Degree: BACHELOR
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
ECTS: 240
Fields of study: socio-humanitarian knowledge, theory, history and technology of socio-cultural activity; leisure pedagogy; cultural policy and management, the basics of management of socio-cultural activities; screenwriting and directorial staging of cultural and leisure programs; basics of production skills.
Languages of instruction: Russian, English (on request)

DESCRIPTION

The educational program provides deep theoretical knowledge in the field of socio-humanitarian knowledge, the theory of socio-cultural activity; cultural policy and management, socio-cultural management; socio-cultural creativity, leisure; cultural and educational activities and education. In the process of training, a bachelor's student must master the ability to organize artistic and creative activities in cultural institutions, culture and leisure parks, scientific and methodological centres, leisure centres, and additional education. The mastery of the program ensures the preparation of bachelors for the production and production of mass, group and individual forms of cultural and leisure activities in accordance with the cultural needs of various target audiences. The scientific and methodological and design activities of the bachelor is focused on the pedagogical design of innovative systems of socio-cultural creativity, recreation, and leisure activities.

Forms of in-class activity: lectures, laboratory classes, practical classes, training sessions, and students’ individual work.

AIMS

creative and production activity:
•    creating cultural programs and socio-cultural events aimed at the creative development of children, adolescents and adults, the organization of free time of the population;
•    participating in the development and implementation of socio-cultural technologies in cultural institutions, leisure and recreation industries;
•    using cultural heritage to meet the spiritual needs of various population groups in the process of cultural and educational activities;
•    creating a favorable cultural environment, stimulating innovative movements in the socio-cultural sphere;
•    preparing and conducting social and cultural events (information, exhibition, holiday) in cultural institutions;
•    teaching the formulation of cultural and leisure programs (informational, educational, artistic, journalistic, cultural and entertainment) based on the original script-directorial decision;
•    mass educational and educational work;
•    teaching the organization of socio-cultural creativity and developing recreational and leisure activities;
•    preparing the organization of socio-cultural support for people with special physical needs, for assistance in the social and cultural adaptation of persons with socialization disorders and deviant behavior, assistance in the family education of children;

management activity:
•    participating in organizing the activities of institutions, organizations and associations of the socio-cultural sphere, the leisure and recreation industry;
•    implementing of management and marketing in the field of socio-cultural activities;
•    producing cultural and leisure programs, the organization and conduct of various forms of socio-cultural activities of the population (festivals, competitions, shows, holidays, programs of socio-cultural animation and recreation, exhibitions);

artistic and creative activity:
•    organizing artistic and creative activities in cultural institutions, culture and leisure parks, scientific and methodological centres, leisure centres, and additional education;
•    developing goals and priorities of the artistic and creative activities of cultural institutions that implement social and cultural technologies (cultural, educational, cultural, cultural, recreational, recreational);
•    promoting the cultural and educational work of institutions of additional education of children, educational institutions;

scientific and methodological activity:
•    scientific and methodological support of socio-cultural activities, the provision of information and methodological services;
•    developing new methods of cultural and educational work, methods to stimulate the socio-cultural activity of the population;
•    participating in scientific research of socio-cultural activities, the main trends of social, cultural and spiritual development of society;
•    teaching the development of teaching aids, curricula and socio-cultural programs for informational, educational, cultural and recreational, recreational, recreational, animation activities and types of recreation and leisure;
•    creating and maintaining computer databases on the forms of socio-cultural creativity, its participants and resources;

project activity:
•    participating in the development and justification of socio-cultural projects and programs;
•    participating in the pedagogical design of innovative systems of socio-cultural creativity, recreation, organization of tourist leisure;
•    participating in the examination of projects of socio-cultural orientation;
•    providing advice on the development of innovative projects and programs in the socio-cultural sphere;

pedagogical activity:
•    teaching theoretical and practical disciplines of socio-cultural activities in the system of general education, secondary vocational education, additional education;
•    ensuring the development of educational and methodological documentation for the taught disciplines.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course the student should be able to:

•    work in a team;
•    search, process, analyze and evaluate professional information, acquire new knowledge using modern educational and information technologies;
•    implement the urgent tasks of the state cultural policy in the process of organizing socio-cultural activities;
•    carry out developing socio-cultural activities of all age groups of the population, to organize mass, group and individual forms of socio-cultural activities in accordance with the cultural needs of various population groups;
•    develop the scenic and dramatic basis of socio-cultural programs, the formulation of socio-cultural programs using technical means and stage equipment of cultural institutions;
•    carry out pedagogical activities in cultural institutions, educational organizations of general education and secondary vocational education, educational organizations of additional education;
•    implement management technologies and producing concerts, festivals, contests, shows, holidays and forms of mass socio-cultural activities;
•    organize artistic and creative activities in a club institution, a culture and leisure park, a scientific and methodological centre, and a leisure centre;
•    develop new methods of cultural and educational work, methods of stimulating the socio-cultural activity of the population;
•    participate in the development and justification of projects and programs for the development of the socio-cultural sphere;
•    carry out applied scientific research of socio-cultural activities, the main trends of social, cultural and spiritual development of society, develop on this basis productive forecasts and correct management decisions;

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The graduates can work in cultural and leisure centres, art centres, cultural institutions, culture and leisure parks, museums, educational institutions, institutions of additional and secondary vocational education, public and commercial structures, and the media.