“Information-oil of the XXI century”. Therefore, today’s society needs journalists who can study big data and draw incredible events and conclusions from this data. Our program provides for these needs. Within 18 months, you can become a high-quality specialist who can work professionally with the date, see the real picture of any problem through the date and deliver it to the audience, in an attractive format with visual elements such as infographics, illustrations. Through our program, improve your professional skills and acquire great memories on the way to knowledge.

Media Literacy – (5 ECTS)
Total: 5 ECTS

There is no need to study prerequisite subjects if your Bachelor degree (major) is in relative speciality.

• History of Kazakh journalism
• Genre forms and functions of modern journalism

• Understands the basic concepts of modern journalism and is able to discuss constructively in an academic, professional environment related to the field of data;
• Date can classify units and form a set and work effectively with it;
• Can make correct representations, draw conclusions from incomplete or limited information, and work with a large array of data;
• Able to create a data project that covers from the idea to the final product, with a deep understanding of all stages and features;
• Using advanced web tools and applications, it can replace a data set with visually appealing and understandable formats;
• The date can work together with the group in the production of the project

The knowledge and skills that will be taught in this program are in high demand in the market. You can most likely work in prestigious, popular editorial offices. In addition, you can work in the field of information technology, marketing, and Economics. We are ready to give advice to undergraduates on employment and career development.

Many of our undergraduates work during the day, so we can organize classes at your convenience in the evening or in an online format.

Specialists who can work at a professional level with a date are currently in high demand. Because, starting with the family Institute, digital data in the fields of Economics, medicine, politics and education are not processed. Therefore, this data requires a specialist who deeply understands and analyzes the dynamics, orientation of phenomena and offers a solution to the problem. Our program will help you fulfill these needs in a high-quality and professional manner. You will learn these skills,you will fly and discover new opportunities.

Askhat Yerkimbay is a new media specialist with a deep understanding of the Kazakh language new media with communication research skills, a media trainer for Kazakh language journalists on new media, multimedia, and data journalism.

Mr. Yerkimbay researched the impact of the WordPress blogosphere on the usage of the Kazakh language and published a series of handbooks on news literacy, fact-checking, and data journalism.

He designed a course on Newsliteracy, Data Journalism, and Multimedia for the SDU undergrad and graduate-level students in the media and communication department.

As a Central Asian regional media consultant, curates several media projects at the Internews Network Kazakhstan. Have worked with a multimedia team on VR project “Reeducated” for The New Yorker magazine (U.S.) that got Emmy in 2022 for the Outstanding Interactive Media; and  worked with a radio team to produce a program on Internment Camps in Xinjiang for New York Public Radio (U.S.). External assessor of the International Fact-Checking Network (the Poynter Institute, U.S.) and media expert for OSCE center in Astana, Kazakhstan.

• Training of a modern specialist who can constantly improve himself, effectively use individual characteristics and abilities, work with the date on a professional level;
• Instilling the skills of collecting, processing, filtering large amounts of data, making a hypothesis with a logical basis;
• Release of a date journalist that can deduce the value and event line from the processed date and perfectly convey it to the audience with visual elements;
• Training of masters who are familiar with the basic features of coding, well-versed in the original technologies and programs necessary for date processing;
• Training in methods for building and processing information in a non-fully processed format that can work with various information formats, such as JSON, CSV;
• Formation of professional communication that contributes to the improvement of each other.

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