Formation of communicative competence of students of technical universities in the process of studying the discipline "Psychology of social communications"

The process of formation and development of social and communicative competence of students in the process of studying the discipline "Psychology of social communications" is considered. The role of humanitarian academic disciplines in the process of formation and development of social and communicative competence of students is emphasized. The essence of "social and communicative competence" is analyzed. The components that make up this competence are discussed in detail. It is emphasized that the most effective way to form social and communicative competence can be directly at the university in the process of professional training. The conditions for the effective formation and development of this competence are listed. It is concluded that students in the humanities have a higher level of formation of social and communicative competence, since their curriculum includes disciplines of the socio-psychological cycle, aimed the formation of competencies included in the researched competence. It is noted that in the curricula of technical specialties, developed on the basis of Federal State Educational Standard 3 ++, many universities of the Russian Federation began to include disciplines of the social and humanitarian cycle, which make it possible to form social and communicative competence at a high level. The experience of the Samara State Technical University on the inclusion in the curriculum of all technical specialties the discipline "Psychology of social communications", aimed the formation and development of universal competencies, which are components of social and communicative competence. Methods and forms used by teachers in the process of teaching this discipline, contributing to an increase in the level of formation of social and communicative competence, are analyzed in detail. The urgency of the problem of the formation of social and communicative competence is noted. It is concluded that the discipline "Psychology of Social Communications" contributes to the effective formation and development of social and communicative competence of students of technical specialties.