Kostanay state university The characteristic of the bachelor

The characteristic of the bachelor

Specialty 5B050300- Psychology

The specialty 5B050300- Psychology provides possible educational programs:

Psychology on production;
Psychology in education.

To the graduate of specialty 5B050300- Psychology is appropriated the academic degree the bachelor of social sciences in the specialty 5B050300- Psychology.

Qualification characteristic

The sphere of professional activity of the bachelor of psychology is the field of education and sciences, medicine, the social sphere, the state administrative sector.

The objects of professional activity of graduates of psychologists are: preschool organizations, high schools, lyceums and gymnasiums, specialized educational and educational organizations, schools, colleges and technical schools; research institutes and research centers; sports and creative organizations; health care organizations; centers of career guidance and vocational education, city and republican social services, employment centers; centers of studying of public opinion and political technologies; manufacturing enterprises and business organizations; the law-enforcement organizations and penitentiary institutions, the centers of rehabilitation and social adaptation of pedagogically let children and teenagers; communicative processes (in the range from interpersonal to macro social level) and psychological problems of interaction of the person and society, the person and the nature, the person and equipment.

The subjects of professional activity of graduates of psychologists are the various mental phenomena (informative processes and regulatory mechanisms, states and experiences, personal properties and specific features), making a system basis of mental activity of the person as subject of cognitive, semantic, educational, communicative, creative, professional activity.

Bachelors in the specialty 5B050300- Psychology can carry out the following types of professional activity:

research;
expert and diagnostic;
organizational and administrative (in the human resources management sphere);
educational;
advisory.

The structure of an educational program

The structure of an educational program is defined by the standard training program, the curriculum and the catalog of elective disciplines.

The cycle of GED (general education disciplines) is all the credits 33, an obligatory component is 33. As a result of studying of disciplines of the cycle GED the being trained has to know basic provisions of history of Kazakhstan, philosophy, ecology, other social and humanitarian disciplines; to know Kazakh, Russian, foreign languages; to have skills of work with the computer as a control facility, works with software of general purpose; to use information received from global computer networks.

The cycle of BD (basic disciplines) is all the credits 64, an obligatory component is 20, a component for choice is 44. As a result of studying of disciplines of the cycle of BD the being trained has to know the main sections of the general psychology, social psychology, age psychology, medical psychology, work psychology; to have the basic knowledge necessary for studying of professional disciplines.

The cycle of MS (main subjects) is all the credits 32, an obligatory component is 5, a component for choice is 27. As a result of studying of disciplines of the cycle MS the being trained has to acquire knowledge, the skills necessary for implementation of all types of professional activity in the field of psychology.

Carrying out the professional practice is provided in the specialty.

The educational practice is 4 credits. The practice purpose is obtaining professional competences and primary professional abilities in the course of acquaintance to specifics of work of psychologists in laboratories, educational institutions, in various organizations. Educational practice is urged to promote formation of serious sense - forming motivation of professional development of students.

The pedagogical practice is 5 credits. Practice purpose is deepening students’ pedagogical knowledge and formation of practical abilities on the organization of complete pedagogical process in higher education institution, at school. Practice places are averages and average and professional educational institutions.

The externship is 2 credits. Practice purpose is studying by students of all types and forms of activity of the psychologist, formation of skills of research activity in the specialty. Practice places: SF "Help", Regional center of problems of formation of a healthy lifestyle, SM "Kostanaysky Regional Psychiatric Hospital", SM "Center of Adaptation of Minors".

The academic calendar contains a calendar of carrying out theoretical training, examinations, certifications, professional practice, days of rest (vacation and holidays).

The recalculation of the Kazakhstan’s credits in ECTS credits

For ensuring the academic mobility being trained and recognitions of educational programs the structure of educational programs of specialty 5B050300- Psychology is presented in recalculation of the Kazakhstan’s credits to ECTS credits.

The curriculum for the 1 course

Recalculation of the Kazakhstan’s credits in ECTS credits

Cycle	Discipline name	Quantity of the credits KZ	Quantity of the credits ECTS
1 semester
	The obligatory component	10	15
General education disciplines	Kazakh language	3	4
	Fundamentals of health and safety	2	2
	Ecology and sustainable development	2	3
Basic disciplines	Introduction in the general and comparative psychology	3	4
	The component for choice	7		17
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*
Basic disciplines	Religious studies	1	2
Basic disciplines	Anatomy of the central nervous system and HNA	3	4
Main subjects	The history of psychology	3	5
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
Basic disciplines	Religious studies	1	2
Basic disciplines	Anatomy of the central nervous system and HNA	3	4
Main subjects	The history of psychology	3	5
Auxiliary view of education	Physical culture	2	4
	General elective disciplines	2	2
	Total for the first semester	19	30
2 semester
	The obligatory component	18	26
General education disciplines	The history of Kazakhstan	3	4
	Kazakh language	3	4
	Bases of the economic theory	2	3
	Right bases	2	3
	The computer science	3	4
Basic disciplines	General psychology	3	5
Auxiliary view of education	Physical culture	2	3
	The component for choice	3	4
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*
Basic disciplines	The workshop on the general psychology	3	4
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
	The workshop on the general psychology	3	4
	Total for the second semester	21	30
	Total in a year	39	60

The curriculum for the 2 course

Cycle	Discipline name	Quantity of the credits KZ	Quantity of the credits ECTS
3 semester
	The obligatory component	9	12
General education disciplines	Philosophy	3	4
General education disciplines	Foreign language	3	4
Basic disciplines	Age and social psychology	3	4
	The component for choice	12	18
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*
Basic disciplines	The business etiquette	1	2
	Theories of the personality in psychology	1	2
	The office-work in the Kazakh language	1	2
	The workshop on age and social psychology	3	4
	Psychology of constructive communication	3	4
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
Basic disciplines	Psychology of personal growth	1	2
	General psychology 1	3	4
	The business etiquette	1	2
	The office-work in the Kazakh language	1	2
	The workshop on age and social psychology	3	4
	General psychology 1	3	4
Auxiliary view of education	Physical culture	2	2
	General elective disciplines	2	2
	Total for the third semester	23	30
4 semester
	The obligatory component	12	14
General education disciplines	The political science	2	3
	Foreign language	3	5
	Sociology	2	3
Basic disciplines	Differential psychology of the personality	3	5
Auxiliary view of education	Physical culture	2	3
	The component for choice	9	14
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*
Basic disciplines	Psychology of management	3	5
	Psychology of deviant behavior	3	5
	Legal psychology	3	4
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
Basic disciplines	General psychology 2	3	4
	Legal psychology	3	4
	Practical work of specialization (1)	3	4
	Educational practice	4	2
	Total for the forth semester	25	35
	Total in a year	47	65

The curriculum for the 3 course

Cycle	Discipline name	Quantity of the credits KZ	Quantity of the credits ECTS
5 semester
	The obligatory component	8	12
Basic disciplines	Professional Kazakh (Russian) language	2	3
	Professionally - focused foreign language	2	3
	The workshop on experimental psychology and psycho diagnostics	2	3
Main subjects	Medical psychology	2	3
	The component for choice	11	14
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*
Basic disciplines	Psychology of labor	3	3
Basic disciplines	Fundamentals of psycho diagnostics	3	4
Main subjects	Ethno psychology	3	4
Main subjects	Psychology of religion	2	3
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
Basic disciplines	Psychology of labor	3	3
Basic disciplines	Fundamentals of psycho diagnostics	3	4
Main subjects	Pedagogical psychology	3	4
Main subjects	Technique of teaching of psychology	2	3
	Total for the fifth semester	19	26
6 semester
	The obligatory component	5	5
Basic disciplines	The workshop on experimental psychology and psycho diagnostics	2	2
Main subjects	Bases of psychological consultation	3	3
	The component for choice
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*	13	25
Main subjects	Pedagogical psychology	3	4
	Clinical psychology	3	4
	Technique of teaching of psychology	2	5
	Psychology of the family relations	3	5
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
Main subjects	Work of the school psychologist	3	4
	Clinical psychology	3	4
	Psychology of management	3	5
	Psychological communication in business	2	5
	General elective disciplines	2	7
	Total for the fifth semester	18	30
	Total for the sixth semester	34	60

The curriculum for the 4 course

Cycle	Discipline name	Quantity of the credits KZ	Quantity of the credits ECTS
7 semester
	The component for choice
	*The educational program 1 "Psychology on production"*
Basic disciplines	Bases of psychological training	3	7
Main subjects	Fundamentals of psychotherapy	3	7
	Advertizing psychology	3	5
	Psychology of sexual distinctions	2	4
	*The educational program 2 "Psychology in education"*
Basic disciplines	Bases of psycho correction	3	7
Main subjects	Training of personal growth	3	7
	The practical work of specialization (3)	3	5
	Andrology and the sex feminologiya	2	4
	General elective disciplines	5	7
	Total for the seventh semester	16	30
	Pedagogical practice	5	5
	Externship	2	10
	Total certification	3	15
	Total in a year	21	60

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