FORMING ENGINEER’S SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE VIA MODULAR EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
This work describes paradigm transformations of engineering education development. The need of educating engineers possessing a range of sociocultural features and skills is being actualized in the context of realizing the importance of scientific sociocultural context, involving a person in scientific problems. We suggest methods of forming engineer’s sociocultural competence basing on including humanitarian modules into education programs of engineering branches. The contents of the following modules: «Engineer’s professional ethics», «Ethics and corporate social responsibility», «Modern rhetoric practice», «Business communication and etiquette», «Intercultural communication engineer’s competence» have been designed in accordance with international standards of certification and accreditation engineering education organizations. Working with these modules forms engineer’s ability to be a professional in changing sociocultural conditions of the 21st century.