The Department that has approved degree-granting programs offers two Bachelor’s and two Master’s ones:
5B090200 Tourism (Educational program) granting the academic degree “Bachelor of Service Management” and 5B060900 Geography (Educational program)granting the academic degree “Bachelor of Geography”. Modes of study: full-time and distance learning.
The Department offers the following Master’s degree programs: 6M060900 Geography granting the academic degree “Master of Natural Sciences” and 6M090200 Tourism granting the academic degree “Master of Service Management”.
Students majoring in 5В060900 Geography acquire knowledge in:
• Physical and Economic Geography;
• Tourism and Recreation Geography;
• Landscape Science;
• Meteorology and Climatology;
• Hydrology and Geomorphology;
• Soil Science and Geology;
• Topography, Geodesy and Cartography;
Training will allow future specialists to carry out the following types of professional activity:
• Organizational and managerial;
• Research;
• Design and production;
• Tourist and excursion;
• Educational (pedagogic).
Summer practical training of students (held in Kazakhstan and non-CIS countries):
• Curricular practical training;
• Integrated zone practical training;
• Industrial practical training;
• Pedagogical practical training.
Students annually participate in regional, national, international competitions, exhibitions, photo exhibitions, etc., as well as in scientific and practical conferences presenting scientific projects.
The objects of professional activity of the Bachelor of Geography degree holders (5B060900) are as follows:
• Government bodies in the field of environmental management (ministries, Akimats, etc.);
• Nature conservation bodies of structural subdivisions of the Ministry of Environmental Protection;
• Design and survey institutes;
• Research institutes;
• Nature parks, reserves, etc.;
• Geological exploration and hydrological expeditions;
• Industrial enterprises (ecologist, engineer-surveyor);
• General and special educational institutions.
Students majoring in 5B090200 Tourism
acquire knowledge in:
• basics of entrepreneurship in tourism;
• basics of management and marketing, accounting in tourism;
• planning and organization of tourism business;
• tourism infrastructure;
• methodology of tourist and local history works, local history, geoecology;
• geoinformation technologies in tourism;
• excursion business;
• mechanism and tactics of active tourism.
Training will allow future specialists to carry out the following types of professional activity:
• Service and operational;
• Tourist and recreational;
• Research;
• Preventive search and rescue;
• Tourism business.
Students majoring in our academic programs have the right to:
• Continue education in higher education institutions both in CIS and non-CIS countries;
• Continue education with a Master’s program.
Summer practical training of students (held in Kazakhstan, both in CIS and non-CIS countries at the place of professional activity):
• training and practical expeditions;
• curricular and industrial practical training;
• Industrial practical training;
• International practical training.
The objects of professional activity of the Bachelor of Tourism degree holders (5B090200) are as follows:
• Public administration bodies related to tourism organization (ministries, akimats, their regional divisions and establishments);
• State and private companies engaged in tourism business;
• Tourism consulting companies;
• Marketing services of tourism enterprises;
• Advertising agencies engaged in promotion of tourism services in domestic and foreign markets;
• Tourism infrastructure (hotels, resorts, sanatoriums, tourist camps, etc.);
• Nature parks, reserves, etc.;
• Research organizations engaged in studying the issues of tourism development;
• Educational institutions training mid-level specialists in tourism;
• Other organizations and companies whose activities are related to tourism.
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6M060900 the Master’s degree program in Geography
The Department has been training students under the 6M060900 Geography Master’s degree program since September 01, 2005.
Training is conducted by 4 candidates of sciences and 3 Ph.D.s, who are leading in their fields.
The graduate of the Master’s degree program is awarded the academic degree of “Master of Natural Sciences”.
The educational process of Master’s degree students is organized in accordance with the curriculum and class schedule.
Instructors conduct topical lectures, lectures-discussions and use other active teaching tools to facilitate a learning environment.
The implementation of the academic program in the given field of study is fostered by access to the Internet and the library Fund of the University.
Having completed the courses “Pedagogics” and “Psychology”, Master’s degree students have pedagogical practical training. The Department of Psychology and Pedagogy together with the Department of Geography and Tourism have developed a working program of pedagogical practical training to assist Master’s degree students in the learning process.
Master’s dissertation topics are relevant and correspond to the Department’s field of research related to the problems of natural systems and geoecology of anthropogenic landscapes.
In the process of training Master’s degree students majoring in the given field of study use computer facilities (Technopark) and the Internet in conducting research and writing Master’s theses. They use the resources of the Department and the University’s electronic library in the educational process.
The Master of Natural Sciences degree enables its holder to work as a teacher, researcher, as a manager and specialist in the field of management, in production, as well as an expert of various government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Graduates of the Master’s degree programs are qualified to carry out the following types of professional activities:
• research;
• pedagogical;
• production and management;
• organizational and technological;
• expert;
• project.
The duration of research and pedagogical master’s degree programs varies between one year, one and a half years and two years.
Graduates who have successfully completed the Master’s degree programs are prepared for doctoral studies.
6M090200 the Master’s degree program in Tourism
The Department has been training students under the 6M090200 Tourism research and pedagogical Master’s degree program since September 01, 2010.
Training is conducted by 4 candidates of sciences and 3 Ph.D.s, who are leading in their fields.
The graduate of the Master’s degree program is awarded the academic degree of “Master of Service Management”.
The educational process of Master’s degree students is organized in accordance with the curriculum and class schedule.
Instructors conduct topical lectures, round-tables, lectures-discussions and use other active teaching tools to facilitate a learning environment.
The implementation of the academic program in the given field of study is fostered by access to the Internet and the library Fund of the University.
In the process of training Master’s degree students majoring in the given field of study use computer facilities (Technopark) and the Internet in conducting research and writing Master’s theses. They use the resources of the Department and the University’s electronic library in the educational process.
The Master of Service Management degree enables its holder to work as a teacher, researcher, as a manager and specialist in the field of management, in production, in tourism companies, as well as an expert of various government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Graduates of the Master’s degree programs are qualified to carry out the following types of professional activities:
• research;
• pedagogical;
• production and management (to perform management and marketing tasks);
• expert.
The duration of research and pedagogical master’s degree programs varies between one year, one and a half years and two years.
Graduates who have successfully completed the Master’s degree programs are prepared for doctoral studies.
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