The training manual contains plans for seminar sessions with methodological guidelines and bibliographic lists ; Subjects intended for self-study by students ; list of abstract topics and guidelines for their writing ; Questions for cultural studies ; methodical instructions for writing a scientific article and an approximate list of topics of scientific articles on culturology ; Problematic lecture on the theory of culture ; Theory and History of Culture ; Dictionary of Cultural Terms ; lists of foreign and Russian fiction for independent reading . Designed for students of all forms of education and areas of training implemented in the NGAU . Approved and recommended for publication by the methodological council of the Faculty of Law (Minutes No. 9 of October 20, 2016 . ).