Interactive methods of students’ social and environmental education on the “Ecology” course

Doctor of Chemical Sciences, professor of ecology and landscape construction of the Stavropol State Agrarian University, Stavropol. Tel.: (903) 416 88 41, e-mail: nkornilov@26.ru Summary. The relevance of this study is due to the fact that studying in higher education course “Ecology” using interactive methods of socio-ecological education of students of all backgrounds and levels of training allows to lay the philosophical foundations of human security and society in conditions of globalization, the functioning of social systems and the creation of conditions of environmental safety and sustainable development of society.