Departmentof Economy
The department of Economy is one of the oldest departments of the Kazakh of Chemical technology Institute, which initially serves technical specialties.
In the 60s, the tasks of the department included providing engineering and economic personnel to the construction materials industry, the construction industry, as well as the chemical industry located in the south of Kazakhstan.
In the Soviet years, the department trained more 500 engineers-economics who became specialists in the economic services of large enterprises in Pavlodar, Karaganda, Petropavlovsk, Dzhambul, Uralsk, Chimkent, Alma-Ata, Navoi, Tashkent, Podolsk, Semiluk and other cities of the all-union distribution of graduates of the department.
From 1976 to 1986, the staff of the department was significantly replenished with young candidates of sciences from among graduates: Nurasheva K.K., Kokebaeva A.M., Syzdykov I.S., Niyazbekova R.K., Kolotaeva L.P., Ikmatova E.B., Shim G.A., TalasovM.Zh., Kuttybaeva D.A. Their preparation, defense of candidate dissertations was carried out in leading educational and academic institutes, such as the Moscow Institute of Management named after S. Orzhonikidze, Leningrad Technological Institute named after P. Tolyatti, Institute Economy of Academy of Sciences the USSR and other.
From the moment of the formation of the department from 1964 until 1976, its permanent head was c.e.s., associate professor Abubakirova A.A. Over the years, the department was headed by Ishchanov A.U., Nurasheva K.K., Kupeshev S.K., Kolotaeva L.P., Niyazbekova R.K., Bayneeva P.T., Beisenova M.U.
The 90s are noted in the history of the department by the fact that many of its graduates became part of the departments of the created Faculty of Economics, to train economic specialists with high demand in the labor market. Their formation as competent specialists and scientists is the result of professionalism and devotion of the heads of the department.
Currently, the Department of Economy is headed by A.S. c.e.s., professorTulemetova A.S.
The Department of Economy successfully performs preparation specialists in the educational programs of the bachelor's degree 6B041100-Economy, master's degree 7M04110-Economy, doctoral studies 8D04110-Economy. Training at the department for three-level education is aimed at their implementation in practice of state programs of technological modernization, innovative entrepreneurship and diversification of the economy.
The department ensures the conduct of the educational process in more than 80 disciplines in the day and correspondence departments. Classes are conducted in the state, Russian and English languages.
The department has a high scientific, creative potential. Teachers work at the department, who at different times became the winners of the competition of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "The best teacher of the university": Niyazbekova R.K., Yesirkepova A.M., Bayneeva P.T., Aydarova A.B.; Abdikerimova G.I.; excellent students of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Niyazbekova R.K., Kolotaeva L.P., Kuttybaeva D.A., Tulemetova A.S., Aydarova A.B., Abdikerimova G.I.
For many years works on the department, c.e.s., associate professor M.K. Izmbergenov, c.e.s., associate professor Maksimova A.V., c.t.s., associate professor Rakhmetov B.A., c.e.s., associate professor DarzhanovaM.Sh.
Many employees and graduates of the department have achieved significant success, received academic titles and academic degrees, successfully work in their specialty in various positions: from leading specialists to heads of organizations. Some worked today at other departments of higher educational institutions of Shymkent and at economic departments of other universities of the Pepublic and the Union of Independent States as professors, heads of departments and deans of the Higher School.
In present time the traditions of the department are continued by a highly qualified teaching staff of 25 people, including 2 doctors of sciences, 10 candidates and 13 masters of sciences.
The department is known for scientific and methodological activity. Over the past 10 years, teaching staff of the department has prepared over 500 scientific and methodological works, which have found wide use in the educational process not only within the walls of South Kazakhstan university, but also at other universities in Kazakhstan.
The importance of the organization’s department for the educational process and practice is clearly evidenced by the results of research by its team. The scientific activity of currently working teaching staff is focused on the implementation of research projects, the development of textbooks, teaching aids, the implementation of the leadership of research work of students, undergraduates, PhD students.
The most significant of them are the textbook “Entrepreneurship” (authors UmbitalievA.D., Bayneeva P.T., Alzhanova A.A.), teaching aids -Economicsof Enterprise (authors Rakhmetov B.A., Bayneeva P.T., Kalmanova N.M.), Textbook (electronic) on discipline “Risks in entrepreneurial activity” (authors Seydakhmetov M.K., Tulemetova A.S., Dosmuratova E.E.), etc.
The main goal of the research activities of teaching staff is to develop and support scientific research as the basis for the fundamentalization of education, the basis for training qualified workers in accordance with the needs of the state and society. The teaching staff of the department carries out research projects within the framework of grant financing.
So, for example, in 2016 won a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for research the project “Development of a mechanism for stimulating entrepreneurs as one of the forms of public-private partnership in the dual education system based on higher education” (supervisor: Ph.D., Associate professor Isaeva G.K. performers: Yessirkepova A.M., Beisenova M.U.); in 2017 -“Development of an economic mechanism for regional development in Kazakhstan based on financial regulatory instruments (in particular municipal securities) to ensure investment attractiveness and high competitiveness of the territory” (supervisor: doctor of economics sciences, Professor Nurasheva K.K., performer:cand.of econ.scien., Associate Professor Abdikerimova G.I.).
Over the past five years, over 320 methodological developments have been publishedand widely used in the educational process, also the video lecture sets have been developed in such disciplines as Economicsof Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, Planning and Forecasting of the Economy.
Since 2017, at the Department of Economy has introduced a dual education system under the educational program 6M050600- Economy. The classes in specialized disciplines are held in LLP “Hlopkoprom Celljuloza”, where undergraduates gain knowledge in the conditions of the existing enterprise.
Tutorial work is one of the components of the general learning process. At the curatorial hours in academic groups, issues related to the social life of students are considered: internal rules, significant events in the life of the country, promotion of a healthy lifestyle, analysis of academic performance, preparation of festive events in accordance with the plans of educational work of the university and group work.
The priority area of educational work remains civil-patriotic, spiritual and moral education of the personality of students in accordance with the traditions of Kazakh state and the policy pursued by the President and the government, both during training sessions and at various extracurricular events.
Curators are actively working in the field of legal education: the annual messages of the President to the people of Kazakhstan, state programs and other documents are being discussed.
Students of Educational program 6B04110-Economy actively participate in the activities of republican and local youth organizations, in Olympiads, scientific projects, competitions, actions, sports competitions, shows, in student government as participants in events, as well as direct organizers.
In order to develop student entrepreneurship, develop business relations between students and entrepreneurs, the Department of Economyactively attracts students to develop and implement youth startups.
According to the results of 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2016-2017 academic years, the Department of Economy is the winner in the nomination “Best Department of M. Auezov South Kazakhstan state university”.
In November, 2022, on the basis of the Departmentof Economy, the Nobel Laureate Rae Kwon Chung Center for New Climate Economics was opened. Research projects and innovative educational programs are being developed together with the scientist. Also, Rae Kwon Chung shares experience with faculty, students, masters and PhD students in the field of Green Economy, on topics such as renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, electric vehicles, climate change - causes, consequences and solutions.
