Training handbook as means of organization of interdisciplinary connections in the process of bachelors training

This paper discusses the theoretical aspects and relevance of the interdisciplinary approach in the pedagogical process. An interdisciplinary teaching aid for public relations, developed at Psychology and Pedagogy Department of SSTU, is considered to be a form of interdisciplinary connections formation in the process of bachelors training whose major is 42.03.01 «Advertising and public relations». This study guide is a part of the educational complex for the courses «Theory and Practice of Public Relations», «Theory and Practice of the media», «Fundamentals of communication theory» and is supposed to be used as part of their practical training. Interdisciplinary potential of this training manual is that the content and didactic units of different disciplines complement each other, forming a single integral perception of the subject. In terms of developing competencies students acquire a wide range of knowledge and skills as well as perceive a continuity and consistency between the results of the planned development of the disciplines. Implementation benefits Bachelors’ 3rd year learning process and lets the students majoring in «Advertising and public relations» improve the level of training due to the accumulation of knowledge and skills from different disciplines to solve professional problems.