CURRICULAR INNOVATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FOR 2012, UNIVERSITY OF VALPARAÍSO, CHILE

Abstract

Environmental Engineering was created in 1997, with an integrated vision in the area environmental science with a strong study of the characteristics of air, soil and water, contaminants, industrial processes and management tools to improve the quality life and country's economic development consistent with regulations environmental and studies in the area basics science. This allow specialists to act against contingent environmental problems. The process curriculum innovation for this year 2012, was part of the general purposes contained in the Plan of Institutional Development at the University of Valparaiso (2010-2014) and include several changes related to methods of teaching, changes in programs, incorporation of new thematics and changes in the exit profiles. Mainly, this process aims to produce holistic and integrative environmental professionals in the areas of science and technology basic and applied through the modification in the curriculum and the graduate profile.

Keywords: basic sciences, competency, curriculum innovation environmental, profiles.