Thursday, 16 November 2017

Changes to my study program

I study archaeology, and the program have emphasis is teach about prehistory and some especific materials, like lithics, ceramic, human bones and animals bones, and sometimes makes a class about textile. Also we have subjects of archaeological theory.
I would like change the emphasis in prehistory for one where the emphasis is also in colonial history and the especific skills that we need to study that period. In addition i would like have more class dedicated to management of museum collections and conservation of them. 
I think that the time that we have to complete the career is little, because our career is oficially "Antropology", and we have two years of common plan of study and after we chooce a mention, as archaeology. For that reason i think that the common plan should be one year, or increase the years of mention in one, because the information that we need learn is much.
In general, the faculty don't give much facilities, the faculty should give more money to go to places to learn about the different methods of excavation, to make it something applied to reality. Also this serves us to learn about use of GPS and the system of coordinates that we should use to locate sites.
On the other hand, i would like change the teaching methods because are focused on exhibition classes, which can be replaced with group work, discussions and greater freedon to choose themes that are interesting to students. Also that exams are about reflecting more than just learning data.

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