The Department of Social and Cultural Activities is the oldest at the university, organized in 1967 in the structure of the Faculty of Cultural and Educational Work, which produced specialists «Organizer-methodologist of cultural and educational work.»
The department since 2001, on the basis of the state educational standard of the second generation, has been preparing graduates «Manager of social and cultural activities, teacher» within the framework of the new specialty «Social and cultural activities»
The department is graduating in the specialty 570029 Socio-cultural activities: qualification «Manager of socio-cultural activities, teacher».
Currently, the SCA department has a teaching staff with extensive experience in educational, research and artistic and creative work.