Undergraduate

Psychology
6В03101

A psychologist is a specialist in understanding, shaping, and correcting people’s behavior. The need for such work is related to problems of human adaptation in society, medical issues, psychotrauma or congenital disorders.
  • Languages

    Russian, Kazakh

  • How much to study?

    Based on secondary education — 4 years, Based on vocational education (college) — 3 years, Based on higher education — 2 years

  • Academic degree

    Bachelor of Social Knowledge in the Educational Program “Psychology

  • Mission of the educational program

    We develop professionals and leaders in the field of psychology who are capable of transforming psychological knowledge into practical tools for improving quality of life, enhancing social stability, and increasing individual professional effectiveness.

  • More

    Vision

    The Educational Program “Psychology” aims to become a modern academic platform for training competitive specialists oriented toward scientific research, innovative psychological practices, and solving актуal socio-psychological challenges.

     

What else should I know?:

Profile of a Modern Psychologist

Today, a psychologist is a practice-oriented professional working in education, social support, and psychological assistance. Their role goes beyond traditional counseling and includes:

  • Mental Health Support — promoting psychological well-being and preventing stress and burnout
  • Behavioral & Educational Analysis — analyzing behavior and mental processes in educational and social environments
  • Crisis & Resilience — providing support in crisis situations and developing psychological resilience
  • Correction & Support — conducting psychocorrective work with children, adolescents, and adults in inclusive and specialized settings

A psychologist acts as a specialist who supports individuals in learning, development, adaptation, and professional growth.

 

Academic Degree

Upon completion of the program, graduates are awarded: Bachelor of Social Knowledge in the Educational Program “Psychology.”

 

Bachelors in the educational program 6В03101 - Psychology can perform the following professional activities:

diagnostic and correctional:

- psychological diagnostics in the study of mental processes in the life of a person;

- organizing the collection of professionally important information, data processing and interpretation;

- builds a psycho diagnostic study taking into account the age and individual psychological characteristics of the subject's personality;

- processes, interprets and provides reporting on the results of the diagnostic examination;

- implementation of expert psychological activities, including assessment and diagnostic procedures in the practice of professional selection, vocational guidance and certification of personnel;

- selection and modification of psychological-pedagogical and standardized methods of psychological diagnostics for examining children with sensory, speech, motor and intellectual disorders of different ages;

- adequate use of psychological knowledge in the work on the psychological correction of various forms of abnormal development and deviant behavior.

Advisory:

competent and balanced use of various methods of psychological counseling in individual and group versions;

-psychological counseling on issues of psychological prevention and psychological correction;

-providing psychological assistance to people in crisis situations;

-to organize and conduct counseling in organizations of various types of ownership and areas of professional orientation.

- psychological support of the process of training and education;

-the choice and use of psycho technology in the development of students;

determining the methods of organizing and conducting the educational process;

-conducting classes and consultations in general education, technical and vocational schools;

-psychological service in organizations of education, training and vocational training, in penitentiary institutions;

research:

- development of plans and projects for empirical research in various fields of psychological science;

-adequate use of invariant research schemes for analyzing various forms of mental reality;

-methodological and methodological assessment of the procedure and results of psychological research;

-scientific and psychological study of the processes of training, education and self-education in the context of social development and personal growth of a person.

organizational and managerial:

-  planning and organization of professional activities;

-psychological service in industrial enterprises and business organizations, the formation of a constructive social and psychological climate in the workplace;

- Identification and effective use of psychological resources in increasing productivity and harmonizing interpersonal relations in the workplace; 

- psychological support of professional activity in industrial organizations, preventive and medical organizations, penitentiary institutions;

cultural and educational:

- promotion of psychological services;

- familiarization of a certain contingent of people with psychological knowledge that corresponds to their actual needs and demands;

- the choice of such forms of education that facilitate the perception of psychological information, arouse interest in psychological knowledge, form the need to use them in life.

 

Why Choose This Program

The program is designed to develop modern professional competencies in psychology and practical skills for working with people. Students gain both strong theoretical foundations and hands-on experience in psychological analysis, counseling, and diagnostics.

Graduates have the opportunity to continue their studies at the Master’s level and engage in scientific and research activities in the field of psychology.

 

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM «6В03101 – PSYCHOLOGY»

CATALOG OF ELECTIVE DISCIPLINES

Review of the Catalog of Elective Disciplines of the Educational Program 6B03101 – “Psychology” (Bachelor’s Degree, Admission 2026)

Review of the Bachelor’s Educational Program “6B03101 – Psychology”

Review of the Catalog of Elective Disciplines of the Educational Program 6B03101 – “Psychology” (Bachelor’s Degree, Admission 2026)

 

REVIEW of the Bachelor’s Educational Program “6B03101 – Psychology”

Review of the Catalog of Elective Disciplines of the Educational Program 6B03101 – “Psychology” (Bachelor’s Degree, Admission 2026)

Review of the Catalog of Elective Disciplines of the Educational Program 6B03101 – “Psychology” (Bachelor’s Degree, Admission 2026)“Institute of Psychology and Social Sciences”

“Turan-Astana” University REVIEW of the Bachelor’s Educational Program “6B03101-Psychology” "Institute of Psychology and Social Sciences"