LEVEL 4 / POST 9 : CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

The Sound Engineering career at the University of Chile needs many modifications. If we start talking about the study plan, I consider that there are more courses of the career that are missing. Also, I think that there are subjects that take too long and it is not necessary. For example, we have two years of Calculus. Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III and Calculus IV. Although I understand that this is part of Engineering, in our case it is not so necessary for so many semesters. We don't really use it at all. Another subject that would shorten for our case would be Harmony. It is entertaining and useful, but three semesters of harmony for us is unnecessary. I already passed those subjects, and I must say that Harmony I and II is enough. The rest is seeing the same. 

I would like them to add more practical subjects. The teaching methods are good, but there are many theoretical subjects and we need to put them into practice while we study.

I also think that there are several teachers who should leave, but I won't talk about that here🤣🤣

As for the academic load, it is a lot. We normally take approximately 9 courses per semester. Talking with a girl from the Dance career, she told me that they would have that many subjects in a very heavy semester. I remember when I was in second year, I would arrive at the faculty at 8:30 am and go home at 8 pm. No windows in between. I think Sound is a daytime and evening career at the same time🤣 

The building is old, I don't know if much could be done about it. But the truth is, I like it. 

Last semester a lot of sound equipment arrived on the run. That's a technological breakthrough for us! I hope it keeps moving forward for future generations😊😊