7M02203 Religious Studies

Presentation

High-quality training of specialists for the scientific and educational sphere of higher educational institutions in the field of religious studies, capable of solving scientific problems in the field of science of religion and interdisciplinary research from the standpoint of religious knowledge, to formulate production tasks in a professional language and solve them with the help of modern technologies.

1. To independently conduct seminars, practical, laboratory classes, taking into account
the requirements of the developed and approved methodological instructions;
2. Conduct religious expertise and draw up expert opinions;
3. Determine the nature and specifics of religious studies and critically assess the
significance of religious phenomena in modern society, the role of religious studies in modern integration processes;
4. Differentiate the stages of development of religious processes according to the main
modern concepts of world and Kazakhstani religious studies, their main authors, schools and directions, conceptual differences between them, the main content of contemporary religious studies;
5. Work with information and analytical systems that provide collection, processing,
storage and analysis of data, with the aim of obtaining a qualitatively new religious knowledge;
6. To carry out scientific design of various types (research project, scientific article,
dissertation, etc.) in the field of the history of Kazakhstani and foreign religious studies;
7. Organize interaction with the media, advise, process and provide materials about
religion to government organizations of various profiles, public organizations;
8. Analyze the situation, make creative and innovative proposals for improving work,
and make management decisions

Education plan

SEMESTER 1

  • Modern Problems of Religious Studies-6 ECTS
  • Foreign language (professional)-6 ECTS
  • Methods of Religious Expertise-6 ECTS
  • Research Seminar-1 ECTS
  • Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS
  • Actual problems of religious education-6 ECTS
  • Psychology of management-3 ECTS
  • Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English )-6 ECTS

SEMESTER 2

  • History and Philosophy of Science-3 ECTS
  • State-confessional Relations-9 ECTS
  • Dissertation Writing-3 ECTS
  • Research Seminar-1 ECTS
  • Problems of understanding and interpretation of religious texts-6 ECTS
  • Comparative Religious Studies-9 ECTS
  • Pedagogical-5 ECTS
  • Pedagogy of Higher Education-3 ECTS

SEMESTER 3

  • Methodology of Religious Studies-9 ECTS
  • Research-8 ECTS
  • Analytics of modern Kazakhstan religiosity-9 ECTS
  • Dissertation Writing-2 ECTS
  • Religious Policy in the Central Asian countries-9 ECTS
  • Religion in the Media Space-9 ECTS
  • Scientific and Methodological aspects of radicalization and de-radicalization-9 ECTS

SEMESTER 4

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

Employment