Educational and Scientific Institute of Social and Humanitarian Management

Administration

General Information and Educational Programs

The Institute of Social and Humanitarian Management was established by the Rector of the National University of Ostroh Academy (the order № 55 of May 31, 2021).

The Institute is guided by the tasks of transformation of humanitarian education in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Education” and the program “Education of the XXI century”. This process implements the most relevant teaching methods and technologies in the context of modern social and humanitarian discourse.

The Institute forms modern leaders who are able to influence the social and humanitarian processes of Ukraine on the basis of patriotism, creativity, and responsibility. Educational programs are formed through a combination of student recommendations, stakeholder feedback, and modern labor market requirements. Moreover, the Institute is focused on the practical component, which is implemented through the active involvement of employers and internships for students in Ukraine and abroad.

The specialties of the Institute of Social and Humanitarian Management offer the following skills and abilities:

• conceptual knowledge adapted to modern labor market requirements;
• strong material and technical resources;
• innovative methods of teaching in the sphere of social sciences and humanities;
• practical training and professional workshops from experts and leaders of public opinion;
• development of critical and analytical thinking, formation of project activity and ability to solve complex problems;
• intensive study of English (B2);
• formation of skills of effective communication in any life and professional situations;
• creation of different styles of texts in accordance with the field of activity;
• effective online learning system (Moodle, Google Meet, Google Classroom, Zoom, etc.).

Additional abilities:

• participation in international educational, scholarship, grant programs, and study abroad;
• parallel distance learning at another institute/faculty of NaUOA in order to obtain a second diploma of higher education;
• implementation of extracurricular projects;
• communication with successful managers of cultural, social, and public spheres;
• deepening one’s knowledge through certification programs;
• regular meetings with successful graduates;
• participation in the student self-government with an ability to form and develop organizational, volunteer and leadership skills.

List of Specialties

Bachelor (first-cycle academic degree):

• PRIMARY EDUCATION WITH IN-DEPTH STUDY OF ENGLISH. 013 Primary Education
• UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 035.01 Ukrainian Language and Literature
• PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY. CONSULTING AND COACHING. 033 Philosophy
• CULTURAL STUDIES. 034 Cyber Cultural Studies
• PSYCHOLOGY. 053 Psychology
• JOURNALISM. 061 Journalism
• JOURNALISM. 061 Advertising and PR
• PUBLIC HEALTH. 229 Public Health

Master (second-cycle academic degree):

• RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 031 Religious Studies
• CULTURAL STUDIES. 034 Cultural Studies
• CULTURAL STUDIES. 034 Management of Cultural Projects
• UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 035 Philology. 035.01 Ukrainian Language and Literature
• PSYCHOLOGY. 053 Psychology
• JOURNALISM. 061 Journalism
• PUBLIC HEALTH. 229 Public Health

PhD (third-cycle academic degree):

• RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 031 Religious Studies
• PHILOSOPHY. 033 Philosophy
• PHILOLOGY. 035 Philology
• PSYCHOLOGY. 053 Psychology

Departments

• Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature
• Department of Philosophy and Cultural Management
• Department of Psychology and Pedagogy
• Department of Journalism and PR Management
• Department of Public Health and Physical Education

Council of the Institute

Members of the Council:

1. Maksym Karpovets, PhD, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute - Head of the Council;
2. Minich Larysa, PhD, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Educational Work and Quality Assurance of Education - Deputy Chairman;
3. Yulia Polischuk, Senior Assistant - Secretary;
4. Iryna Rabchuk, Lecturer, Deputy Director for Educational Guidance; 
5. Zoriana Hodunok, PhD, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Research;
6. Olga Nedzvedovska, Lecturer, Deputy Director for Research;
7. Oksana Matlasevych, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology;
8. Zoya Stoliar, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Methodology of Primary Education;
9. Igor Gushchuk, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Public Health;
10. Maria Petrushkevych, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Management;
11. Vitaliy Maksymchuk, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Ukrainian Literature and Language;
12. Roman Shulyk, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Department of Journalism and PR Management;
13. Oleksandr Marchenko, Senior Lecturer, Head of the Physical Education Section;
14. Natalia Kulesha, PhD, Associate Professor;
15. Anna Hilman, PhD, Associate Professor;
16. Inna Khoronzhevska, PhD, Associate Professor;
17. Oleksiy Kostiuchenko, PhD, Associate Professor;
18. Olga Shliakhova, PhD, Senior Lecturer;
19. Anastasiia Solvar, Head of the Student Council;
20. Olha Ocheretiana, Representative of the Student Council;
21. Viktoriia Hetmanchuk, Representative of the Student Council.

Academic Journals:

• Scientific Notes of Ostroh Academy National University: Philology Series (Index Copernicus, Google Scholar);
• Scientific Notes of Ostroh Academy National University. Series Psychology;
• Student Scientific Notes. Series Social Sciences and Humanities.

Scientific Laboratories and Research Centers

• Lexicographic Laboratory Ostroh Neographer (Head – Vitaliy Maksymchuk);
• Scientific Laboratory of Gender Studies (Head – Maria Petrushkevych);
• Scientific Laboratory of Journalism JLab (Head – Roman Shulyk);
• Research Center Sanogenic Pedagogy and Psychology (Head – Halyna Handzilevska).

Partners

The institute cooperates with educational educational institutions and organisations of Ukraine and abroad.

The Department of Psychology and Pedagogy cooperates with SGGW University of Warsaw, Stockholm University (Sweden), John Paul II Catholic University (Lublin), Lesia Ukrainka Volyn National University (Lutsk), Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Ivano-Frankivsk), Kyiv University of Gestalt (Kyiv), Kyiv University of Gestalt University of Bologna (Italy), Vilnius University (Lithuania), Nazareth College in Rochester (USA), University of Zelenogorsk (Poland).

The Department of Philosophy and Cultural Management cooperates with Masaryk University (Chezh Republic), University of Beira Interior (Portugal), University of Zielona Góra (Poland), Jagiellonian University (Lublin), National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv), H. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy (Kyiv), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv), Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Lviv), Rivne State Humanitarian University (Rivne), National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (Rivne).

The Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature cooperates with NASU Institute of Ukrainian Language (Kyiv), National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Rivne Regional Institute of Post-Graduate Pedagogical Education (Rivne), Khmelnytskyi National University (Khmelnytskyi), V.О. Sukhomlynskyi National University of Mykolaiv (Mykolaiv).

The Department of Journalism and PR Management has been cooperatingwith the Nove Media Foundation (Warsaw, Poland) since 2011. In the context of this cooperation, the Department implements the project “Project W”, within which students have the opportunity to attend workshops and seminars on online journalism, held in the editorial offices of the Warsaw media. During the project, students had the opportunity to visit the editorial office of the largest youth radio network in Poland "ESKA-ROCK", the editorial board of the magazine "Newsweek-Polska", the newspaper "Rzeczpospolita".

Student Council

The Student Council is an important part of student life, which regularly organizes cultural and sporting events, scientific activities and charity meetings. The several members of the Student Council take part in the monthly council of the Institute, where they actively influence the educational process. Students also take an active social position, being participants in volunteer and exchange programs.

Educational Activities

Educational work takes place in accordance with the educational process in Ostroh Academy National University. It includes informing students about the organization of the educational process at the university; assistance to students in preparation for national and university holidays; implementation of pedagogical control over students’ observance of moral and ethical norms of behavior, statute and internal regulations of the university. Among the main forms of educational work of tutors are tutoring hours, which take place in the form of talks, “round tables”, discussion clubs, conferences, seminars and other educational activities (with the involvement of specialists in various fields); cult trips to historical places of the native land, to museums, theaters, art galleries, exhibitions; individual educational work with students, taking into account the personal approach.