Volume 19, No. 6, 2022
Institutional Horizons And Educational Aims. A Study Of Curriculum Management At A Public University
Audin Aloiso Gamboa Suárez , Raúl Prada Núñez , Cesar Augusto Hernández Suárez
Abstract
The objective of the study was to characterize the curricular structure of the various undergraduate and postgraduate programs offered in the six faculties of a public higher education institution domiciled in Colombia. The study had a mixed approach adopting a cross-sectional descriptive level. A semi-structured interview was applied to two directors of academic programs who voluntarily agreed to be part of this process. The findings of the study reveal that there are elements or characteristics of academic programs that are considered essential in their functioning process, such as having a mission, vision or training objectives, but they also consider that there are aspects that begin to vary in coherence. with the regulation defined by the Ministry of National Education of Colombia, so a permanent review of the curricular proposals must be carried out so that they are always in line.
Pages: 52-63
Keywords: Curriculum management, public university, academic programmes. Introduction