Departments

The Department of Social Sciences and Law trains highly qualified specialists. The department is headed by Candidate of Law, Assistant Associate Professor Umurzakov Ermek Anuarbekovich.

The mission of the department is aimed at training and developing qualified, competent and socially oriented specialists in the field of humanitarian knowledge and law; forming high-quality human capital that can make a worthy contribution to sustainable socio-economic development and the image of the country and capable of effectively working at the junction of internal and external political and economic space, in the field of professional communication, using foreign languages at the level of world standards and setting goals to create conditions for the formation of professional and social competence, ready to contribute to the development and strengthening of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the new conditions of society development.

The purpose of the department: improving the quality and competitiveness of the educational programs implemented in accordance with world practice; training specialists with innovative thinking and mastered fundamental knowledge; orientation towards professional social order through the formation of special (general and special) competencies related to the necessary types of educational and practical activities, adjusted to meet the requirements of employers; increasing the effectiveness of scientific research and innovation, creating comfortable conditions for the personal, moral, intellectual, creative and professional development of the team; creating favorable conditions for learning and personal, scientific, creative growth of the student.

The research work of the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences and Law is carried out in accordance with the Operational Plan of the Department, the plans for research and development of the teaching staff, research and development work, the plan for scientific and publishing work of the Department, approved at a meeting of the Department, as well as according to individual plans for research and development work of teachers.

The research activities of the Department are aimed at increasing the scientific and pedagogical potential and improving the quality of training students and master's students of the University. The activities of the Department are aimed at improving the quality of training personnel who meet the standards of university education in the field of jurisprudence, lawyer in judicial and law enforcement activities, legal activities in the field of human rights protection, international relations and psychology.

The purpose of the research work of the department is to closely integrate science and education, participate in applied research, determine priorities for the development of social and legal science and the main areas of applied research, search for advanced scientific ideas and develop recommendations for their development and implementation, create a theoretical basis for developing students' analytical, research and innovation competencies.

The tasks of the research work of the department:

participation in applied research;

- participation in the formation of programs and methods of scientific research and implementation of topics by the performers;

- drawing up calendar plans, semi-annual and annual reports of research;

- combining the scientific and intellectual potential of the department to solve scientific and applied problems in the field of research in the field of legal disciplines;

- participation in the training of highly qualified personnel;

- assistance, organization of research work of students (NIRO, student circle "Investigator-criminalist");

- organization of research in accordance with the requirements of the quality management system.

Research work is one of the most important areas of the department's activities. The faculty of the department organizes scientific and practical conferences of various levels, including: international scientific, regional and republican conferences.

The department pays considerable attention to the scientific work of students. They complete final qualifying works on the disciplines of the department, actively participate in the activities of scientific student circles "Criminalist", "Internationalist", "Psychologist" and make reports at student scientific conferences.

The results of research work are tested in the form of publication of articles in the journals of the Committee for Control of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, periodicals, including those of near and far abroad countries, in collections based on the results of participation in international and republican conferences of theoretical and practical directions, participation in round tables and scientific seminars.

Theoretical and practical results of scientific research are actively introduced into the educational process by using basic and elective disciplines in the course of teaching and developing educational and methodological complexes for them. Based on the teaching aids and scientific monographs prepared by the teaching staff, original courses and special courses have been developed, which are offered by the department as elective disciplines and supplements to basic disciplines in the relevant specialties and are included in the working curricula.

The department has a classroom to support the educational process in the disciplines of forensic science, forensic examination and judicial proceedings. The classroom is equipped with stands, forensic equipment and training programs.

The classroom hosts classes in the framework of role-playing games, brainstorming, and frontal questioning. In addition, the educational and methodological room is periodically equipped with visual materials on changes in legislation and its enforcement in practice. The work is carried out by leading teachers of the department, who have extensive teaching and practical experience.

Scientific and methodological office "Criminalistics"

The main objective of the office is to assist the department in organizing and training students by providing training that meets the level and needs of the modern market of highly qualified specialists with professional knowledge, skills, practical skills and competencies in combination with a high personal culture of communication and self-organization of the implementation of research work on the profile of the department aimed at developing and using the acquired knowledge, skills and competencies of future specialists in independent practical activities. The scientific and methodological office is equipped with: a computer, a printer, a projector, an interactive board, as well as technical and forensic tools: a unified forensic suitcase (with consumables), a UV lamp, microscopes, visual educational objects (for fingerprinting, traceology, ballistics)