Changes to my study programme

When you are in that situation of choosing a career and you are told to check the programs of each one for if it catches your attention, honestly it does not take the real warning and it is understandable because no matter how much you are told you must experience and “see” the program from within in order to think about what could be improved. Today, I go in the second year of psychology at the University of Chile and throughout this time under my perception I have seen positive aspects and some to improve in terms of the study program.

First, I would like to assess how new technologies are incorporated to provide students with tools, materials and information in a quick and easy to access way. The “u-cursos” platform, although it needs some updates, is an excellent way of helping students. But I have also observed that in the so-called “basic cycle” many things are lost and in turn presented in a way in which it is not easy to enter the discipline itself from the first moment. In turn, in my view, the current program is slow to address important issues or fails to address them in full.

This can cause that in the 5 years that the career lasts some things that cannot be taught carefully and specializing in the topic of interest would be a few more years, meaning money and extra time for the person. Also add that in aspects of infrastructure in the last few months I have seen many improvements such as contrauctions or renovations of study rooms and workplaces.

Finally, despite some corrections, I find that the current psychology program is a very good program that could be taken more advantage of, all this according to what I have learnt in my sengundo year of study.