CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

I study Engineering in Renewable Natural Resources, and I absolutely believe that there are some changes that we could apply to our study program, just to improve the quality of our education.

Although this career provides us with a high-level education, I suggest changing gender roles through university positions, from the top down. I think it is important to apply gender quotes not only in technical positions, but also in senior positions in our faculty. Even if we are an environmental career, gender and culture are also important.

I also recommend that practical activities have a more important space in our curricular programs. In this types of careers, we need to have a constant practice of our professional duties as soon as possible, and the prioritization of theoretical classes by the pandemic context has revealed the importance of the skills that we only develop in the field, or perhaps, with physical facilities. In these contexts, it is very useful to access faculty facilities such as laboratories, better libraries or more computer systems.

We need to incorporate interdisciplinary subjects from the 1st year of studies. Today it is important to be more flexible and open-minded to different perspectives and disciplines, and the typical way of thinking about our profession (as a logical and rational way of thinking) limits our flexibility and adaptability to different contexts and situations. Why don't we have written Expression subjects? or Political subjects? This is important, considering that our career manages environmental resources in a country where nature is considering as something of high value (from an economic perspective).