Institutional conditions to carry out two academic programs simultaneously

Abstract

A group of students who had the experience of simultaneously studying two academic programs at Mariana University was identified from the first semester of 2015, through a census, where 11 cases were obtained. To this end, a study whose general objective was: to determine the conditions offered by this university for the students who study two academic programs simultaneously was carried out, and the specific objectives were: a) identifying the sociodemographic characteristics of this kind of students; b) describing the reasons that motivated these students; c) describing the academic, administrative and financial processes offered by Mariana University to access two simultaneous programs; d) making a proposal that promotes the development of two simultaneous programs at Mariana University undergraduate, as well as the identification of the motivations and limitations of the students. The methodology used was cross-sectional descriptive, applying a survey to the population under study. To complement this information, an interview addressed to the directors of some of the existing programs was used. As a general conclusion it was found that the University does not have regulations or guidelines to drive the processes for the development of these studies. Regarding the main motivations expressed by the students are: the taste for the professions, the increase of their knowledge and the extension of work opportunities.

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