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Psychology in "la Chile"

For this, my antepenultimate blog, I'll talk about my career in the University: psychology.
I'm in my third year right now, and I have been learning a lot of academic things and a few practical things too. So, let's talk about that.

First of all, I have to say that I love the curriculum of my university, because I had a lot of subjects that wasn't necessarily about psychology. For example, I had a sociology class, an anthropology class, and I even have a history class too. So I really appreciate that kind of classes, which allowed me to learn different points of view about social realities. 
Besides, my curriculum is divided in two parts. In the first one we have all the basic subjects, and then we start to specialize in the areas we like. And I think that is a very good idea, even when you hate one or a few subjects, because they allow you to know all the possibilities that you have, before you decide where to go. So, that's why I think that the curriculum of psychology in Universidad de Chile is so great, and I wouldn't change anything of it.

About the duration of the career, I was very surprised when I find out that there are not five years of study (like the university informs your everywhere). They are six! That's because in the fifth year you have to do your thesis, your professional practice and your specialization course, so it's a little bit impossible to do that in one year, and almost everyone do those three things in the fifth and sixth year. But they should be more explicit with that information.

About the infrastructure, I think we have good spaces, to eat, to study and for the class, but they are not enough, because there are a lot of students and not so many classrooms, and that's a big problem.

However, there's a good use of technology, because almost every classroom has a projector, and I have had very good teachers in this three years. There are bad teachers too, of course, but I have had the opportunity to learn about the things I'm interested in, with very good teachers.

So, despites all the bad things, I really love my university and my career. I have been learning a lot, and I want to keep doing that for a while.

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  1. Macarena Paz Norambuena Morales6 de noviembre de 2017 a las 10:42

    I love that you see the glass half full, you're wonderful. I think one of the most beautiful things about the university is to find people like you. I love you <3

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