THE EXPERIENCE OF INTEGRATING ELECTIVE SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN COURSES INTO THE EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Author(s): Kogan Ye.A., Ponomareva D.I.

Rubric: Educational environment

DOI: 10.21777/2500-2112-2025-2-30-37

Release: 2025-2 (51)

Pages: 30-37

Keywords: individual educational trajectories, training of future engineers, competencies, soft skills, elective courses, interactive teaching methods

Annotation: The article is devoted to the issues of effective integration of elective social and humanitarian courses into individual educational trajectories of engineering students. The analysis of the practice of implementing a variable model of assimilation of sociological and psychological knowledge by students of technical faculties in connection with the transition of universities to individual educational trajectories is carried out. Various interactive teaching methods are described: brainstorming, emotional intelligence training, case studies, and project assignments. The article shows the specifics of the courses offered, their importance for the development of “soft skills” of an engineer, the features and difficulties of organizing training. A study of the attitude of engineering students to the introduction of alternative non-core courses into the educational process is presented, their advantages and disadvantages are highlighted. It has been revealed that elective courses in psychology and sociology increase students’ personal inter- est and motivation to acquire knowledge that is not directly related to their specialty, but is necessary for successful implementation in the labor market. Based on the results obtained, psychological and pedagogical justifications for the choice of interactive teaching methods as priority tools for improving the effectiveness of new educational strategies are presented. The novelty of the research results lies in the development of theoretical and methodologi- cal provisions on the creation of pedagogical and organizational conditions for the effective integration of elective social and humanitarian courses into the individual educational trajectories of engineering students.

Bibliography: Kogan Ye.A., Ponomareva D.I. THE EXPERIENCE OF INTEGRATING ELECTIVE SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN COURSES INTO THE EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS // Education Resources and Technologies. – 2025. – № 2 (51). – С. 30-37. doi: 10.21777/2500-2112-2025-2-30-37