Correspondencia entre perfil y competencias demostradas en los trabajos de grado de ingeniería forestal: Programa curricular de ingeniería forestal–Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

Abstract

This study analyzes the relevance of the competences developed in the degree works, by the students with the current profile of the forest engineering curricular project at the Francisco José de Caldas District University, with respect to the professional profile adopted and approved by the Ministry of Education; for the above, the undergraduate work supported in the period 2015-2017 was developed by the students trained with the updated curriculum in 2009 to satisfy said profile. The works classified by competence, for each of which evaluation criteria were defined, based on the common characteristics of the subjects covered by these, with four levels of development of each competence, which proceeded to make the qualification of the degree works. A total of 67 undergraduate projects were found that are part of the new curriculum, approved and sustained until 2017, of which 62 were granted access to perform the evaluation. There was no evidence of proportionality between the development of the demonstrated competences and the amount of work in each one; On the other hand, it was observed that most of the competences cover many subjects whereby they demonstrate generality but lose specificity, which in most cases evidences a very basic development of the skills of a forest engineer trained in the District University.