The head of the department Kadralyeva Altynai Mustafaevna Phd doktor
Address: South Kazakhstan М.Auezov State University,Тajibayev street 2а, corps № 8
telephone: 8 (7252) 36-71-93
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.The department was established in 1967 with the aim of professional training of highly qualified specialists in cultural and creative activities.
The humanitarian principle of the department is the preservation of national cultural traditions and spiritual values.
Motto: "Learn, learn. Learn, learn."
Bachelor's degree program 6B11120, 5B090600-"Cultural and leisure work" trains specialists for educational institutions of culture and art, mass media. Their professional task is to organize recreation for the population, create highly artistic forms of cultural and leisure work in the information, cultural-aesthetic and ideological directions.
Forms of professional activity of bachelor's degree graduates:
- management systems of state institutions and non-governmental organizations, public associations in the field of culture and recreation;
- management and marketing processes in the field of cultural and leisure, recreational institutions and the leisure industry;
- processes of creative and production activities of cultural institutions and organizations;
- processes of artistic management of cultural institutions;
- processes of creation and production of cultural and leisure programs and socio-cultural projects using expressive means in artistic forms;
- technologies of socio-cultural creativity and cultural and educational activities;
- socio-cultural animation and recreational technologies; technologies of social rehabilitation using cultural and artistic means;
- processes of pedagogical support for organizing children's and adolescents' leisure, cultural and educational work with children, adolescents and youth;
- processes of organizing adult population's leisure, conducting cultural and educational work;
- educational process in the system of general education, secondary vocational education, additional education of children and adults, additional vocational education.
A graduate of the educational program will receive a Bachelor of Service degree, which will allow him to hold the following positions:
According to the Sectoral Qualifications Framework in Culture and Art (August 25, 2016, Protocol No. 3):
- Club Manager;
- Head of Department.
According to the Sectoral Qualifications Framework in the direction of "Education" (Protocol No. 3 dated November 27, 2019):
- A teacher of additional education can hold primary positions without a requirement for work experience in accordance with the qualification requirements of the Qualification Handbook of Positions of Managers, Specialists and Other Employees, approved by the order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 21, 2012 No. 201-o-m.
Since 1998, the teachers of the Department of Cultural and Leisure Activities, as a team of authors, have been preparing the State Educational Standard, model plans and sample programs for bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in the specialty of "Cultural and Leisure Activities". These documents are used by all universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan that train specialists in this area.
The subjects taught include: history and theory of cultural and leisure work, artistic creativity, imageology, organization of entertainment programs, basics of stage movement, design of cultural and leisure events, speech technique, acting, dramaturgy of folk festivals and performances, etc.
Educational programs are updated annually based on recommendations from employers, that is, new subjects are introduced that meet the requirements of the time. For example, starting from the 2019-2020 academic year, the following courses will be offered: "Modern Media Culture", "History of Intangible Culture-1", "History of Intangible Culture-2", "Culture of Individual and Social Achievement I", "Culture of Individual and Social Achievement II".
Since 2003, a master's degree program has been opened in the specialty 7M11120 - "Cultural and Leisure Work".
The department has a Republican Educational and Methodological Council for the specialty "Cultural and Leisure Work". The Methodological Council for Artistic Creativity, National Traditions and Folk Art provides methodological, organizational and practical assistance not only to the city, but also to the Turkestan region and the republic.



The bases of the educational-scientific-pedagogical complexes are: Zh.-P. Regional Drama Theater named after Shanin, City Center for Children and Youth Creativity, Center for Customs and Traditions, Center for Effective Organization of Youth Leisure. Some special subjects are taught at the bases of the UOC.
Cultural and leisure work is part of the educational program, including professional practice in institutions of culture and art, culture and recreation. The range of practice bases is extensive: Center for Effective Organization of Youth Leisure in Shymkent, Children and Youth Center, Shymkent Circus, st. Zh. City Academic Kazakh Drama Theater named after Shanin, Regional Russian Drama Theater named after Zh. Children's Music School No. 1 named after Omarova, Shymkent City Education Department No. 4, Shymkent, School-Gymnasium No. 65 named after Y. Altynsarin, Shymkent, Specialized Children's and Youth School of Olympic Reserve for Winter Sports No. 8, Shymkent Regional Scientific Universal Library "Otyrar" and others.



In September 2015, the Department of Cultural and Leisure Services added the specialties of Social Work and Cultural Studies. The name of the department was changed to Cultural, Recreational and Social Activities.
A distinctive feature of the educational program 6B11410-Social Work is that graduates of the specialty are able to effectively solve social problems at the level of an individual, a social group and society as a whole, as well as implement innovative projects and programs, increase their activity in strengthening social partnership in the field of work with the population, training highly qualified specialists in the field of social policy, legal consulting and management of the social sphere in accordance with the requirements of society.
A graduate of this educational program will be awarded a bachelor's degree in social work (5B090500) in the direction of "social work".
Bachelors in the specialty "Social Work" (in research institutions, design and engineering organizations) are employed as social workers in social service institutions and the social sphere (social service centers, social insurance and pension agencies; social protection institutions, social and legal patronage institutions, state employment service; medical and social examination, healthcare and psychological assistance institutions, social and labor rehabilitation centers, social rehabilitation centers for children and adolescents, orphanages, guardianship and trusteeship institutions, boarding schools, state employment service, migration service, Ministry of Emergency Situations, penitentiary system, law enforcement agencies, state and non-state institutions serving the population (work with various groups of the population), enterprises, without requirements for work experience, in accordance with the qualification requirements of the Qualification Handbook of Positions of Managers, Specialists and Other Employees, approved by the order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 21, 2012 No. 201-o-m. social and administrative-personnel services of enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership (collection of analytical information and implementation of events on social certification, development and optimization of the social environment, efficient use of human resources); cultural institutions; educational institutions; institutions providing social and pedagogical assistance).
The area of professional activity is social protection of the population, social security; education, health care, culture, medical and social expertise; the penitentiary system and the system of organizations regulating employment, migration and emergency assistance; various types of activities and forms of ownership, is the area of activity of non-profit organizations.
In 2016, a doctoral program was opened and a license was issued for the educational program 6D11120-"Cultural and leisure work".
In the 2017-2018 academic year, the Department of Cultural, Leisure and Social Work was divided into the Department of Cultural and Social Work and the Department of Theater and Variety Art by the decision of the Academic Council of M. Auezov SKSU dated August 28, 2017 (minutes No. 1).
The teaching staff of the department mainly consists of graduates of the Alma-Ata, Tashkent, Odessa Conservatories and the Shymkent Pedagogical Institute of Culture. These are: L.I. Shulunova, I.B. Sikhimbaev, E.O. Balabaykov, Yu.V. A. Saparova, S.Sh. Tleubaev and others.
The orchestra of folk instruments, the folklore ensemble "Kazyna" (winner of international and national folklore competitions and festivals), the dombra ensemble, the kobyz ensemble, and the wind instruments ensemble worked.