Problems of transformation of the organization and content of socio-humanitarian training for students of higher educational institutions of different types are discussed in the working out; factors and reasons caused for transformation of the base units of contemporary socio-humanitarian knowledge on the board of centuries, peculiarities of their content at present, forming and developing of state standards in this field are described. Positive and negative "moments" in structure of socio-humanitarian disciplines are analyzed in connection with transformation of didactic bases. The given article is of interest of specialists in the field of social science, social and humanitarian knowledge.