Халықаралық қатынастар бакалавры

BIR оқу жоспары
Халықаралық қатынастар саласында бакалавры дәрежесін алу үшін студент 146 КИМЭП кредитін/240 ECTS алу керек.

	Кредиттер	ECTS
Жалпыбілімдік талаптар	36	56
Негізгі бағдарламалық талаптар	68	112
Негізгі мамандық бойынша талаптар	36	60
Қорытынды аттестация	6	12
Барлық міндетті кредиттер	146	240

 Жалпыбілімдік талаптар (36 кредит)

Студенттер жалпыбілімдік міндетті пәндерді өтулері қажет.

Жалпыбілімдік талаптар Каталогтың жалпы білімдік пәндерге арналған бөлімде түсіндіріледі.

Физикалық тәрбие талаптары (8 кредит)

Физикалық тәрбие талаптары Каталогтың бакалавриатқа арналған Жалпыбілімдік пәндер атты бөлімде түсіндіріледі.

Негізгі бағдарламалық талаптар (68 кредит, ECTS 112 кредиттеріне тең)

Негізгі міндетті бағдарламалық талаптар (32 кредит, ECTS 52 кредиттеріне тең)

Пән коды	Пән атауы	Кредиттер	ECTS	Пререквизиттер
GEN 1100	Академиялық сөйлеу	3	5
GEN 1121	Академиялық оқу және жазу II	3	5
IRL2512	Халықаралы қатынастар негіздері	3	5	GEN1100 және GEN1120
KAZ/RUS21021.2	Кәсіби қазақ (немесе орыс) тілі	2	3	Жоқ
IRL3544	Дипломатиялық және консулдық қызмет	3	5
IRL 3521	Халықаралық қатынастар теориялары	3	5
IRL3539	1648 және 1815 аралығындағы дипломатия тарихы	3	5
IRL3540	1815 және 1945 аралығындағы дипломатия тарихы	3	5
GEN/PAD	Әлеуметтану негіздері	2	3
GEN/POL 2701.3	Саясаттану негіздері	2	3	GEN1100 және GEN1120
GEN1704.2 /ECN1101.2	Экономикаға кіріспе	2	3	GEN1100 және GEN1120
IRL4596	Халықаралық қатынастар саласындағы академиялық практика	3	5
Барлығы		32	52

Негізгі бағдарламалық пәндер: таңдауға берілетін пәндер – бағдарламалық талаптар туралы толық білу үшін ӘҒФ бағдарлама үйлестірушісіне css_coordinator@kimep.kz поштасына хабарласуыңызды өтінеміз.

Негізгі және қосымша мамандықтар
Халықаралық қатынастар және аймақтық зерттеулер кафедрасы студенттерге келесідей мамандықтарды ұсынады:

• Жаһандық қауіпсіздік және халықаралық қатынастар  
• Аймақтық зерттеулер мен энергетика саясаты
• Еуропалық зерттеулер

Халықаралық қатынастар саласындағы қосымша жаңалықтар (12 кредит) 

Студенттер IRL коды бар 3 кредиттік төрт пән таңдай алады.

• Аймақтық зерттеулер мен энергетика саясаты
• Еуропалық зерттеулер
• Жаһандық қауіпсіздік және халықаралық қатынастар
• Тарих

Мансап

• Дипломатиялық корпустар
• Халықаралық компаниялар
• Көпұлтты корпорациялар
• Мемлекеттік, үкіметтік емес және жеке сектор

Халықаралық қатынастар бакалавры түлектері Еуропадағы қауіпсіздік пен ынтымақтастық ұйымында (ЕҚЫҰ/OSCE), Counterpart International, Дүниежүзілік Банк, Сыртқы істер министрлігі, БҰҰ, елшіліктер мен басқа да отандық және халықаралық ұйымдарды қызмет атқарады. 

Бағдарлама барысында практикадан өту ҚР Парламентінде (Мәжіліс пен Сенатта), Сыртқы істер министрлігінде, әкімшіліктерде және халықаралық даму ұйымдарында ұйымдастырылады.

Program Foundation Required Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
GEN 1110	Academic Listening and Note-taking	3
GEN 1121	Academic Reading and Writing II	3
KAZ2101.2/ RUS2101.2	Professionally oriented  Kazakh (Russian) Language	2
IRL2510.2	Professional Foreign Language: Strategic Communications in International Affairs	2
GEN1711/IRL 1512	Fundamentals of International Relations	3
IRL3517	International Institutions and Law	3
IRL 3521	Theories of International Relations	3
IRL 3545	Diplomatic Protocol and Documents	3
IRL3544	Diplomatic and Consular Service	3
IRL 3523	International Political Economy	3
IRL3539	History of Diplomacy 1648 to 1815	3
IRL3540	History of Diplomacy 1815 to 1945	3
IRL/POL 3515	Political Geography	3
IRL3547	Security Studies	3
POL 3534	Social and Political Theory	3
IRL4526	Comparative Foreign Policy	3
POL3512	Comparative Politics	3
IRL3541	Contemporary World History 1945 to Present	3
IRL 4527	Ethics in International Affairs	3
IRL3595	Research Design and Methods	3

ENG1110 Academic Listening and Note Taking (3 credits)

Prerequisites: ENG1100 Academic  Speaking

Common European Framework: B2 to C1 low upon completion

The Academic Listening and Note-taking course develops students’ abilities in these two essential academic skills, while at the same time ensuring that listening is not a passive activity.  Students improve their understanding of academic discourse in a variety of contexts, including lectures and less formal situations.  They are exposed to a variety of dialects of English and levels of formality.  They refine their note-taking skills and then use these notes as the basis for questions, responses and requests for clarification.  In addition, their notes will be useful for revision and for developing essays, presentations and debates.  Mere noting of facts will not be the primary goal.  Rather, students will use their notes to write responses and develop their own critical thinking.  As far as possible, authentic audio and video materials will be used in preference to the artificial materials specially prepared for such courses.

ENG1121 Academic Reading and Writing 2 (3 credits)

Prerequisites: ENG1120 Academic Reading and Writing I

Common European Framework: B2 to C1 low upon completion

This is an advanced-level academic reading and writing course, in which students undertake a major research project on  an academic topic of their own choice.  Building on the research and writing skills developed in previous courses, students select a project of substantial scope within an area of interest to them.  They offer a sound defence of their choice of topic, using criteria appropriate to an academic context, and then prepare to undertake research.  In preparing their research essays, students make extensive use of library and online resources, as well as field research such as interviews and off-campus research, depending on the nature of their topic.  Reading tasks include finding, analyzing and evaluating a variety of sources.  A process-approach to writing is adopted, with specific attention to planning, outlining, surveying the literature, drafting, rewriting, reviewing and using feedback constructively.  Attention is paid to both peer and instructor feedback.  At the final stage, editing, citations and bibliographical components are the focus of attention.

IRL2512 Fundamentals of International Relations

Prerequisites: None

This is an introductory course designed to acquaint students with the various theories and concepts used in the field. This course will examine and analyze the emergence and evolution of the modern world-system, its nature and characteristics as well as the emerging issues and challenges faced by the world today. The focus will be also roles and functions of states, non-state actors and institutions. The course is not only designed and developed for students in Political Science and IR but it will also fulfill the needs and interests of students from other disciplines.

POL3512 Comparative Politics

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an introductory course in the field of Comparative Politics. The course will acquaint students with various paradigms in the field, while also offering practical case studies to illustrate different political orientations of nation states and regions.

IRL3517 International Institutions and Law

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts of international organization and international law. It will focus on the history, administration, and politics of key international institutions and the machinery of international law. We will discuss and analyze how institutions and legal frameworks function in the areas of international peace and security, human rights and humanitarian relief, and environment and sustainable development.

IRL3521 Theories of International Relations

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This a basic course on theories of international relations. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the historical evolution of the theories of IR and to focus on various theories, concepts, approaches and methodologies used in the field. Instead of focusing on any particular group of theories, this course will critically review and analyze all theories: old and new, traditional and modern. Recent theories like feminist theories, post-modernist theories, globalist theories, ecological theories will also be discussed here.

IRL3523 International Political Economy

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the field of International Political Economy and to discuss the scope boundary and methodologies used in the study of IPE. Students will critically examine and analyze major international economic processes and institutions, such as international monetary and financial organization, globalization of production and distribution, international trade and investment, development, dependency and foreign aid.

IRL3539 History of Diplomacy from 1648 to 1815

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an advanced survey course on the development of modern international relations in Europe from the inception of the Westphalia System to the rise and fall of Napoleon. Special emphasis will be placed upon the role of history in shaping the modern international system.

IRL3540 History of Diplomacy from 1815 to 1945

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course task is to give to the students the history of European affairs beginning from 1815 from the point of Europe international relations. Among the main problems of the course are:  the XIX century history could be explained by “congress system”, middle class discontent that caused revolutions of 1848:  Napoleon III “overthrew’ the Second Republic and his regaining the Russian friendship by the Reinsurance Treaty; Bismarck unification of Germany and Polish policy of Russia in 1863, Crimean War and causes of it; Anglo-Japanese alliance of 1902 and a decade of anarchy existed in international affairs before the Would War I and the settlement of 1919 that “balkanized” Central and Eastern Europe. The new “Versailles-Washington” system established in 1919-20-s led to paradoxical results – intensification of the tensions between defeated and victorious countries which finally broke a peace and led to World War II.

IRL3541 Contemporary World History: 1945 to Present

Prerequisites: None

This course presents the major historical events from 1945 to the present. It starts with the end of the Second World War and covers the years of the Cold War and Decolonization up to the fall of the Soviet Union. It then considers the end of the second millennium with the fragmentation of states and the beginning of the third millennium with the emergence of new threats such as international terrorism, challenges such as environmental problems, opportunities such as technological developments, and the new distribution of power.

IRL3544 Diplomatic and Consular Service

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course covers theoretical and practical problems and issues of diplomacy, organization and functioning of diplomatic and consular services in Kazakhstan. This course will also discuss and debate the process and mechanisms of foreign policy decision-making in Kazakhstan and the forms and methods of their realizations.

IRL3545 Diplomatic Protocol and Documents

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course instructs students in diplomatic protocol in the context of preparing them for diplomatic service. Diplomatic privileges and immunities, the presentation of the credentials of diplomatic representatives, the protocol of diplomatic correspondence, diplomatic receptions, personal visits and conversations, international courtesy, the structure of staff protocol and the personal activity of diplomatic representation abroad will be covered. Various kinds of diplomatic documents will also be examined.

IRL3547 Security Studies

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course is designed as a foundational course for students majoring in International Relations aimed to complement their general knowledge of international issues with an understanding of the challenges of globalizing world. The course will address conceptual problems of defining the ‘threat’, as a key notion in Security Studies. Threats could range from the survival of individual to groups, nations, and the whole world. By investigating definitions of security as state provision of defence in realist and neorealist conceptions we will set up an analytical departure point. Then we will move towards exploring the notion of threat by ‘broadening’ and ‘deepening’ its definitions. Expanded definitions enable us to engage with the constructivist, structuralist and post-modern analytical frameworks within Security Studies.

IRL3562 Professional Foreign Language: Strategic Communications in International Affairs

Prerequisites: POL2511/G GEN2701 and IRL2512

The course focuses on international relations and effective communications with a special attention to international treaties, memorandums and speeches of key decision makers in international relations. In particular we will study the theoretical frameworks behind the communications in International Relations and how to employ them in order to reach the targeted audience and goals.

IRL4526 Comparative Foreign Policy

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course centers on the foreign policies of states, and more specifically, on the various factors that produce these policies. It is not an easy task to analyze policy “outputs”. The complexity of the matrix makes clear that we cannot attribute the adoption of one foreign policy rather than another to any single factor. Clearly, the interactions between and among all the various sources of “input” makes any such analysis that much more difficult. Nevertheless, it is possible to discern patterns in policy process and the broad outlines of policy goals, and this is what will be accomplished in this course. In this task we will be aided by the use of “case studies” and foreign policy profiles of selected countries.

IRL4527 Ethics in International Affairs

Prerequisites: POL2511/ GEN2701 and IRL2512

The course presents students a normative approach centered on ethics for studying international affairs. The main purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the moral dilemmas that political leaders, activists and citizens have to face in a globalized world. The theoretical approach is combined with case studies in fields such as just war theory, conflict and reconciliation, humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect, sovereignty and social justice, and environmental and technological challenges in the international arena.

POL3534 Social and Political Theory

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course provides a historical background to the development of social and political thought in European and Asian civilizations from antiquity to the present day. Readings from primary sources, such as Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, the Dhammapada, Augustine, al Farabi, ibnKhaldoun, Aquinas, Machiavelli, as well as modern thinkers from Hobbes to the post-moderns will help students to comprehend the theoretical underpinnings of research on political systems, political economy, social hierarchy and comparative civilizations.

Program Foundation Elective Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
IRL/POL 4534	Politics of the European Union	3
IRL4519	Globalization: Current Issues	3
IRL3550	United Nations: Structure and Practices	3
GEN/POL 2600	History of Civilizations 1	3
GEN/POL 2601	History of Civilizations 2	3

IRL3550 United Nations: Structure and Practices

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course provides an overview of the major contemporary international institution. The course will have three parts. First, it presents a review of the structure and functions of the UN in general and of specific agencies (for example, the UNHCR and UNICEF) in particular. Second, it offers a normative theoretical knowledge for interpreting the institution. Third, it reviews case studies with the help of experts involved in the field.

IRL4519 Globalization: Current Issues

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

The term “globalization” has quickly become one of the hottest buzzwords in the field of international relations and in the academic debate. This course will cover a wide range of distinct contemporary political, economic, and cultural trends, like liberalization, global civil society, global crisis, and the value of information technology.

IRL/POL4534  Politics of the European Union

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

European politics has never been so topical and exciting. With the end of the Cold War division of Europe into East and West, Europe is uniting under the umbrella of the European Union and is moving ahead with a unique experiment whereby European law supersedes national law and a single European currency is used. The purpose of this course is to offer students an informed and accessible overview of European government and politics as well as of the structure and policies of the European Union.

GEN/POL2600 History of Civilizations 1

Prerequisites: None

The course provides a comparative analysis and overview of the cultural and political development of human society from the earlier civilization until Renaissance, providing background for the analysis and understanding of the political, legal, ideological, cultural and religious achievements of the world civilization.

GEN/POL2601 History of Civilizations 2

Prerequisites: None

The course provides a historical analysis and overview of the cultural and political development of human societies from the Renaissance to the end of World War II. It aims to provide a general knowledge of major events in different areas of the world.

Common Major Required Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
IRL 3520	Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan	3
IRL4590	Undergraduate Seminar in International Relations	3
IRL4512	Multivector Diplomacy: Central Asia in Global Politics	3
IRLXXX	Any Major Elective of the BIR Program	3
IRLXXX	Any Major Elective of the BIR Program	3
See table below for the codes	Internship	3+3  (see table below)
IRL4599.4	Thesis	4
IRL4599.1	State Examination	1

IRL3520: Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an advanced survey course on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy making since 1991. Special emphasis will be given to the impact of the Soviet legacy on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy and the present relationships between Kazakhstan and the West. Other topics include the Kazakhstan’s present role in the War on Terror and regional security.

IRL4512 Multivector diplomacy: Central Asia in Global Politics

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

The course analyzes multivector diplomacy, using elements borrowed from political realism and constructivism, as a tool for foreign policy. After studying the theory of multivector diplomacy and some historical examples, the course will focus on post-independence Central Asia in order to understand how multivector diplomacy is used in this region.

IRL4590 Undergraduate Seminar in International Relations

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This seminar course is designed to offer students an opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to a specific issue in international relations. Students will participate in ongoing research projects headed by individual faculty members. Topics will vary every time the course is offered, and may include issues in bilateral relations, international security, international political economy and the international legal order.

IRL4598 Thesis

Students will write a thesis on a topic of their choice, in line with the international relations bachelor program, under the supervision of a qualified faculty member. For further details see the CSS Undergraduate Thesis Guidelines on the L-Drive.

IRL4599 State Examination

Students will take an exit test that evaluates their competencies in the filed of international relations.

CSS3001.1 AND CSS3001.2	Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament) Foundation Course (3 credits) AND Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament) (3 credits)
CSS3002.1 AND CSS3002.2	Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics) Foundation Course (3 credits) AND Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics) (3 credits)
IRL4596 AND IRL4597	Academic Internship (3 credits) AND Professional Internship in International Relations (3 credits)

CSS 3001.1 Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament)

The purpose of this course is to provide quality preparation for an internship at the Kazakhstan Parliament. The course covers material related to the structure and processes of the Parliament and introduces the essential foundations of representative politics.

CSS3001.2 Introductory Internship (Kazakhstan Parliament)

The internship is designed to provide the student with an experiential learning opportunity by placing the individual in the Parliament of Kazakhstan.

CSS 3002.1 Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics)

The purpose of this course is to provide quality preparation for an internship and the Ministry of Economics. The course covers material related to the structure and processes of the Ministry and introduces the essential foundations of Economic policy.

CSS3002.2 Introductory Internship (Ministry of Economics)

The purpose of this course is to provide an internship in the Ministry of Economics. During their internship, students will have opportunity to work in one of the Ministry’s departments, so as to gain a better understanding of how economic analysis is undertaken and how economic policies are developed and implemented.

IRL4597 Professional Internship in International Relations

Students will engage in a supervised internship with a consulate, NGO, private company or other agency. A program of study and activities is collaboratively designed by the students’ advisor and the participating agency. In the past, departmental internships have been pursued at the Foreign Ministry, US and UK consulates, the UN, the OSCE, and the EurAsEC. Students may either extend their original internship to cover two semesters, or they may select two distinct professional internships covering one semester each.

POL4597 Professional Internship in Comparative Politics

Students will engage in a supervised internship with a consulate, NGO, private company or other agency. A program of study and activities is collaboratively designed by the students’ advisor and the participating agency. In the past, departmental internships have been pursued at the OSCE, and the EurAsEC. Students may either extend their original internship to cover two semesters, or they may select two distinct professional internships covering one semester each.

 

Major in Global Security and International Affairs Elective Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
GROUP A
IRL3526	Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the USA	3
IRL3527	Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation	3
IRL3528	Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China	3
GROUP B
IRL 4525	Asian Security: Theory and Practice	3
IRL3524	Global Security and International Conflict Resolution	3
IRL 3516	Terrorism and Security	3
GROUP C
IRL4550	Emerging Powers	3
IRL 3546	Selected Topics in International Relations	3

IRL3516 Terrorism and Security

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course studies the origins and nature of contemporary terrorism, terrorist groups: tactics and trends on the world-wide scale starting from the ancient times to the present. It examines threats and challenges posed by the terrorist groups to state security and to the security of the international system.

IR3524 Global Security and International Conflict Resolution

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

Since the end of the Cold War, multiple conflicts, both global and regional in nature, have seriously undermined and threatened world security. This course will study and analyze the roots and causes of modern conflicts and their effects and implications for international peace and security in Central Asia.

IRL3526 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the USA

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an advanced course on American domestic politics and foreign policy since the birth of the Republic to the modern era. This course will focus on American government and foreign policy as a whole, but will also give special attention to present-day American foreign policy, and American-Kazakhstan relations in particular.

IRL3527 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an advanced course on the formation and development of Russian government and foreign policy from Ancient Russia to the modern era. This course will focus on Russian foreign policy as a whole, but will put special emphasis on present-day Russian foreign policy-making, and Russia-Kazakhstan relations in particular.

IRL3528 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an advanced course on government and foreign policy making in China since the formation of the Chinese State to the modern era. This course will focus on Chinese foreign policy as a whole, but will also give special attention to present-day Chinese foreign relations, and in particular China-Kazakhstan relations.

IRL3546 Selected Topics in International Relations

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course examines various topics of international relations. Topics vary according to the interests of students and instructors.

IRL4525 Asian Security: Theory and Practice

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

The main goals of the course are to give a brief introduction to the field of security studies and its current debates and to apply this theoretical knowledge to the study of Asian security at different levels of analysis: national, regional and global. The discussion of key issues in each region (Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Central Asia) will be combined with the in-depth consideration of various aspects of security: military (including nuclear), political, economic, environmental and societal security.

IRL4550 Emerging Powers

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course focuses on the domestic structure and the foreign policy of selected emerging powers, and their new influence in their regional systems and in the global arena. In particular, the course will review the factors that contributed to the growth of these countries and foreign policy strategies that they are adopting in order to assert their role in international affairs.

Major in Regional Studies and Energy Politics Elective Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
GROUP A
IRL4531	Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy of Central Asia and the Caucasus	3
IRL/POL 4530	Middle East Politics	3
POL 4537	Society and Culture of Central Asia	3
GROUP B
IRL4531	Political Economy of Central Asia	3
IRL 4521	Petropolitics	3
IRL 4540	Geopolitics and Political Economy of Natural Resources	3
GROUP C
IRL 4528	Central Asia-Russia Relations	3
POL 3546	Selected Topics in Regional Studies	3

IRL4521 Petro Politics

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course examines the geopolitics of energy in the Caspian Sea region. The subject is a broad, complex one that is constantly shifting and evolving even as policymakers try to manage and influence affairs from day to day. The emergence of independent states in the Caspian Sea region has created a new environment of great importance to the world. The region’s geopolitical position between Europe, the Persian Gulf, and Asia, and its unresolved ethnic conflicts have made it both a magnet and potential flashpoint for its neighbors, including Russia, Turkey and Iran. Also, the Caspian Sea is the energy world’s latest frontier. The development of Caspian energy resources and their transportation to international markets is one of the most controversial and pressing issues in the post-Cold War era.

IRL4528 Central Asia-Russia Relations

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This is an advanced course on the development of relations between Russia and Central Asia from the 18th century to the present. Special emphasis will be given to the development of Central Asia-Russia relations since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

IRL4531 Political Economy of Central Asia

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

The course analyzes the economic development of Central Asian states starting from the Soviet legacy and going through the years of independence until possible future developments. In particular, the course will try to understand how the common past has been starting point for new and different forms of political economy adopted by different countries. Differences in natural resources, infrastructure and political decisions of different economic paths of developments will be considered in order to understand how to shape future decisions.

IRL/POL 4540 Geopolitics and Political Economy of Natural Resources

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course is devoted to geopolitical and economic aspects of countries endowed with different types of natural resources. Natural resources shape the economy and economy shapes political choices. However processes of discovery and use of natural resources have to be analysed in geographical and institutional context.

IRL/POL4530 Middle East Politics

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

A survey of the twentieth and twenty –first century political history of the Middle east and its regional issues, such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, ethnic and religious nationalism, the geopolitics of oil, the two Western wars in Iraq, and both Western and Islamic alliances. This course will also compare the governments and political ideologies of the Middle East region, focusing on social and institutional structures and development issues. Concepts and ideologies like Arabism, Islam, modernization, and the nature of states and political systems will be studied.

IRL4531 Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course focuses on the domestic politics and foreign policies of post-communist states. In particular, it will examine the transition that has taken place in the former USSR during the last two decades. Students will be required to analyze the myriad of challenges facing the post-communist sphere in the political, cultural, social and economic spheres. Special emphasis will be placed upon the international relations between the new states of Central Asia and the Caucasus and the rest of the world.

POL4537 Society and Culture of Central Asia

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

The course offers a theoretical background for understanding issues in the general field of political sociology and then moves on to review the similarities and differences between the social, political and cultural aspects of Central Asian states.

POL3546 Selected Topics in Regional Studies

Prerequisites: POL2511/GEN2701 and IRL2512

This course examines various topics in comparative politics and regional studies. Topics vary according to the interests of students and instructors.

Scholarship opportunities
There are many merit-based scholarship opportunities for Kazakhstani and international students.
While studying at KIMEP University, students may also apply for part-time positions available on the University campus.

If you would like to apply for a scholarship, contact the Office of Financial Aid. .

Tuition & Fees

Study abroad opportunities
One- or two-semester exchange programs with many international partner universities offer students the opportunity to discover the world. Credits earned abroad count towards KIMEP degrees.

Innovations
We are proud to announce a new course “Model UN” in collaboration with UN Kazakhstan starting from Spring 2017 semester.

Future perspective careers

• Diplomatic corps
• International companies
• Multinational corporations
• Governmental, non-governmental and private sectors

BIR alumni work for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Counterpart International, the World Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Embassies, and other prestigious Kazakhstani and international organizations.
Internships are available in the Kazakhstani Parliament (Senate and Majilis), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, akimats, and international development agencies.

Extracurricular activities

• Diplomatic Day Club
• Political Film Series
• Research Talks offered at the International Relations and Regional Studies Department
• Central Asia Studies Center (www.casc.kz)
• Various projects in collaboration with foreign embassies