ECTS
• Scientific Internship-3 ECTS
• Research Seminar-1 ECTS

1. Planned field of professional activity of the graduate. Personnel training is planned in the following areas of professional activity:- -Scientific - research educational; -healthcare; -industry, -Agriculture. 2. Types of activity (professions) for which the EP "7M05101-Biology" graduate is mainly prepared types of professions - teacher, biologist, embryologist, cytogeneticist, laboratory assistant-biologist, etc. Graduates of the master's program in the specialty "7M05101-Biology" are able to carry out the following types of professional activities: - research and production activities; - scientific and pedagogical activity; - in the field of embryology; - in the field of biotechnology; - in the field of microbiology; - in the field of genetics; - in the field of genetic engineering; -in research institutes; - diagnostic centers; - epidemiology; - biological nanotechnologies; - in botany; - in zoology. 3. Analysis and needs of the labor market for graduates of this EP "7M05101-Biology". For the future employment of program graduates, key employers are: Potential employers in the labor market in the specialty "7M05101-Biology" are: 1. Institute of General Genetics and Cytology of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 2. Asfendiyarov National Medical University; 3. Research Institute of Ecology and Hydrobiology; 4. LLP "Kazakhstan Agency of Applied Ecology (KAPE)"; 5. Clinic "ECOMED"; 6. Clinical and diagnostic center "Olimp"; 7. LLP "Kazakh Academy of Nutrition"; 8. DGP "Research Institute for Problems of Biology and Biotechnology"; 9. RSE "Institute of Botany and Phytointroductions"; 10. State Enterprise "Research Institute of Ecological Problems".