Qualification: Bachelor of Educational program “Agroecology”

Duration of training: 4 years, trimester

Code and classification of training areas: 6B05  Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 

Code in International Standard Classification of Education: 6В052 Environment 

Code in the International standard classification of education: 0520 

Brief description of the scope of knowledge

The areas of professional activity of bachelors are: production, management, research and educational field, assessment of the ecological situation of the environment, quality control of the natural environment and human health, development of measures to prevent, reduce and eliminate the degradation of agricultural production facilities (soil, water, air, plant) and in practice, measures to restore ecological balance in the agricultural sector. 

Brief description of skills

Sphere of professional activity:

Bachelors can perform the following types of professional activities: organizational and management; production and technological; service-operational; experimental research; educational (pedagogical); design. 

Areas of professional activity of students in the framework of the educational program "Agroecology": environmental monitoring and marketing; analysis, inspection and control of the environment; compilation of econometric models; management and expert functions in the field of environmental protection; environmental education and upbringing; compliance with environmental requirements in the field of agriculture and in the design of new enterprises, settlements, planning and implementation of environmental measures in various sectors of the economy, environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental audit. 

Objects of professional activity:

soil, water, air, plants, animals and agricultural products, agricultural complexes, energy facilities, educational institutions, research institutes and centers.

A summary of the program

The main goal of the educational program is to meet the needs of society in qualified personnel by training specialists in the field of agriculture and biological resources, who are able to assess the ecological state of agrocenoses in modern conditions and reduce the impact of the growing technogenic load on agricultural territories and the agro-industrial complex. 

The objectives of the educational program:

1. The formation of basic professional competencies among future specialists in the field of agriculture and biological resources.
2. Training in methods for assessing the state of the environmental situation in the agricultural sector caused by industrial and agricultural pollution.
3. Mastering modern methods of preventing, reducing and eliminating the degradation of agricultural production facilities and putting into practice measures to restore ecological balance in the agricultural sector.
4. The study of the combination of scientific and technological progress in agriculture with the progressive development of the natural environment and the ecologization of production processes in order to ensure balanced dynamic development and reduce or prevent anthropogenic pressure on agriculture.
5. The ability to work with scientific and technical information, use domestic and foreign experience in professional activities, systematize and summarize the information received.
6. Training of specialists with a clear orientation to the future, which is manifested in the possibility of building their professional career and education, taking into account success in personal and professional activities that meet the requirements of employers. 

The peculiarity of the “Agroecology” educational program is that it is interdisciplinary and lays the foundations necessary for the sustainable and environmentally safe development of agriculture, as an industrial basis for the development of rural territories. 

Contact person to whom you can contact with additional questions:

Head of the Department of "Ecology" Satybaldiyeva Gulmira Kalmashevna 

010000, Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, 29, A. Moldagulova str., Building of Agronomic Faculty, phone: +7 (7172) 38-39-11, e-mail: gkalmashevna@mail.ru