Blog 9  CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

• Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career)
• Among others, think about:

> The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
> Workload and length of studies
> Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
> Use of technology
> Teaching methods



- Word Count: 250
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts and your teacher's post.

Nowadays graduate education has become a must for professionals who graduate from an undergraduate program in any part of the world. When I graduated from university this was not the case. Has this modern trend brought benefits to professionals and society?  Like everything in life, this tendency has benefits and drawbacks.

The positive side is that it allows students to be better prepared for the competitive work market that they have to face once they graduate. Therefore, the greatest challenge is the choice between national and international educational institutions and the quality of the programs that they offer, which include the curriculum, the length of studies, the facilities, the state-of-the-art technology and teaching methods.  All these aspects have to be carefully evaluated according to their prospective job profile.

The negative side is the stress that all the application process generates. For example, if the choice is a foreign university, the first nightmare is the score required by the standardized English test in case the student selects an English-speaking university. The second, and not less important aspect, is to finance the project and the application for a scholarship and all the paperwork implied.

But returning to the brighter side, this healthy competition in the job market makes more qualified professionals and benefits companies and society in general. One of the areas of attention is the new technology that is constantly appearing and the need to keep updated with its use and application.   One final benefit is that due to these technological developments, some of these courses can be done online, which gives students more flexibility and independence to achieve their goals.