1. Basics of Scientific and Research World View

Module Name:

Module 1: Basics of Scientific and Research World View

Code

M1EPE(Ma)

Module Elements:

Compulsory Subjects

Foreign Language (Professional)

History and Philosophy of Science

Semester Number:

1

Person responsible for the module

O.M. Vasilyeva

Lecturer:

Foreign Language (Professional) - O.M. Vasilyeva

History and Philosophy of Science - A.V. Nikiforov

Language:

Russian, Kazakh

Curriculum relation:

Electrical Power Engineering (Ma)

Type of teaching  / number of hours per week and per semester :

1 semester: hours per week – 12 (lectures -1; workshops -3; independent work -8);

hours per semester – 180.

Workload:

Teaching Load: 60 hours

Extracurricular Classes:120 hours

Total: 180 hours

Credit Points:

6 ECTS

Conditions for Examinations:

For admission to the exam, the student must score at least 50 points out of 100 available for the subject

Recommended Conditions:

This module is based on the knowledge gained by students in previous undergraduate subjects of Philosophy and Foreign Language.

Expected Learning Outcomes:

Know: main philosophical trends in the development of technology and technical areas; technical foreign language in the field of electronics.

Be able to: monitor trends in the influence of technical devices on human activity on the basis of modern philosophical works in the field of technology; work with technical documents and scientific works in a foreign language. 

Possess the skills: work with papers of philosophical technical nature and scientific works in a foreign language for research activities.

Intendend use/applicability

Module: Final Academic Assessment 

Content:

Foreign Language

Describing professional competence; personal and professional challenges; professional image of contemporary electric engineers; the importance to be skilled; decision-making process; business meetings and correspondence.

Grammar review. Listening and speaking. Modal auxiliary verbs.

History and Philosophy of Science

Science in culture and civilization Origin of science. Main stages of the historical development of science. Science in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Modern science. Classical science and its features. Features of non-classical science period. Post-non-classical science. Structure of scientific knowledge. Laws of development of science. Concepts of K. Popper, T. Kuhn, I. Lakatos and P. Feyerabend. Science as a social institution. Philosophical problems of natural sciences. Philosophical problems of social and humanitarian sciences.

Examination Form, module mark:

Foreign Language (Professional) - computer-based testing;

History and Philosophy of Science - written control examination.

Module mark: the result of the exam History and Philosophy of Science

Technical/Multimedia Facilities:

multimedia system

Study Materials:

1. D.E. Zemach, L.A.Rumisek. Academic Writing. MacMillan Press, 2006. 
2. Key Concepts in Information and Communication Technology (Palgrave) by Roger I. Cartwright.
3. Holy Roddick Business Writing Makeovers, AST, Astrel, 2004.
4. P. V. Alekseyev, A.V. Panin. Philosophy: Textbook. M.: Prospect, 2003
5. V. D. Gubin. Philosophy: Textbook. M.: Omega, 2006
6. A. G. Spirkin. Philosophy: Textbook. M.: Gardariki, 2004
7. Philosophy: Textbook/Comp. T. H. Gabitov, Almaty, 2003

Date of last amendment

20.01.2023