ABOUT FACULTY
Since Baku State University was founded, it had preferred to supply our country with high educated and qualitative specialists. In this way it had been made admitting of students for Sociology (azerbaijani and russian sectors) and History-psychology, History and Social-psychology, History-encyclopaedia (azerbaijani sector) attached to the faculty of History in 1990. After a year the faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology which consists of Philosophy and Theory of economy was established those specialities. The social-political events at the end of 1980s, the beginning of 1990s was making need of generating new specialists for the Theory of the Social-Political relations. So it was implemented the admitting of students on the Theory of social-political relations attached to the faculty of the Social Sciences and Psychology in order to supply that demand in 1992. Thus, the complex organized scientific structure – Social Sciences and Psychology faculty which was generating new specialists on 5 specialities was established.
The Doctor of Psychological Sciences, scientific researcher professor Ekber Salman had been the first dean of this faculty and had been working in this post till 20 November 1992. Since that time till December 2006 the Candidate of Philosophical Sciences Professor Alizade Hikmet Abdul had been elected as the dean of this faculty.
When the faculty was founded, it had had one department – Philosophy and Sociology. But the faculty being coincide of its generating specialities meanwhile had organized 3 university departments which had been changed to the department of generating specalities in 1992. The experienced years of this faculty was obviously proving that it needs some improving in its organized way.
It had been acted very significantly in order to make working and organizing system of the faculty much better in June 1999. Psychology, Pedagogy, Politics and Sociology, Economy, History of Philosophy and Culture, Philosophy of Natural Sciences, philosophical departments of humanitarian faculties were included in Social Sciences and Psychology faculty with BSU`s rector`s order. At the present time there are 10 departments, 2 laboratories, 2 research centres in the faculty.
The students were being admitted on 5 ways by bachelor degree in the faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology till 2008.
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Politics
- Philosophy
- Theory of economy
Professor-teacher staff: The professor-teacher staff consists of 121 people of this faculty. The below statistic list is indicated by the different categories.
ANAS-the permanent member 1 person
ANAS-the correspondent member 1 person
The doctor of sciences, 15 professors
The doctor of sciences, 2 senior lecturers
The candidate of sciences, professor substitute 1 person
The candidate of sciences, 72 senior lecturers
The candidate of sciences, 22 head teachers
The candidate of sciences, 19 teachers
Teachers -19
There were 2 courses and 117 students (first course 72 students, second course 45 students) who were studying in the faculty of the social sciences and philosophy in the first period -1991/1992 it was established. The first graduation of Social sciences and Psychology faculty was on 2 specialities(sociology and psychology) and had covered 43 students in 1995. 21 students of these had owned sociology, but 22 of these psychology. At the present moment 893 students are in full-time department, but 190 students are in the part-time department. 139 foreign students are studying in the full-time department too. The part-time department had begun working in 1999. At present the part-time students are studying on 3 specialities(philosophy, theory of economy and psychology) in the faculty.
Master Degree.
The first admitting year was in 1997. At present 45 students are studying in the full-time department of the master degree. 6 students are foreigners of whom are studying in the full-time department. 31 students are studying in the part-time department. There are also foreigners in the part-time department. They are 8 people. Altogether 90 students are studying in the faculty. The first graduation of master degree had been in 1999.
Graduate course.
At present 88 graduates are studying in the faculty of Social sciences and Psychology. Altogether there are 15 full-time graduates, but 12 part-time graduates in the faculty. As we came across with foreign names among bachelors and masters, we can see that among graduates too. There are 18 full-time foreign graduates and 43 part-time foreign graduates, altogether 61 foreign graduates in the faculty. Foreigners especially research in the psychological field.
Educational system and the preparation course of the high qualitative cadre. The faculty pays attention to improving of the educational system, free researching of the students, qualitative preparation course of the cadres, indicating of the modern fields and problems of the science permanently. So the preparation and improving of the educational plans on the 6 specialities of bachelor degree and 10 specialization of master degree has to be especially mentioned. The suggestions and ideas of the Ministry of Education of the republic, the educational department of the university, educational-methodic council and proper departments had scrutinized and appreciated. Scientific council of the faculty and educational-methodic council had played significant role on this matter, the different versions had been discussed, derived advantage from several documents of The Assosiation of Europe-Asia Universities. The reforms are very important in the faculty.
