A more conscious psychology.

Currently, I'm studying the second year of psychology at the University of Chile, and based on the subjects I have had so far, I can say that all have been relevant in relation to the importance that each has regarding psychology and how the subject addresses psychology. Some of these subjects were not pleasant to me due to the content itself and others because of the teacher; for example, Chilean Social History was a subject that bored me a lot because the historical content in general is boring for me. However, thanks to the teacher and the way he approached the subject content, I was able to understand its importance, and I must say it helped me expand my mind. On the other hand, in the current semester I have a subject called Developmental Psychology, which produces contradictory feelings since, on the one hand, I like the content of the subject since it addresses topics about the development of children and how important the first years of life are for integral development. However, the teacher has a way of teaching that is not very pleasant because it tends to deviate a lot from the topic of the class and focuses on historical facts that don't have much relevance, which generates that the content of the class isn't passed on and produces many doubts that I end up solving on my own account, given that if I ask the teacher about the doubt I have, he answers me in two ways: the first is by saying that the content has already been passed on in classes, and the second is by explaining the content to me in the way he understands it and not as the authors refer to the concepts.

Despite all of the above, I believe that the subjects that make up the curriculum of my career are very good and striking; however, I think it would be important to add more compulsory subjects regarding biological knowledge since it's well known that today almost all psychologists exercise in the clinical area, whether or not they have a specialization in this area. Given this circumstance, it will be important that everyone has a solid foundation that allows them to perform properly in this work area.

Regarding the workload and the length of my career, I think it has its pros and cons. The overall workload is high and requires investing a lot of time in study and group work, so if you have to work part-time (as it is in my case), it can be a bit exhausting. However, I believe that the length of the career is appropriate and that the subjects are properly distributed according to each semester and year of the career.

The infrastructure of the university is very good, but it can be improved, as it has certain flaws and some problems in the order and distribution of the classrooms. However, I think it has enough technology and equipment for you to study properly.

In conclusion, I think that the career of psychology at the University of Chile has good things and bad things, but generally has a good standard of taxation and should give greater clinical training since, as I indicated earlier, it's a work area in which almost everyone exercises.