under the President of the Republic of Belarus
Head of the department – Шабуневич Светлана Николаевна, PhD (Law), Associate Professor
The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines was created in 2019 in accordance with the Rector’s order by reorganizing the departments of Management Psychology, Public Administration of the Social Sphere and Belarusian Studies, Theory and History of State and Law, Philosophical Sciences and Ideological Work.
Department Tasks and Main Directions of Activities
The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines provides training in the educational programs of higher and postgraduate education as specified by the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Belarus, orders of Rector of the Academy of Public Administration, and other relevant regulations.
The Department provides training of specialists in the Institute of Managerial Personnel (full-time and part-time forms, cycle I of higher education), and training for Master's Degree in the Institute of Civil Service:
1-26 80 04 Management (specialization – Technologies of Personnel Management),
1-26 80 09 Public Administration (specialization - Public Administration of the Social Sphere).
The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines has the following tasks:
- to ensure a high level of education;
- to develop and update teaching aids and methodology in accordance with the new educational standards;
- to organize research work of the students of the Academy of Public Administration according to the specialization of the Department by attracting them to participate in olympiads, creative competitions and scientific events;
- to expand the network of international contacts of the Department;
- to promote the scientific activity of the teaching staff;
- to create conditions for the professional and personal growth of its employees;
- to maintain constant communication with consumers of educational services by analyzing their satisfaction with provided services in order to respond effectively to changing market conditions.
Annually the Department holds Olympiads in the disciplines ‘‘History of State and Law of Belarus’’, ‘‘History of State and Law of Foreign Countries’’; conducts an annual seminar dedicated to the Day of the National Emblem and National Flag of the Republic of Belarus; the student scientific club ‘‘Dialogue’’.
Department Staff
The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines has highly qualified personnel including 3 professors, 10 associate professors, 3 senior lectures, and 1 trainee lecture.
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Лапина Светлана Валентиновна – PhD (Sociology), Professor
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Печенева Татьяна Анатольевна – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor
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Антонюк-Пруто Марина Георгиевна – PhD (Philology), Associate Professor
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Атрушкевич Марат Михайлович – PhD (History), Associate Professor
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Вишневская Ирина Владимировна – PhD (History), Associate Professor
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Домасевич Ирина Владимировна – PhD (Sociology), Associate Professor
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Касперович Галина Ивановна – PhD (Philosophy), Associate Professor
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Парфенцова Елена Викторовна – PhD (History of Arts), Associate Professor
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Сороковик Иван Александрович – PhD (History), Associate Professor
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Шабуневич Светлана Николаевна – PhD (Law), Associate Professor
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Еськевич Константин Романович – Senior Lecturer
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Синковец Антон Юрьевич - Senior Lecturer
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Степаненко Наталья Ананьевна - Senior Lecturer
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Демидчик Василий Анатольевич - Trainee Lecturer;
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Драчёва Наталья Петровна - Specialist in the organization of the educational process
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Селивончик Ирина Александровна - Assistant, I category
Scientific Activities
The staff of the Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines annually take an active part in scientific, scientific-methodological, scientific-practical conferences, seminars and other scientific and methodological events held in the Republic of Belarus and abroad.
All members of the Department are authors of multiple scientific publications. They also review scientific articles, monographs, curricula, textbooks, dissertation abstracts, educational and methodological complexes, and educational standards.
The research theme of the Department is ‘‘An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Research and Formation of an Anti-Corruption Culture’’.
In accordance with the Regulation on the Innovation Platform No. 3 of January 17, 2020, the Department carries out joint scientific and practical activities on the basis of the state institution ‘‘Minsk City Center for Social Services for Families and Children’’.
International Cooperation
The Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines is cooperating with partner universities of the Academy of Public Administration. This cooperation is carried out to exchange information on the planned and ongoing scientific events; exchange scientific literature, including electronic publications; organize joint scientific events.
One of the examples of fruitful international cooperation is the annual participation of the staff of the Department in the international scientific and practical conference "Actual Problems of Legal Science" (Autumn Legal Readings), held by one of the partner universities – Khmelnitsky University of Management and Law.
On a regular basis contacts with Mari State University and Moscow University named after S.Yu. Witte is maintained to exchange information on ongoing scientific events.
The Department cooperates with the Oryol branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA).
Contact information:
Address: 220007, 17, Moskovskaya st., Minsk
Offices 613, 615, 620
Phone/fax: (+375 17) 229-51-75, (+375 17) 229-51-85
E-mail: ksgd@pac.by
