When I started to study in this faculty, ICEI of Universidad de Chile, I thought it was almost the only ones that had a curriculum in accordance with the current necessity of the comunication medios of Chile. But when I started the classes I realize that the curriculum lacked much more profundity, in areas like a politics and history of Chile. Because when entering to the university all students have a different know about this topics.
About the faculty facilities are very small compared with the number students enrolled, something we don't have enough classroms, if it not were for the "aularios" we don't have an adequate space. In respect of the use of technology that we have in the institute is low, we have problems with the quantity of photography and video equipments. We have a low quantity to equipments for students and this slows our assignment. Also, this photography and video equipments are good, are medium quality, it isn't the latest technology and isn't the best, but it is well.
About the workload and length of studies, I think that it ok. The workload sometimes is low, but it depend of the semester. The second year of journalism, in the first semester we had three courses and in my case I had classes three days a week and the next semester I had six courses. So, maybe the curriculum it bad or not sufficient. Thence now was a new curriculum.
According to the length of the studies, I think it's okay. The only thing I would change would shorten the first four years of the career to three or three and a half years, and this would allow that in fifth year of career we would have one semester to do the professional practice.
Finally, about the teaching methods I think that are bad. Because most teachers aren't teachers, so they can't know teach. The teachers we have in the institute are experts in their subject areas, but they not able to pass that knowledge to their students.
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ResponderBorrarI also think we should have a unique semester to practice!