Department of Sociology
History
Sociology is a complex, multilevel science that uses research to study and optimize various processes and ideas in modern society.
There is not one part of our lives today that hasn't been touched by sociology. There are people who can answer questions like what needs to be produced, sold or prepared. There are fewer people that can understand for whom or why.
Sociology is a relatively new and prestigious field. Using various research methods, sociologists use in-depth monitoring to analyze and research society. Sociologists have recently become in-demand in the labor market today.
The Department of Sociology at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University was opened in the 2008-2009 academic year. The program was created to meet the high standards set by sociology programs in other universities, and features a unique synthesis of university education and innovative approaches to professional preparation.
Goal
The goal of the Department of Sociology is to prepare sociologists for a wide variety of career opportunities, including as academics or researchers, and to be the generation that faces the most importat social problems and creates solutions based on methods and technology based in the field of sociology.
Students must complete tasks similar to those faced by professional sociologists, which includes carrying out research, projects, applied work, managerial work, and teaching.
-OBJECTIVE
The peculiarity of the society development in the early XXth century has been impacted by the specialist sociologist and the application of sociology and research results in life. Today in a democracy, market economy, globalization and the dialogue of civilizations felt an acute shortage of social services and analysis in the state of municipal, public, independent and private enterprises. So Graduates of Bachelor degree of Sociology department will be available for research, management and organizational, informational analytical expert activities and in the future they will be able to continue their studies at the Master degree.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the Sociology Department is to prepare specialists in sociology, which would correspond to modern international standards. And we will teach them for advanced features of the development of domestic, Turkic, Eastern European universities and research centers, as well as Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University.
In order to prepare of modern professional sociologists in the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University we are involving the teachers with a great educational and scientific experience. The University has an ever-expending library of new manuals, books, journals in sociology. In order to conduct scientific research, we use modern methods and various computer programs including such as SPSS.
GRADUATES OF OUR DEPARTMENT CAN WORK:
• Teacher in the state and private institutions of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey;
• in the ministries and embassies;
• state employees in the state administration and institutions;
• assistant at universities and research institutes;
• in the mass media;
• analyst in the state, public and private organizations;
• expert in non-governmental and youth, social organizations.
