English 4, Post 7, 'Changes to my study programme'

 Warm Salutations,


Prospective Biochemists, Chemists and Food Engineers and Pharmaceutical Chemists from FCQF,



This week, I am bringing to you the seventh out of eight blog sessions.



In this particular session, you will be asked to do the following class assignment:



Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme

Among others, think about:

> The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
> Workload and length of studies
> Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
> Use of technology
> Teaching Methods

- Word Count: 230
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts and your teacher's blog entry 



As I always do, I leave you with a sample post,


"I think I would not change any of the subjects from the undergraduate programme I studied. They are OK and I have no complaints whatsoever. The curriculum was probably meant to cover every single aspect of English Linguistics and Literature. What it did not cover was Spanish Linguistics, and of course, I did not study Spanish Linguistics. Even though I took a subject on Spanish Grammar and Introduction to Literary Studies completely in Spanish, it was not complete enough to say that I received enough linguistic training in Spanish Linguistics and Literature.


That being so, and focusing on the workload and length of studies, I think they were kind of appropriate since we were university students and we were meant to be there from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm. We, as students, were taking a full-time academic workload and it was OK as well. Furthermore, I would say this training in English Linguistics, formally speaking at least, helped enormously to create a sense of discipline of study and on this matter, a full-time formal training was also OK.  


On another tone, The Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities falls into dark times concerning the not very amicable status of its facilities and use of technology. When entering the faculty’s facilities one can feel a terrible sense of isolation from the outside world. What I mean to say is that there is not a single trace of technology from this century.

In an overall appraisal, I would say I liked the programme in itself. As I already said, it was nothing else but formal training in Linguistics in four years.  Boring you might say, but quite useful". 


What about you?

Cheers!

Comments

  1. Almendra Retamal21 December 2021 at 18:18

    Our faculties are very different, although I think the curriculum is also very good

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  2. Antonia Vargas29 December 2021 at 16:11

    The Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities could use some technology to avoid being stuck in the past

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  3. Diego Guamán6 January 2022 at 15:55

    I also like the pharmacy study programme, but I think that "professional practices" are not enough to get us ready to work after graduation

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  4. Anays12 January 2022 at 14:05

    The faculties are very different, but I think they are well equipped for each of their careers.

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  5. valentina martinez14 January 2022 at 12:24

    it seems that all faculties have to repair their infrastructure and update their technology

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  6. Javi Maldonado14 January 2022 at 16:40

    I think that the infrastructure that the university has is very important. Especially since you spend most of the day there and it´s already like a second home.

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  7. Diego González Córdova14 January 2022 at 18:33


    the engineering faculty takes the entire budget :c

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  8. Constanza Gonzalez Villegas17 January 2022 at 17:53

    Good thing you didn't want to change the program and that you liked the subjects, I would change a lot of things.

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  9. Bastián Tarraff21 January 2022 at 13:48

    It's nice that you liked your programme.

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