ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF THE CORE COMPETENCES OF THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN THE USA AND CANADA
In this article the author aims to review the core competencies underlying the graduate programs in the USA and Canada. The author has analyzed the key historical and pedagogical scientific works and articles, some of which are presented in translation for the first time. The core competencies has been identified through postgraduate education programs of the USA and Canada. The author analyzes the scientific articles of foreign scientists, covering thematic issues solved in the process of teaching graduate students. The gradation of competencies in order of importance for graduate programs was presented and analyzed according to the research works of the American and Canadian scientists. Graduation of competences in order of importance for graduate students includes 39 core competencies. The author approves the necessity to identify core competencies at the stage of drafting graduate programs. The author also pays attention to the controversial issues that arise in the process of studying competencies in the framework of postgraduate programs in the USA and Canada. Based on the analysis, the author also focuses on the fact that postgraduate education is one of the priorities for most institutions of higher education both domestically and abroad.