Abstract
The article deals with the design and implementation of the training course ‘Preparation for Competition’. The article sets out the general concept of the course, specifies the effectiveness of the preparation of specialists for a competitive process, and explains the possibilities of shaping the personal competitiveness of future specialists. The author points out that in the process of systematization and construction of the course content, it is necessary to strictly observe the didactic principles. According to the author, it is necessary to understand cognitive objects and phenomena of reality, embodied in the form of learning elements: concepts, essential features, relationships, laws, rules, principles. In the article, the first group includes objects, objects, processes and phenomena of reality included in the content of the training course. All the signs that reveal the essence and features of these objects and processes, the author refers to the second group. In addition, the article also talks about the need to determine the content according to its focus on the development of the competitiveness of the future specialist with the help of logical and psychological analysis.